This is exciting! Below is a press release for this documentary series that I was cinematographer for-it's become a film and now it's making its national TV premiere!
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June 19, 2009
"DERBY MADNESS! ® THE MOVIE"
TO PREMIERE ON THE DOCUMENTARY
CHANNEL ON JULY 26, 2009
Nashville, TN - June 19, 2009 -- DuMedia Lighthouse is proud to announce that the demolition derby documentary movie "DERBY MADNESS! ® The Movie" will make its national broadcast premiere on The Documentary Channel on Sunday, July 26 at 8:45PM EST.
"This is a very exciting opportunity for the film," says John Dudley, one of the directors. "The Documentary Channel is one of the leading voices in independent film production and we are very honored they have chosen to license our film for broadcast. With a potential audience of over 21 million viewers in prime-time on Sunday night, this is a very powerful way to share the DERBY MADNESS! story."
The Documentary Channel (DOC) is the USA’s first 24-hour television network exclusively devoted to documentary films and the independent documentary filmmaker, providing viewers with round-the-clock opportunities to see fascinating, eclectic and award-winning documentary films of all lengths and genres. "We are delighted to broadcast DERBY MADNESS! The Movie," says a statement from The Documentary Channel. "DOC strives for the highest quality and seek to air the personal works of the most talented documentary filmmakers."
"DERBY MADNESS! ® The Movie" follows promoter Mike Weatherford, a Paris, TN, native, along with his group of officials as they travel to various small towns in Western Tennessee and Kentucky for the Derby Madness® demolition derby competitions. The documentary movie also features Bill Reagor, Max Parrish, Wes Gargus, and many others who have participated in the Derby Madness® events.
The Documentary Channel is available nationally via DISH Network (Channel 197) and locally via major market carriers including WNYE New York (Channel 24), Time Warner New York (Channel 25), Cablevision New York (Channel 22), Comcast Nashville (Channel 241), Charter Nashville (Channel 176) and KBDI Denver (Channel 12).
For more information about The Documentary Channel, please visit the website:
http://www.documentarychannel.
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Cool!
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