# The Gardner Documentary Group ## Pages ### Home - Test [et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="Main Content Area" module_class="mainContent" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" background_image="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/BG_BROWN_clean.jpg" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row admin_label="Slideshow" module_class="masterSlider" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_code admin_label="Master Slider" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"] Quakers: the Quiet Revolutionaries QUAKER_SPLASHPAGE_JV_01 [/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Initial Notices" module_class="introRow intialNotices" _builder_version="4.17.4" background_color="#000000" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="50px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px|0px||0px|false|false" border_width_all="1px" border_color_all="#FFFFFF" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Award Columns & Text" _builder_version="4.20.4" _module_preset="default" text_text_color="#FFFFFF" text_font_size="16px" custom_padding="0px|20px|10px|20px|false|false" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"]More recognition for “Precious Cargo: Return to Vietnam” We're happy to report that “Precious Cargo: Return to Vietnam” has been honored with laurels from six film festivals: OzIFF - Oz Indie Film Festival 2023 Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022 NYWIFT Festival 2021 Global Indie Film Fest 2022 Women’s International Film Festival (Women in Media - Newark) 2022 Opening night photos (click to enlarge) [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="36" gal_title="Womens International Film Festival 2022"] (click to enlarge photos) 54th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2021 Opening night photos (click to enlarge) [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="36" gal_title="Womens International Film Festival 2022"] (click to enlarge photos) [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Intro Text & What's New" module_class="introRow" _builder_version="4.16" background_color="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Intro Text" module_class="introTxt" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]The Gardner Documentary Group, a not for profit organization, facilitates the production of socially responsible and educational documentaries for educational television, schools, colleges, and libraries. Our special interest is in films revealing hidden history.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Intro Text Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> Learn More[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" module_class="whatsNew" _builder_version="4.16" background_color="#000000" custom_padding="20px|20px|20px|40px|false|false" border_width_all="1px" border_color_all="#FFFFFF" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Recent News" _builder_version="4.20.4" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Recent News[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" module_class="whatsNew" _builder_version="4.20.4" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]"Siberian Dream" US broadcast rights are available. Contact us for more information.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label="Our Films" module_class="ourFilmsOuter" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" border_style_all="none" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_text admin_label="Title" module_class="ourFilms" _builder_version="4.20.4" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Our Films [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Featured Film" module_class="vidAndTxt" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_code admin_label="cromeVidShim" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"] [/et_pb_code][et_pb_video src="https://vimeo.com/247223901" play_icon_color="#dbdbdb" module_class="vidPlayer" _builder_version="4.16" vertical_offset="0px" width="100%" custom_margin="||||false|false" custom_padding="||||false|false" global_colors_info="{}" src__hover_enabled="on|desktop" src__hover="https://vimeo.com/247223901"] [/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries Through non-violent struggles of key Quaker pioneers in abolition, suffrage, civil rights, economic and ecological justice, the film explores how Quaker values have become a driving force in American democracy, yet somehow out of the spotlight.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_top="1px" border_color_top="#FFFFFF" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sayons_journey640.jpg" alt="Lost Child: Sayon's Journey. A Cambodian child soldier's story of recovery and redemption. A film by Janet Gardner and Sopheap Theam" title_text="Lost Child: Sayon's Journey. A Cambodian child soldier's story of recovery and redemption. A film by Janet Gardner and Sopheap Theam" url="/films/lost-child-sayons-journey/" align="center" admin_label="Film Image" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Film Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Sayon Soeun was abducted at the age of six, exploited by the Khmer Rouge, his family life and education stolen. His recovery and redemption from unimaginable evil entails his transition from an orphanage in a refugee camp to adoption by a loving American family. After more than 35 years, he recently made contact with brothers and a sister he assumed were dead. The documentary follows his journey back to Cambodia to heal himself by finding the family that let him slip away and forgiving himself for his complicity as a Khmer Rouge child soldier.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/cover_world_beneath_the_war640.jpg" alt="A World Beneath the War: the untold story of the tunnels of the Vietnam War" title_text="A World Beneath the War: the untold story of the tunnels of the Vietnam War" url="/films/a-world-beneath-the-war/" align="center" admin_label="Film Image" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="A World Beneath The War" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]A World Beneath The War[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Film Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]A World Beneath The War tells the little known story behind this network of tunnels that saved thousands of lives. By 1967 every aspect of life was lived in these protective catacombs: sleeping quarters, schools, medical facilities, a printing press, nurseries, storage areas, a guard station and theater. Rare footage shows three levels of a complex which extended for miles with 13 entrances where more than 2,000 inhabitants sought refuge. Audiences follow Pham Thanh Liem, an artist who spent his wartime years documenting life underground revisiting the tunnels with his son. He describes art he created on banners to mobilize people. "I did it as a soldier fighting," said Liem, "with all my heart."[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/cover_precious_cargo480.jpg" alt="Cover image for Precious Cargo DVD: Vietnamese adoptees discover their past. Produced in association with ITVS." title_text="Cover image for Precious Cargo DVD: Vietnamese adoptees discover their past. Produced in association with ITVS." url="/films/precious-cargo/" align="center" admin_label="Film Image" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Precious Cargo" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Precious Cargo[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Film Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Born in South Vietnam, they were transported into American homes almost overnight in cities and suburbs across the nation. They soon became the beloved sons and daughters of close-knit American families. They were warmly embraced, they wanted to belong, yet they knew they were somehow different. Strangers stopped them and asked of their origins. In many cases, they were unable to answer. Some to this day do not know their father or mother's name. And it hurts.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/cover_last_ghost_of_war640.jpg" alt="Cover image for The Last Ghost of War, narrated by Kevin Kline, produced by Pham Quoc Thai and Janey Gardner" title_text="Cover image for The Last Ghost of War, narrated by Kevin Kline, produced by Pham Quoc Thai and Janey Gardner" url="/films/last-ghost-of-war/" align="center" admin_label="Film Image" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Last Ghost of War" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Last Ghost of War[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Film Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]At Tu Du Hospital in Saigon, babies in a special unit have enlarged heads or are missing limbs. Pham Thi Thuy Linh, born without arms, writes with her feet. A boy with a shrunken leg careens around the corridor in a wheelchair. Thirty years after the end of the Vietnam war, they are among several millions of victims of Agent Orange. In The Last Ghost of War, we meet victims who are plaintiffs in a class action suit against 32 US chemical companies. Attorneys, activists and scientists take us to a new battlefield.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/dancing_courting-the-mermaid.jpg" alt="Dancing Through Death: Monkey God Courting the Mermaid" title_text="Dancing Through Death: Monkey God Courting the Mermaid" url="/films/dancing-through-death/" align="center" admin_label="Film Image" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Dancing Through Death" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Dancing Through Death[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Film Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]The survival of Ancient Southeast Asian culture is explored in Dancing Through Death: the Monkey, Magic & Madness of Cambodia. Produced and directed by Janet Gardner, it is the story of Thavro Phim a Cambodian dancer, who came of age under the Pol Pot regime and lost his father, brother and grandfather during the bloody reign of the Khmer Rouge. Thavro's dedication to Cambodian Classical dance and to his role as the magical white monkey kept him whole during the ordeal. Controversy in Cambodia over whether to try Khmer Rouge leaders heightens interest in "Dancing Through Death."[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/cover_siberian_dream640.jpg" alt="DVD cover of Siberian Dream. A Buryat-Mongol woman goes home to Siberia to honor her ancestors in a shaman ritual. Memories of a Soviet childhood linger as she witnesses the price of change." title_text="DVD cover of Siberian Dream. A Buryat-Mongol woman goes home to Siberia to honor her ancestors in a shaman ritual. Memories of a Soviet childhood linger as she witnesses the price of change." url="/films/siberian-dream/" align="center" admin_label="Film Image" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Siberian Dream" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Siberian Dream[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Film Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Irina Pantaeva grew up in a family of artists and shaman during the final years of Soviet rule. Her parents both worked in the theater. At age 14, Irina was discovered and trained as a model by a local designer. Fashion was equated with capitalism and she was stigmatized by school authorities and called a prostitute. After Gorbachev came to power, she was able to fly to Moscow to find work and send money home. In 1991, after auditioning for Pierre Cardin's first Moscow show, Irina's career took off, leading her to Paris then New York. Ten years later, Siberia is still close to her heart. 