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November 12, 2010

Guns and Reggae in 70's Kingston, Jamaica

Cowboy Westerns have long influenced new filmmakers around the world to pick up movie cameras and shoot. But in Kingston during the 1970’s, those same films inspired a number of…..

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October 22, 2010

The French Quarter(s), LA

Ignatius J. Reilly never had very much patience or physical stamina, and yet he’s been standing at the foot of Canal Street in New Orleans for almost 50 years now,…..

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October 15, 2010

Ye Olde Hudson Valley, NY

When Diedrich Knickerbocker was reported missing in New York City in the fall of 1809, locals who read of his disappearance in local papers were unaware that it was a…..

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October 8, 2010

South Boston, MA

Thomas Cahill’s book, How the Irish Saved Civilization recalls Hibernia rescuing western culture after the fall of imperial Rome. In Ireland, men like Saints Patrick and Columba founded a Christian…..

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September 27, 2010

Camera Q&A: David Schoner on filming in New Jersey

Who: David Schoner is production coordinator for the New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission. He has served as producer on several independent films for New Jersey-based writer/director, Gregory Corrado……

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September 27, 2010

Gotham City, Illinois

It was Washington Irving who pegged New York City with the alias of “Gotham” back in 1807, and modern readers of Batman comic books now know Gotham City as a…..

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September 17, 2010

Biltmore House, North Carolina

As George Washington Vanderbilt II celebrated his first Christmas at Biltmore House in 1895, it was with the knowledge that he had effectively just given himself the perfect gift for…..

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September 7, 2010

Wilmington, North Carolina

Dino De Laurentiis began his cinematic association with Wilmington when his company secured use of the Orton Plantation Home, 15 miles south of town, for use in 1984’s Firestarter. That…..

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September 7, 2010

Wilmington, Delaware

I believe it was Wayne Campbell who summed up the steep challenge facing Delaware’s film office when it comes to luring major productions to set their movies on location in…..

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August 29, 2010

Camera Q&A: Charlie Humphrey on Pittsburgh-shot films

Who: Charlie Humphrey is Executive Director of Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pitt film incentives: A 25% tax credit for producers making projects for a national…..