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The word "quakers" was originally an insult but its usage spread. The Religious Society of Friends did not emerge as the formal name of the group until the early 19th century. They walk a line between faith and activism standing on the shoulders of iconic quakers who fought to make the world a better place. Through non-violent struggles of key Quaker pioneers in abolition, suffrage, civil rights, economic and ecological justice, the film explores how Quaker values have become a driving force in American democracy, yet somehow out of the spotlight. Film Website: quakersthefilm.com[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Production Information" module_class="vidAndTxt" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Production Credits" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Production Credits Janet Gardner — Producer/Director Richard Nurse — Narrator and Co-Producer Janet Gardner, Richard Nurse, Elena Mannes — Writers Kevin Cloutier — Director of Photography Doug Johnson — Sound Editor and Mixer Stuart Wareing — Sound Recordist (UK) Jack Mehlbaum — Sound Recordist (USA) Laura Israel, Chelsea A. Smith, Michael Grenadier — Editors John Vondracek — Graphic Design & Animation Cynthia Edwards, Veronique Gauvin, Sopheap Theam — Associate Producers Consultants Max Carter, Director, Friends Center and Quaker Studies, Guilford College (ret.) Ben Pink Dandelion, Hon. Professor in Quaker Studies, U. of Birmingham, UK Thomas D. Hamm, Prof. of History,Curator, Quaker Collection, Earlham College Candace McCoy, Prof. of Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Andrew R. Murphy, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University Delia Pitts, Rutgers University (ret.) [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Right Column" module_class="noLiPadding" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]“Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries” was made possible by: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation New Jersey Historical Commission Millennium Pharmaceuticals International Flavors & Fragrances Foundation Melanie Cendana & Keith Yeager Wen Chyi Shyu & James E. Hook Christopher & Edith Morren Family Fund John Spears Obadiah Brown’s Benevolent Fund Tyson Memorial Fund John Pemberton Fund Isabel & Matthew Zisk Libbie Counselman Peter Janney Thomas H. & Mary Williams Shoemaker Fund D’Olier Foundation Philip Gilbert [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Photo Gallery" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" 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module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Elinor Smallman in The Friend magazine reported, "Richard Seebohm, of Oxford Meeting, told Eye that he felt the film 'gives a sympathetic and well-documented history, albeit with a very American slant'...the documentary deftly handles nuanced aspects of Quakerism while remaining concise."[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Karie Firoozmand in Friends Journal wrote, "In a time when many Friends are feeling the need for personal action amidst great fear and turmoil, Gardner draws a clear line from the earliest Friends to today, and gives us examples of how speaking truth to power looks when we see it in our own time."[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Reviews" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Reviews[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Reviews" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_code admin_label="Story" module_class="review" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries. Directed by Janet Paxton Gardner. New York, NY: Gardner Documentary Group, 2020. $25.Quaker HistoryVolume 110, Number 2, Fall 2021, Friends Historical AssociationReviewed by Frederick MartinAn ambitious and inspiring documentary film intended for the general public, Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries provides a broad introduction both to Quakers as a contemporary religious group—primarily the more liberal part—and to the history of Quakers in early modern England and in America. Award-winning documentary film director Janet Paxton Gardner and senior producer Richard A. Nurse worked with a star-studded cast of Quaker historians and scholars, both as consultants (Max Carter, Ben Pink Dandelion, Thomas Hamm, Candace McCoy, and Andrew Murphy) and as on-screen interviewees, ensuring that the factual background and the general narrative of particular sections are authoritative. Indeed, as he introduced a screening at the Friends General Conference Gathering in 2020 Nurse joked tongue-in-cheek about how the ongoing research "led to dozens and dozens of tiresome corrections, reshoots, and film edits, to get the thing right. We hope it's made us better Quakers." Gardner mixes a wealth of visual imagery (photographs, maps, prints, portraits, historic buildings) with occasional scenes of re-enactors playing such figures as William Penn and John Woolman, making viewing absorbing and enjoyable.As any such work must, the film emphasizes a particular storyline, in this case social reformers and activists such as Woolman, Lucretia Mott, Levi Coffin, Alice Paul, and Bayard Rustin, with present-day activist concerns represented by the Earth Quaker Action Team. The descriptions of contemporary faith and practice bear a recognizable connection to the filmmakers' context in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other parts of the liberal, unprogrammed branch. They do make a good effort to present the breadth of Quaker history and current practice, showing scenes in Kenyan and evangelical American Friends churches, and mentioning the nineteenth century splits and missionary work. One wonders what expressions of faith and which parts of Quaker history members of these branches might have chosen to emphasize were they making the film.Happily, the film's willingness to reflect on unexpected results and revised understandings of Quaker history gives viewers many opportunities to ask just such questions. Examples include the observation that William Penn owned slaves juxtaposed with acknowledgment of his influence on political and religious liberty; and mention of the beginnings of solitary confinement in Quaker prison reform. Additional uncomplimentary chapters could have been included, such as the large numbers of eighteenth-century Quakers who enslaved their workers in Barbados and Rhode Island, and the nineteenth-century Quaker support of Indian boarding schools which attempted to eradicate Native American culture; nevertheless, compressing all of Quaker history into the scope of an hour (or 79 minutes in the extended version) inevitably means omissions and trade-offs. The film still provides plenty of food for thought, noting for instance the conflicts among different kinds of American Quakers during the presidencies of Hoover and Nixon, and the resistance to integrating Quaker schools around the time of the civil rights movement.These instances of reassessment framed within a generally idealistic tone, along with the chapter-based structure, encourage further investigation and make the film a versatile resource for classroom use in high school and college courses in history and religious studies. Among Quaker congregations looking for an overview of Quaker history and beliefs for group study, some meetings will find familiar touchstones while others may find their version of the faith acknowledged but less well represented. Broadcast on public television stations reaching audiences of hundreds of thousands, the film has already had a deservedly wide impact, and provides a stirring summary of Quaker social impact well-contextualized within the scope of wider Quaker history.+ Read full review- Hide full review[/et_pb_code][et_pb_code admin_label="Story" module_class="review" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]The Eye: Quiet RevolutionariesThe Friend (UK)July 10, 2020by Elinor SmallmanA film focused on Friends made its UK debut at the end of June.Quakers: the Quiet Revolutionaries aired on the PBS America channel on Freeview on 25 June.The documentary tackles common misconceptions early on, including the infamous confusion around porridge, then charts Quaker history from its roots up to the present day, with a focus on the United States.A wide range of Quaker voices are featured, with interviews of a number of Friends, and an exploration of the influence, ministry and activism of figures such as George Fox, Margaret Fell, John Woolman, Lucretia Mott, Alice Paul, Bayard Rustin and George Lakey, along with many others.Footage of Meeting for Worship tends to focus on unprogrammed silent worship, but the film-makers also include contributions from evangelical programmed Friends.The founding of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the significance of two Quaker presidents are highlighted in modern history, as is activism like the Quaker-led protests against the PNC Bank for financing mountaintop removal coal mining.The film doesn't shy away from poor Quaker behaviour though. For example, it describes the role that Friends played in the introduction of solitary confinement as a form of imprisonment in the US, and the continuation of racial segregation in Quaker schools until it was made illegal in 1954.Richard Seebohm, of Oxford Meeting, told Eye that he felt the film 'gives a sympathetic and well-documented history, albeit with a very American slant'.He added: 'The AFSC gets a mention, but not the Friends Committee on National Legislation, which lobbies Washington. New to me is Friends Fiduciary, which combines investment management for Quakers with a very public stance on corporate behaviour. Other omissions in what is a very wide coverage include the Quaker business method.'Overall the documentary deftly handles nuanced aspects of Quakerism while remaining concise, so Eye wasn't surprised to learn that the director and producer, Janet Paxton Gardner, is a Friend from Princeton Meeting and has served on a number of peace and social concern committees. She founded The Gardner Group in 1990 to direct and produce documentaries, 'committed to giving history a human face'.For Friends who would like to see the film, a DVD is expected this summer and those who are interested can sign up to the mailing list on quakersthefilm.com to be notified when it becomes available.+ Read full review- Hide full review[/et_pb_code][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.18.0" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Books In Brief: “Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries” Friends JournalFebruary 1, 2019[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.18.0" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]"Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries"New Hope Film FestivalJune 30, 2018[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Awards" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"]Awards[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Awards" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.27.4" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"] Seattle Film Festival (2024) Sydney Worldfest (2024) Magic of Cinema (2023) Paris Awards Festival (2023) Ethos Film Festival (2023) INDIEFEST (2023) - Award of Merit, the film also received the Award of Merit in the category of Religion/Ethics NEW HOPE FILM FESTIVAL (2018) - Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.27.4" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"] FLICKERS’ RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (2018) - Flickers’ International Humanitarian Award Grand Prize Given annually to films or filmmakers who inspire social change and community outreach and strive to better the world in which we live. LOUDOUN INTERNATIONAL FILM EXTRAVAGANZA (LIFE) 2019 - Audience Choice Award NEW JERSEY FILM FESTIVAL SPRING 2019 - Honorable Mention [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Purchase & Streaming Options" module_class="purchase" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Purchase and Streaming" module_class="topPurchasePromo" _builder_version="4.23.1" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Purchase and Streaming Options The video may be purchased from the DVD page on the “Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries” Website. Rent/Buy on Vimeo[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] ### Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story [et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="Main Content Area" module_class="mainContent" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" background_image="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/BG_BROWN_clean.jpg" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Page Title" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" border_style_all="none" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Title" module_class="pgH1" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Video and Description" module_class="vidAndTxt" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_video src="https://vimeo.com/591837357" play_icon_color="#dbdbdb" module_class="vidPlayer" _builder_version="4.16" custom_margin="||||false|false" custom_padding="||||false|false" global_colors_info="{}" src__hover_enabled="on|desktop" src__hover="https://vimeo.com/591837357"]  [/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story tells the story of Peter Cooper, one of the greatest leaders of the first generation of America's industrial revolution — a self-made man who also became a great philanthropist, a social visionary and a popular hero. He helped shape America in its transition from an agrarian to an industrial, then a consumer-oriented society, from an uncertain nation to one that was rich, strong, and confident. His numerous innovations and public activities both reflected the changing American social order and transformed it in fundamental ways. When his business success brought him wealth and power, he used his position to foster economic and social justice.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Production Information" module_class="vidAndTxt" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Production Credits" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Production Credits Janet Gardner — Producer/Director/Writer Elena Mannes — Writer/Consulting Producer Kevin Cloutier — Director of Photography Jessica Weiner — Editor/Coordinating Producer Keith Yeager, Zelda Fazaeli Yanovich, Danielle Regis, Mitsuko Brooks — Associate Producers C. David Thomas — Graphic Artist Consultants Dr. Sean Wilentz, Princeton University John Steele Gordon, Author/Business Historian Dr. Peter Buckley, The Cooper Union Dr. Barbara Balliet, Rutgers University [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Funding" _builder_version="4.18.0" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]This film was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council For The Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations in this film do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Reviews Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" 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[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] ### Siberian Dream [et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="Main Content Area" module_class="mainContent" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" background_image="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/BG_BROWN_clean.jpg" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Page Title" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" border_style_all="none" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Title" module_class="pgH1" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Siberian Dream[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Video and Description" module_class="vidAndTxt" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_video src="https://vimeo.com/586908947" play_icon_color="#dbdbdb" module_class="vidPlayer" _builder_version="4.16" custom_margin="||||false|false" custom_padding="||||false|false" global_colors_info="{}" src__hover_enabled="on|desktop" src__hover="https://vimeo.com/586908947"]  [/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Irina Pantaeva grew up in a family of artists and shaman during the final years of Soviet rule. Her parents both worked in the theater. At age 14, Irina was discovered and trained as a model by a local designer. Fashion was equated with capitalism and she was stigmatized by school authorities and called a prostitute. After Gorbachev came to power, she was able to fly to Moscow to find work and send money home.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/inline_sd1.jpg" alt="Irina Pantaeva in her modeling career" title_text="Irina Pantaeva in her modeling career" align="center" admin_label="Image Strip" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label="Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]In 1991, after auditioning for Pierre Cardin's first Moscow show, Irina's career took off, leading her to Paris then New York. Ten years later, Siberia is still close to her heart. In Siberian Dream Irina and her son, Ruslan, take us back to gain insight into their ancient Buryat-Mongol culture that resisted assimilation during the Soviet period.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Content" module_class="film topPurchaseContainer" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Buryatia hugs the Southern border of Siberia, between northern Mongolia and Lake Baikal- the largest fresh water lake in the world. While Irina has made a name for herself on the runway and as an author, this is the first time the Buryat-Mongol story has been shared on screen. Irina's family of artists and shaman unravel Buryatia's hidden history as Siberian Dream celebrates their endangered Central Asian culture.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/inline_sd2.jpg" alt="The location of Buryatia in southern Siberia" title_text="The location of Buryatia in southern Siberia" align="center" admin_label="Image Strip" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Even More Content" module_class="film topPurchaseContainer" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/inline_sd3.jpg" alt="The Buryats, a nomadic Mongolian tribe" title_text="The Buryats, a nomadic Mongolian tribe" align="center" admin_label="Image Strip" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]The Buryats were a nomadic Mongolian tribe, once part of Chinggis (Ghengis) Khan's empire. The Russians first came to Buryatia in 1641 and brought with them a wave of European Russian migrants. In the early years of the Russian Revolution, the region enjoyed relative autonomy and Buryat culture flourished. Traditionally Buryats practiced shamanism and in the 1700s, Tibetan Buddhism was introduced. The dark years began in 1929. Thousands of Buryat Buddhist monks were killed or sent to concentration camps during Stalin's rule. Many shaman disappeared. Remaining Buddhists and Shaman practiced underground.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/inline_sd4.jpg" alt="Scenes from Siberian Dream" title_text="Scenes from Siberian Dream" align="center" admin_label="Image Strip" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]In the film, Irina's family describe the impact of dramatic economic reforms - glasnost and perestroika - on this region, which was closed to outsiders for more than half a century. Siberian Dream takes audiences on a journey of faith between New York and Siberia, culminating in a cleansing ritual as llamas bless her new baby. She calls him Solongo, which in Buryat means "rainbow." To her surprise, she finds a spiritual home at Tibet House in New York, a place where she can teach her children and pass along her Buddhist faith. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Production Information" module_class="vidAndTxt" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Production Credits" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Production Credits Janet Gardner — Producer/Director Irina Pantaeva — Co-Producer/Writer Kevin Cloutier — Director of Photography/Field Producer Jessie Weiner — Editor Nicholas Brooke — Music Consultant Keith Yeager — Associate Producer Zelda Fazaeli Yanovich — Assistant Producer Consultants Marlene Sanders, Department of Broadcast Journalism, New York University Dr. Robert Thurman, Columbia University, President of Tibet House U.S. Dr. David Foglesong, Department of History, Rutgers University Dr. Nicholas Brooke, Department of Music, Bennington College [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.18.0" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]This film was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The views expressed in this film are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional funding provided by the Women in Film Foundation's Film Finishing Fund, the New York Council for the Humanities, Barakat, Inc., Nomadic Expeditions, and Glue Editing and Design.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Photo Gallery" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Photo Gallery[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Photo Gallery by 10Web" module_class="photos" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Click Text" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]Click on photos to enlarge and view captions[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Shortcode" module_id="supsysticGallery" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="17" gal_title="Siberian Dream"][/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Quotes[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Quotes" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]"I just took a look at the film and was mesmerized by the story. This is truly original and inspiring." Linden Chubin, Asia Society[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]"This wonderful project documenting Buryat history, culture, and religion, will be of great help for any and all people interested in better understanding the peoples of Russia and Central Asia." Dr. Robert A.F. Thurman, President, Tibet House U.S.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Character Descriptions[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Character Descriptions" module_class="film characterDescriptions" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Character Descriptions" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"] Irina Pantaeva tells the story of what it meant to grow up under Soviet rule, how her Buryat-Mongol language and culture were suppressed, and celebrates the cultural and religious revival now taking place. Roland Levin is a Latvian emigre who fell in love with Irina, was separated from her, and the obstacles they struggled with before reuniting in America. Ruslan, Irina's son, travels back to Siberia with his mother to learn more about the history and culture of the Buryats. At home in New York, he studies and composes music while attending high school. Solongo is Irina and Roland's newborn baby boy. In Buryat, Solongo means 'rainbow.' Though they live in New York, Irina is raising her children to be familiar with their culture and heritage. [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Expanding Character Descriptions" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"] Vladlen Pantaeva, Irina's father, describes the restrictions imposed upon artists during Soviet times. A composer in the Buryat National Theater, he looks forward to his grandson continuing their traditions through his music. Tatyana Pantaeva, Irina's mother, explains the tough times her family experienced after perestroika. During the Soviet years, she held two jobs in order to earn enough money to feed and clothe her family. Robert Thurman is Professor of Religion at Columbia University and President of Tibet House US. In Siberian Dream, he describes the struggle of the Buryats during Soviet rule and the integration of Buddhism into their culture. Buddhist monk, Gunchen Lama, recalls Stalin's purges of Buddhist institutions and monks during the early days of the Soviet Union. Ivolginsk Datsan was the only monastery to survive, and it is here that he hopes to modernize his school. Dr. Lubov Abaeva describes the nomadic culture in the days before the Russians came into their territory. As professor of anthropology at Buryat State University, she has found new pride in Buryat culture among the younger generation. Nadja Stepanova, President of the National Society of Shamanism, performs a ritual in honor of Irina's ancestors. She explains the significance of the ceremony and the importance of this ceremony for Irina and her family. Elena Madueva, a farmer in the village of Korsakovo, relates her memories of the collective farms. She describes how, with the implementation of perestroika, they lost everything they had worked so hard for almost overnight. Alexandr Maduev, Elena's husband, is a Shaman. He explains how Stalin rid Buryatia of Shamans and prohibited their religion. "We used to be poor," he says, "and we are still poor." As a designer, Larissa Dagdanova chose Irina to model for her clothing collection when she was a schoolgirl. Under communism, fashion was seen as promoting capitalism. Today, she runs a thriving fasion house. The teacher in Siberian Dream reflects Irina's memories as a schoolgirl. Her conversation inside and outside the classroom represents just one of the many methods of Russification the Buryats were subjected to + Read more character descriptions- Hide character descriptions [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Purchase & Streaming Options" module_class="purchase" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Purchase and Streaming" module_class="topPurchasePromo" _builder_version="4.23.1" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"]Purchase and Streaming Options Rent on Vimeo For personal DVD purchase, please contact The Gardner Documentary Group. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] ### Dancing Through Death [et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="Main Content Area" module_class="mainContent" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" background_image="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/BG_BROWN_clean.jpg" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Page Title" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" border_style_all="none" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Title" module_class="pgH1" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Dancing Through Death[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Top Notice" module_class="introRow intialNotices" _builder_version="4.24.2" background_color="#000000" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="50px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px|0px||0px|false|false" border_width_all="1px" border_color_all="#FFFFFF" saved_tabs="all" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Award Columns & Text" _builder_version="4.27.4" _module_preset="default" text_text_color="#FFFFFF" text_font_size="16px" custom_padding="0px|20px|10px|20px|false|false" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"]Recognition for “Dancing Through Death: The Monkey, Magic & Madness of Cambodia” We are proud to announce that Dancing Through Death: The Monkey, Magic & Madness of Cambodia was selected for the Cambodia International Film Festival 2024. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Video and Description" module_class="vidAndTxt" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_video src="https://vimeo.com/586963561" play_icon_color="#dbdbdb" module_class="vidPlayer" _builder_version="4.16" custom_margin="||||false|false" custom_padding="||||false|false" global_colors_info="{}" src__hover_enabled="on|desktop" src__hover="https://vimeo.com/586963561"]  [/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]The survival of Ancient Southeast Asian culture is explored in Dancing Through Death: the Monkey, Magic & Madness of Cambodia. Produced and directed by Janet Gardner, it is the story of Thavro Phim a Cambodian dancer, who came of age under the Pol Pot regime and lost his father, brother and grandfather during the bloody reign of the Khmer Rouge. Thavro's dedication to Cambodian Classical dance and to his role as the magical white monkey kept him whole during the ordeal. Controversy in Cambodia over whether to try Khmer Rouge leaders heightens interest in "Dancing Through Death." A resident of the United States since 1993, Thavro returned to Cambodia in 1998 for a bittersweet reunion with his family and teachers. The film follows him on that journey.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Content" module_class="film topPurchaseContainer" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]The centuries-old traditional Cambodian dances tell mystical stories of good and evil, with bejeweled princes, princesses, giants and monkeys as the principal figures. Cambodian dancers had a sacred role. The documentary looks at this cultural history and the ancient empire of Angkor when the Khmer ruled most of Southeast Asia.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]It takes its audience to 1975-1979 and conveys the preciousness of the dancers who survived the country's maelstrom. It tells of the transmission of a culture from generation to generation, mourning for what was lost and celebrating the dance that has survived in the midst of death, displacement, and war.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Content" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Mr. Phim was three years old when Pol Pot came to power and enforced a radical agrarian regime. He and anthropologist Toni Shapiro Phim tell the story of Cambodia's "killing fields" and the classical dancers against the backdrop of their work together, their romance and eventual marriage. Dr. Shapiro Phim studied dance in the refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border after the genocidal years during which 90 percent of the dancers had been executed or died of starvation or disease. She shares some of her archival footage in the documentary, considered especially precious because many Cambodian records were destroyed between 1975 and 1979. The secondary theme of the documentary is the dancers' mission to preserve their legacy by teaching Khmer dance to children of Cambodian refugees. Personifying the younger generation is Samnang Hor, a 13-year-old monkey dancer with the Angkor Dance Troupe in Lowell, MA, where Thavro was a guest performer. Other young dancers struggle to learn the ancient art in San Jose, CA, where Thavro taught in the 1980’s. 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custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Production Credits Marlene Sanders — Executive Producer and Narrator Janet Gardner — Producer/Director/Writer Kevin Cloutier — Director of Photography Dina Potocki — Editor Richard Fiocca — Music and Sound Design Pham Quoc Thai — Associate Producer Sophy Theam — Assistant Producer Ruth Page — Field Producer/Lowell Consultants: Dr. Toni Shapiro, Cambodian Genocide Program, Yale Center for International and Area Studies Dr. David Chandler, Department of History, Monash University Dr. Sam-Ang Sam, Faculty of Music, Royal university of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh Dr. George Morren, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University William Rieser, Fund for Reconciliation and Development Special thanks to The Fund for Investigative Journalism and Mr. John Hyde[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" 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[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Quotes[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Quotes" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]The Boston Globe reviewer Karen Campbell viewed it as "a powerful and poignant new documentary...[which] explores how Cambodians in the United States and in their native land are attempting to rebuild their culture after the Pol Pot regime and the Khmer Rouge turned Cambodia into killing fields...It manages to engage, at one turn horrifying, at another uplifting."[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Reviews[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Reviews" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_code admin_label="Story" module_class="review" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"] Television Review: Beyond killing fields, dance endures The Boston Globe, May 26, 2000 By Karen Campbell Globe Correspondent "If you know the culture, you know the heart of a country." So believes Proeung Chhieng, dean of the School of Dance at Cambodia's University of Fine Arts, and perhaps nowhere is that claim more evident than in Cambodia, where music and dance is the countries lifeblood.The powerful and poignant new documentary "Dancing Through Death: The Monkey, Magic and Madness of Cambodia," explores how Cambodians in the United States and in their native land are attempting to rebuild their culture after the Pol Pot regime and the Khmer Rouge turned Cambodia into "killing fields" that wiped out nearly a quarter of the country's population, including 80-90 percent of its dancers and musicians.When the communist guerrillas of the Khmer Rouge took over the Southeast Asian Country from 1975-1979, they abolished religion, education, and culture in an attempt to wipe out any vestiges of the pervious monarchy. In effect, they turned the country in one vast slave labor camp, torturing overworking, starving, and executing nearly two million people.Because the country's cultural tradition was largely oral, the death of master dancers, musicians, and teachers meant the loss of priceless traditions. However, as presented in Janet Gardner's compelling documentary, Cambodians are fiercely and proudly determined to restore their cultural identity. The film chronicles some of the more inspiring efforts, including those of the Angkor Dance Troupe in Lowell, where an estimated 30,000 Cambodians have settled, making Lowell the second-largest Cambodian community in the United States, behind only San Diego. The film is a tribute to survival and rebirth.The film follows three generations of dancers dedicated to the acrobatic role of the monkey, the only male role in Cambodian dance. For Thavro Phim, dancing the role has helped him deal with the loss of his family during the Pol Pot regime, enabling him to connect with his personal history and the cultural traditions of his country. For 13-year-old Cambodian-American Samnang Hor, one of the Angkor Dance Troupe's rising starts, the dance is a way to embody and share a past he is just now coming to understand. For the few dancers who survived during the Khmer Rouge, by either keeping their identity a secret, or using the monkey's charming blend of magic and mischief to appeal to their captors, reviving the tradition is a testament of freedom.The film juxtaposes touching interviews with disturbing news footage from the 1970s, archival material, and current documentation of the cultural activity flourishing today. It manages to engage, at one turn horrifying, at another uplifting.The most memorable stories are those attesting to artistic dedication, despite all odds. Master teacher Pen Sok Huaon, enslaved by the Khmer Rouge, recalls: "Every time they send me to chop up dirt, I would stop working in order to bend and flex my arms because I have the feeling I would return home. AT nighttime, when I was free from work, I usually sang in secret each song that accompanied the dancers o I would be able to remember them."In the refugee camps, amidst the daily struggles for survival against inhumane conditions and starvation, music and dance were a priority. Those with the least bit of basic knowledge would teach their skills to the others in order to keep the culture alive. In turn, the culture keeps them alive. As Toni Shapiro-Phim of Yale's Cambodia Genocide Program puts it, "For those few hours a day, they were beautiful and in control." DANCING THROUGH DEATH: THE MONKEY, MAGIC AND MADNESS OF CAMBODIA Produced and directed by: Janey Gardner On: WGBX-TV (Ch. 44) Time: Sunday, 10-11 p.m.+ Read full review- Hide full review[/et_pb_code][et_pb_code admin_label="Story" module_class="review" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]Dancing Through the Dark, Filmmaker Shows How Core Art Form Helped Cambodians Deal With GenocideL.A. 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[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] ### Last Ghost of War [et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="Main Content Area" module_class="mainContent" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" background_image="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/BG_BROWN_clean.jpg" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Page Title" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" border_style_all="none" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Title" module_class="pgH1" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Last Ghost of War[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Video and Description" module_class="vidAndTxt" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_video src="https://vimeo.com/191304687" play_icon_color="#dbdbdb" module_class="vidPlayer" _builder_version="4.16" custom_margin="||||false|false" custom_padding="||||false|false" global_colors_info="{}" src__hover_enabled="on|desktop" src__hover="https://vimeo.com/191304687"]  [/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]At Tu Du Hospital in Saigon, babies in a special unit have enlarged heads or are missing limbs. Pham Thi Thuy Linh,born without arms, writes with her feet. A boy with a shrunken leg careens around the corridor in a wheelchair. Thirty years after the end of the Vietnam war, they are among several millions of victims of Agent Orange. In The Last Ghost of War, we meet victims who are plaintiffs in a class action suit against 32 US chemical companies. Attorneys, activists and scientists take us to a new battlefield. These Vietnamese victims are seeking compensation and justice. The question is were these dioxin-laden herbicides chemical weapons? And if so, who should be held accountable in the wake of what was allegedly the largest chemical warfare operation in history?[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Production" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="PBS Promo" module_class="pbsPromo" _builder_version="4.18.0" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Read the film synopsis at PBS international[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Production Credits" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Production Credits Consultants: Dr. Peter C. Kahn, Professor of Biochemistry, Rutgers University Dr. Marilyn B. Young, Professor of History, New York University Dr. George E.B. Morren, Professor of Human Ecology, Rutgers University Dr. John Constable, Professor, Harvard Medical School (ret.) Dr. Arnold Schecter, School of Public Health, University of Texas Dr. Phan Thi Phi Phi, Doctor of Medicine, Dioxin Specialist, Vietnam Kevin Kline — Narrator Janet Gardner — Producer/Director Pham Quoc Thai — Co-Producer Len McClure, Kevin Cloutier, Vincent Hufty — Cinematographers Doug Johnson — Sound Mixer Ruth Schell — Editor Veronique Gauvin — Associate Producer Keith Yeager — Assistant Producer [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.18.0" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"] This film was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Last Ghost of War is a presentation of the Center for Asian American Media. Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Special thanks to The Fund for Investigative Journalism and Mr. John Hyde Distributor for foreign broadcast: PBS International[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Content" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Announcement from Constantine Kokkoris, Attorney: “Although the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied their appeal, the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange and their lawyers have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to consider reinstating the case against the manufacturers.” From Constantine Kokkoris, attorney representing the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange Any questions: please e-mail ckokkoris@yahoo.com or call (718) 541-8877[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Photo Gallery" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Photo Gallery[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Photo Gallery by 10Web" module_class="photos" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Click Text" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]Click on photos to enlarge and view captions[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Shortcode" module_id="supsysticGallery" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="15" gal_title="Last Ghost of War"][/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Quotes[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Quotes" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Newsday's Robert Keeler called Last Ghost of War "a must-see" and "a catalyst for a much needed national dialogue on Agent Orange." [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Reviews[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Reviews" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_code admin_label="Story" module_class="review" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]Editorials: Agent Orange Alert Newsday, May, 7, 2007Documentary should be widely seenThe lingering tragedy of the herbicide Agent Orange, here in America and especially in Vietnam, is the subject of a hard-to-watch-but-must-see documentary, "The Last Ghost of War." So far, it has appeared in small settings, on college campuses and last week at the Asia Society in Manhattan. But it deserves a far wider audience, as a catalyst to a much-needed national conversation on Agent Orange.It's hard to watch because it does not shrink from showing deformed Vietnamese children. Their parents were exposed to the herbicide that our armed forces sprayed widely, to remove the jungle that hid the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army. It also focuses on a Long Island couple, Michael and Maureen Ryan. Their daughter, Kerry, was born with 22 birth defects after Michael's exposure to Agent Orange.It's a must-see because we need to reflect on how little our nation has done to address the harm that so many attribute to dioxin, the toxic contaminant in Agent Orange.The courts haven't helped Vietnamese victims. In 2005, a federal judge dismissed their lawsuit; their appeal will be heard in June. In the wider court of public opinion, this film by The Gardner Documentary Group can be a powerful tool. The Public Broadcasting Service is considering the film for its national schedule. Our advice: PBS should air it.Copyright 2007 Newsday Inc.+ Read full review- Hide full review[/et_pb_code][et_pb_code admin_label="Story" module_class="review" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]Film shows Agent Orange still Withers Lives Philadelphia Inquirer, April 3, 2007 By Jeff Gammage Inquirer Staff Writer This "Dioxin Bird" painting by Pham Thanh Liem recalls the C-130s that sprayed 20 million gallons of Agent Orange defoliant on Vietnam. Janet Gardner's film also deals with efforts by Vietnamese victims to obtain redress in U.S. courts; the dismissal of their lawsuit in 2005 is being appealed.Inside a special ward at Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Janet Gardner met children born with grossly enlarged heads, bulging eyes, and missing limbs.One was an armless 12-year-old girl who had learned to write with her feet. Some kids moved in wheelchairs. Others moved hardly at all.The possible cause of the children's condition was the reason for Gardner's visit - and the force that propels her new documentary, The Last Ghost of War.Thirty years after the end of the Vietnam War, the legacy of Agent Orange still tortures the Southeast Asian land. In a 57-minute film, Gardner and co-producer Pham Quoc Thai examine the defoliant's harrowing impact on three generations of Vietnamese, following the story onto a new battlefield, a class-action lawsuit brought by aggrieved Vietnamese against 32 U.S. chemical companies.The old news footage at the start of The Last Ghost of War is grainy but familiar - giant C-130 cargo planes, soaring above the jungle canopy, trailing long white clouds of vapor. Between 1962 and 1971, the U.S. military sprayed an estimated 20 million gallons of Agent Orange on South Vietnam. The goal was to improve visibility for American ground troops and deny forest cover to the enemy.But Agent Orange contained traces of dioxin, among the most deadly materials known to man. Many Americans and Vietnamese later developed cancers, their children sometimes born with profound disabilities."It's very hard to prove that Agent Orange caused birth defects," said coproducer Pham, who was born and raised in Na Trang, north of the huge American military base at Cam Ranh Bay, and came to the United States at age 18 in 1971. But the law permits action against makers of products that might be proven injurious, so "it's potentially a big case."Vietnamese who claimed they'd been injured argued in a federal court in New York in 2004 that Agent Orange should be classified as a chemical weapon. The suit was dismissed in 2005, though that ruling is being appealed, with a hearing set for June."The Vietnamese victims association was following the example of our veterans" - who in 1979 had sued over their own exposure, Gardner said. "The Vietnamese [government] was a little hesitant to bring it up with the U.S. government, because it's a delicate relationship. . . . It was opening a wound, a rather raw wound."The film's title comes from the words of former American Ambassador to Vietnam Raymond Burghardt, his characterization of the Agent Orange issue. Narrated by actor Kevin Kline, the film includes an interview with a lawyer for Dow - the only one of the chemical companies that agreed to speak. It features Philadelphia-area activist and Vietnam veteran Frank Corcoran, who has been active on Agent Orange issues.And it introduces Vietnamese families in which all three children, or all four children, suffer terrible deformities.The link between exposure and birth defects is still debated; Vietnamese doctors certain of it, American scientists less sure. The chemical's enduring bequest, the film suggests, can be found in places like Tu Du Hospital, and in rural villages where little medical help is available.Gardner, who lives near Princeton, has long produced and directed fine, Asia-based documentaries, including Precious Cargo, the story of the 2,000 children airlifted from Vietnam in 1975, and Dancing Through Death, about a Cambodian classical dancer who came of age under the Khmer Rouge.Back in the mid-1980s, after the American veterans first filed suit, Gardner was working as a reporter at the Home News in New Brunswick when an editor dropped a pile of clippings on her desk and chased her off to a court hearing. That became her first personal contact with the issue, and with a suit ultimately settled for $180 million. Twenty years later, she's found herself back on the Agent Orange story."We're just presenting the case - we want the viewer to decide," she said. "It's the last issue of contention between the two countries."If You GoThe Last Ghost of War is being shown at Temple University's Gladfelter Hall at 3 p.m. today, and at Princeton University's McCormick Hall at 2 p.m. on Saturday.The film is produced by Pham Quoc Thai and Janet Gardner, and directed by Gardner.Contact staff writer Jeff Gammage at (610) 313-8110 or jgammage@phillynews.com.+ Read full review- Hide full review[/et_pb_code][et_pb_code admin_label="Story (pdf)" module_class="review" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]Film Documents War's Appalling Legacy The Star Ledger, February 23, 2007+ Read full review- Hide full review[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Visit on the Web[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Visit on the Web" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="URL" _builder_version="4.18.0" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Website for “The Last Ghost of War” (via the Internet Archive)[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Purchase & Streaming Options" module_class="purchase" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Purchase and Streaming" module_class="topPurchasePromo" _builder_version="4.23.1" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"]Purchase and Streaming Options Rent on Vimeo For personal DVD purchase, please contact The Gardner Documentary Group. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] ### Precious Cargo [et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="Main Content Area" module_class="mainContent" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" background_image="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/BG_BROWN_clean.jpg" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Page Title" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" border_style_all="none" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Title" module_class="pgH1" _builder_version="4.24.2" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Precious Cargo(56 minutes) Precious Cargo — Return to Vietnam(28 minutes)[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Video and Description" module_class="vidAndTxt" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_video src="https://vimeo.com/589901273" play_icon_color="#dbdbdb" module_class="vidPlayer" _builder_version="4.16" custom_margin="||||false|false" custom_padding="||||false|false" global_colors_info="{}" src__hover_enabled="on|desktop" src__hover="https://vimeo.com/589901273"]  [/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]At the end of the war hundreds of orphaned children, born in South Vietnam, were transported into American homes almost overnight in cities and suburbs across the nation. They soon became the beloved sons and daughters of close-knit American families. They were warmly embraced, they wanted to belong, yet they knew they were somehow different. Strangers stopped them and asked of their origins. In many cases, they were unable to answer. Some, to this day, do not know their father or mother's name. And it hurts. Precious Cargo reveals the complex saga of the "babylift." It is the last chapter of a war that tore their country apart. Yet it is not quite over for more than 2,000 children airlifted from Vietnam to the U.S. in 1975 who were given love and education, but most importantly, a new beginning.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Initial Notices" module_class="introRow intialNotices" _builder_version="4.17.4" background_color="#000000" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||30px||false|false" custom_padding="20px|0px||0px|false|false" border_width_all="1px" border_color_all="#FFFFFF" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Award Columns & Text" _builder_version="4.24.2" _module_preset="default" text_text_color="#FFFFFF" text_font_size="16px" custom_padding="0px|20px|10px|20px|false|false" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"]More recognition for “Precious Cargo: Return to Vietnam” We're happy to report that “Precious Cargo: Return to Vietnam” has been honored with laurels from eleven film festivals:   Official Selection, Seattle Film Festival 2024   Sydney, Australia Paris, France Tacoma, WA London, UK Melbourne, Australia Providence, RI New York, NY International Houston, TX     Newark, NJ   Opening night photos (click to enlarge) [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="36" gal_title="Womens International Film Festival 2022"] (click to enlarge photos) Opening night photos (click to enlarge) [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="36" gal_title="Womens International Film Festival 2022"] (click to enlarge photos) [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Content" module_class="film topPurchaseContainer" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text disabled_on="on|on|on" admin_label="Award" module_class="awardPromo" _builder_version="4.20.4" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" disabled="on" global_colors_info="{}"] “Precious Cargo – Return to Vietnam” won a 2021 Gold Remi Award for Short Documentary at the 54th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]For our military, it seemed like a final act of redemption. To the new government in Hanoi, it was a propaganda ploy or a criminal act, tantamount to kidnapping. Other critics saw it as a last effort by the U.S. government to win sympathy and financial support for South Vietnam. But for most Americans, it was a final gesture in a war they wanted to forget.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbnail_review_12-22-01.png" alt="International New York Times, Arts, Television Review. “When Those Orphaned by War Return to Vietnam” * By Julie Salamon, Published: December 22, 2001" title_text="International New York Times, Arts, Television Review. “When Those Orphaned by War Return to Vietnam” * By Julie Salamon, Published: December 22, 2001" url="/wp-content/uploads/review_cargo_nyt_122201.pdf" url_new_window="on" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Click the image above to view a pdf of the review in a new window.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Content" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]A Story of Connecting and A Search for Answers....Those least able to forget were the children — filmed here in their mid-20s to early 30s. Until making the group voyage, many of them also preferred to forget. In some cases, clues to their past were revealed only after years of speculation. Reunions and this trip to Vietnam, 25 years later, unlocked some of the mystery of their past. In a story about connecting, we follow six of them on that journey. 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Cross II, Historian, U.S. Air Force Dr. John Gilmartin, Department of History, Ohio State University Dr. Wayne Thompson, Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force Dr. Edward Ziegler, Department of Psychology, Yale University [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.18.0" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Precious Cargo was produced in association with the Independent Television Service (ITVS) with major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 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The producers, Pham Quoc Thai and Janet Gardner (who also directed), provide an exquisite window into the aftermath of war and what happens to children when the soldiers stop fighting."[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]The Philadelphia Inquirer called it "a keeper," and advised viewers, "Get out your handkerchiefs and warm up the VCR."[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" 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global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" module_class="review" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"] JERSEYANA; Educating Janet: Moved by the Desperate Plight of Southeast Asians, A Reporter Captures the War’s Aftermath on Film (pdf) The New York Times, December 30, 2001 "TELEVISION REVIEW; When Those Orphaned by War Return to Vietnam" (pdf) The New York Times, December 22, 2001 "For Vietnam War orphans, a bittersweet return home War orphans return to a land they never knew" (pdf) Philly.com, October 31, 2001 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use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Video and Description" module_class="vidAndTxt" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_video src="https://vimeo.com/127165386" play_icon_color="#dbdbdb" module_class="vidPlayer" _builder_version="4.16" custom_margin="||||false|false" custom_padding="||||false|false" global_colors_info="{}" src__hover_enabled="on|desktop" src__hover="https://vimeo.com/127165386"]  [/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Description" 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For these villagers, the war became a struggle for survival. They would choose a remarkable course of action. Rather than flee their ancestral village, they dug a series of tunnels and moved their entire communities underground. Through the personal stories of tunnelers, as well as one American P.O.W. held in the tunnels, we are transported into this subterranean world.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Content" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]A World Beneath The War tells the little known story behind this network of tunnels that saved thousands of lives. By 1967 every aspect of life was lived in these protective catacombs: sleeping quarters, schools, medical facilities, a printing press, nurseries, storage areas, a guard station and theater. Rare footage shows three levels of a complex which extended for miles with 13 entrances where more than 2,000 inhabitants sought refuge. Audiences follow Pham Thanh Liem, an artist who spent his wartime years documenting life underground revisiting the tunnels with his son. He describes art he created on banners to mobilize people. "I did it as a soldier fighting," said Liem, "with all my heart." Other tunnelers who speak out include a militia woman, a fisherman, and a doctor. The program contains a capsule history of the Vietnam War, known in Vietnam as "the American War." 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custom_padding="0px|20px|10px|20px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Recognition for “A World Beneath The War” We're happy to report that A World Beneath The War has been honored with laurels: International International View more Awards & Honors[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Production Information" module_class="vidAndTxt" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Production Credits" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Production Credits Marlene Sanders — Narrator Janet Gardner — Producer/Director/Writer Pham Quoc Thai — Associate Producer Nicole Domenici — Editor Len McClure, Kevin Cloutier, Ma Van Cuong — Cinematographers Joe Bangert, Ngo Vinh-Hoi, Jessie Weiner — Production Associates Consultants Dr. Kevin Bowen, The William Joiner Center, U. of Massachusetts Elizabeth Mock, Archivist Peter Cook, WGBH Dr. Neil Jamieson, The Indochina Institute, George Mason University Dr. Wayne Thompson, Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force To Nhuan Vy, Artists & Writers Association of Hue, SRV Susan Juiliano, Sunnymead School, Hillsborough, NJ [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text 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global_colors_info="{}"]Quotes & Reviews[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Quotes & Reviews" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]The Bay Area Reporter's Gary Morris described the film as "a chilling Vietnam War documentary that uses recently unearthed footage from North Vietnam showing the survival strategies of villagers in one of the world's poorest, most beleaguered countries."[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]“The story strikes me as one which can further the important agenda of humanizing for the American public the way ordinary Vietnamese experienced and endured the war... Thank you for your persistance in using your creative gifts to pursue reconciliation between the American and Vietnamese people.” Ann Martin, Secretary for East Asia, Mennonite Central Committee[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]"An intriguing perspective on history." Booklist[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]"An excellent tool for history teachers. Shows how a technological superpower could be soundly defeated by an intrepid nation of barefoot peasants. Highly recommended." Video Librarian[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]"A World Beneath the War refers to the labyrinth of tunnels the Vietnamese dug in most villages to escape the American bombing of their country from 1964 to 1972. This enlightening film, from the Vietnamese point of view, contains black-and-white archival footage of life in the tunnels and current color shots of the tunnels today. Some of the tunnels collapsed during the bombing raids and became mass graves for thousands of Vietnamese citizens. Clearly and richly narrated by Marlene Sanders, TV News Correspondent, the film provides reminiscences of what life was like in the Vinh Linh tunnels and the medical/psychological problems associated with the war (arthritis, lack of vitamin C and D, mental flashbacks of bombings and atrocities witnessed, etc.). Many short interviews with Vietnamese survivors and one American POW point out the discrepancies in memories of what happened during the war. No stereotypes are shown, and the comments of those interviewed reflect a surprising lack of hatred for what the Americans did to Vietnam. The Teacher's Resource Guide provides much helpful background information." The School Library Journalby Scott Johnson, Meridian Community College, MSDecember 1997[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label="Jump Link Target" _builder_version="4.23.1" _module_preset="default" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.23.1" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_code admin_label="Jump Link Target" _builder_version="4.23.1" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"] [/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.23.1" _module_preset="default" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.23.1" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_text admin_label="Honors & Awards" _builder_version="4.23.2" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" border_color_all="#FFFFFF" border_width_bottom="1px" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"]Honors & Awards[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Awards" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.23.1" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"] IndieFEST: Award of Excellence, Feature Documentary. Award of Excellence in the category of History / Biographical. Silver Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival in 1997 The Deadline Club Award, New York Chapter Society of Professional Journalists for Best Television Feature Reporting [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.23.1" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"] National Emmy nomination for Outstanding Historical Programming Nominated for the Pare Lorentz Award by the International Documentary Association in 1998. Emergency Librarian, a magazine for professional librarians, named it in their best of the best issue, among the ten best documentaries of 1998. 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Sayon Soeun was abducted at the age of six, exploited by the Khmer Rouge, his family life and education stolen. His recovery and redemption from unimaginable evil entails his transition from an orphanage in a refugee camp to adoption by a loving American family. After more than 35 years, he recently made contact with brothers and a sister he assumed were dead. The documentary follows his journey back to Cambodia to heal himself by finding the family that let him slip away and forgiving himself for his complicity as a Khmer Rouge child soldier.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Top Notice" module_class="introRow intialNotices" _builder_version="4.24.2" background_color="#000000" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="50px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px|0px||0px|false|false" border_width_all="1px" border_color_all="#FFFFFF" saved_tabs="all" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Award Columns & Text - Lost Child: Sayon's Journey" _builder_version="4.27.4" _module_preset="default" text_text_color="#FFFFFF" text_font_size="16px" custom_padding="0px|20px|10px|20px|false|false" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"]Recognition for “Lost Child: Sayon's Journey” We are proud to announce that Lost Child: Sayon's Journey was selected for the Cambodia International Film Festival 2024. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Top Notice" module_class="introRow intialNotices" _builder_version="4.24.2" background_color="#000000" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="50px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px|0px||0px|false|false" border_width_all="1px" border_color_all="#FFFFFF" saved_tabs="all" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Award Columns & Text - Once a Child Soldier" _builder_version="4.27.4" _module_preset="default" text_text_color="#FFFFFF" text_font_size="16px" custom_padding="0px|20px|10px|20px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Recognition for “Once a Child Soldier” We are proud to announce that Once a Child Soldier is the recipient of two recent awards: The James Solheim Award for Best Film of the Year from the Trenton Film Festival: Regional Documentaries 2024 and the award for Best Short Documentary at the Montreal Independent Film Festival 2024. Long Beach, CA Trenton, NJ Montreal, Canada [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Content" module_class="film topPurchaseContainer" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]There are an estimated 300,000 child soldiers worldwide. This film shows how one of them came to grips with his childhood experiences, what he witnessed, and carried with him as he came of age. Lost Child ~ Sayon's Journey tells the story of a former child-soldier under Cambodia's Khmer Rouge. Abducted at the age of six, he is now a community activist in Lowell, Massachusetts. Sayon Soeun appears to be living the Khmer-American dream alongside his wife, her extended family, and a thriving Khmer community. However, painful questions persist concerning the years he spent under the brutal authority of the Khmer Rouge. After 35 years of absence, he recently made contact with four potential brothers and a sister he had assumed were dead. Sayon follows up when he returns to Cambodia where he searches for the truth about a family he barely remembers and comes to terms with his own experiences as a witness to genocidal crimes.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Production Information" module_class="vidAndTxt" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Production Credits" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Production Credits Janet Gardner — Producer/Director/Writer Sopheap Theam — Co-Producer Kevin Cloutier — Director of Photography/Field Producer George Morren — Senior Producer Mitsuko Brooks — Coordinating Producer Cynthia Edwards — Associate Producer Michael Grenadier, Thomas Dexter, Jessica Weiner — Editors Doug Johnson — Sound Editor and Mixer Consultants Dr. Alexander Hinton, Director, Center for the Study of Genocide, Conflict Resolution and Human Rights, Rutgers University Dr. David Chandler, Monash University Dr. Sam-Ang Sam, Pannasastra University of Cambodia Dr. Toni Shapiro-Phim, Bryn Mawr College [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Funding" _builder_version="4.18.0" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]This program was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Photo Gallery" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Photo Gallery[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Photo Gallery by 10Web" module_class="photos" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Click Text" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]Click on photos to enlarge and view captions[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Shortcode" module_id="supsysticGallery" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="5" gal_title="Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey"][/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Content" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Text" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Thank you to all of our supporters.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Reviews[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Reviews" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_code admin_label="Expandable Story" module_class="review" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]A movie revival for capital city: Trenton Film Festival The Trenton NJ Times, June 18, 2014 By Joyce J. Persico for the Trenton NJ TimesEven though the city hasn't had an operating movie theater since the Mayfair closed its doors nearly 40 years ago, the Trenton Film Festival is powering up for a return to downtown this weekend after a six-year hiatus.Originally designed in 2004 as a yearly event to lure locals and visitors to the city with films that couldn't be seen outside the festival circuit, it was an ambitious and successful venture that last was held in 2008, just as it had achieved a footing in the downtown area.Patrons walked from the N.J. State Museum on West State Street to Gallery 125 on South Warren Street and back to The Contemporary on West State Street as they roamed from one viewing venue to another. There was no violence. People wined and dined outside the State Museum and artistic expression was the glue that held it all together.Tomorrow through Sunday, the Trenton Film Society will host a roster of 30 films at the Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 E. Front St., as it attempts to recapture a sense of vibrancy in the city through the medium that transports viewers to foreign places, intergalactic adventures and inside the hearts of people who have managed to endure despite their circumstances.Two featured films in the festival speak to the resiliency of the human spirit, one dedicated to the rebuilding of Long Beach Island after Hurricane Sandy swept away so much of its history and future away. "Landfall: The Eyes of Sandy" will close the festival with its 6:15 p.m. showing on Sunday. Directed by A.D. Pearson, it concentrates on Stafford Township and Long Beach Island as residents struggle to rebuild their lives and their homes after the October 2012 storm.All proceeds from the film will go to a nonprofit that has continued to provide aid for families, first responders and businesses in the area."Lost Child — Sayon's Journey" is a different type of film about survival. It will be shown on Sunday at 4 p.m. followed by a question-and-answer session with its director-producer, Rocky Hill resident Janet Gardner, who traveled to Cambodia to research and film it.A bittersweet documentary running 57 minutes, "Lost Child" details the story of Sayon Soeun, a child who was taken from his family at age 6 by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and forced to become a child soldier during the ruling Communist Party's four-year reign in the late 1970s.His solitary journey eventually took him to Lowell, Mass., where, speaking no English and still in shock over what he had seen in war, he was adopted by an American family. Even in a town whose population was 25 to 35 percent Cambodian, Sayon's loneliness was nearly tangible and the person he most identified with was his 2-year-old American sister, who knew as little language as he did.The film documents his journey back to Cambodia as he searches for the brothers, sisters and parents he left behind.An award-winning film-maker who liked the idea of showing her film at the Mill Hill Playhouse after attending a Trenton Film Society screening of Oscar-nominated shorts there and then dining out locally, Gardner is an example of the type of talent this year's event will feature.Gardner first ventured into filming the aftermath of the Cambodian genocide in "Dancing Through Death," an award-winning documentary on the classical dancers who survived the Khmer Rouge. Broadcast on PBS in 2007, it echoes Sayon's own efforts to preserve his culture in the young Cambodians who come to his classes in Lowell, where he still resides.Gardner's pre-filmmaking career included a long list of journalism jobs at newspapers, including the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, The Cleveland Plain dealer and the Boston Globe.She founded The Gardner Documentary Group to produce educational documentaries in 1990.Her research took her to tours of Cambodia and Vietnam. It was on one of her trips that she met a translator whom Sayon married. Eventually she became an assistant producer on the film, Gardner said."Sayon was very quiet when he first came to the United States. He had PTSD and didn't talk very much," Gardner said. "As you can see from the film, the families he visited had conflicting stories to tell, so he asked for a DNA test to be sure he found his family. He was only a child when he was taken from his family, so he couldn't remember much."Hoping to show her film on PBS stations in 2015, Gardner sees "Lost Child" as a way for festival audiences to "understand how children are still being robbed of their childhoods in places like Africa and Burma" and hopes that "they will become angry enough to do something about it."A pair of films about Trenton will help fill out the film festival lineup.The documentary "This Trenton Life" follows a Passage Theatre production by Trenton area youth and "The Trenaissance: A Better Way for the Capital" is a documentary short that highlights positive changes within the city.For tickets and a complete list of films at the festival, visit trentonfilmsociety.org+ Read full review- Hide full review[/et_pb_code][et_pb_text admin_label="Story Link" _builder_version="4.18.0" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Film Review - ‘Lost Child - Sayon’s Journey’ The Daily Princetonian, May 6, 2013[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Header" module_class="h2Header" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#FFFFFF" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Header" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Awards[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Awards" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.27.4" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"] Indiefest 2015 Long Beach Film Festival 2015 Cambodia International Film Festival 2024 CINE Golden Eagle Award Winner 2013 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival 2013—Audience Choice Award [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Content" _builder_version="4.27.4" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"] Trenton Film Festival 2014—Audience Choice Award New Jersey Film Festival 2013—Honorable Mention Athens International Film and Video Festival 2014—Honorable Mention Boston Asian American Film Festival 2013 [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Purchase & Streaming Options" module_class="purchase" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Purchase and Streaming" module_class="topPurchasePromo" _builder_version="4.23.1" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Purchase and Streaming Options For personal DVD purchase, please contact The Gardner Documentary Group. 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below.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.9.6" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_top="1px" border_color_top="#FFFFFF" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/QUAKERS_DVD_FrontCover2.jpg" alt="Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries" title_text="Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries" url="/films/quakers-the-quiet-revolutionaries/" align="center" admin_label="Film Image" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.9.6" 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[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.10.7" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.9.4" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sayons_journey640.jpg" alt="Lost Child: Sayon's Journey. A Cambodian child soldier's story of recovery and redemption. 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His recovery and redemption from unimaginable evil entails his transition from an orphanage in a refugee camp to adoption by a loving American family. After more than 35 years, he recently made contact with brothers and a sister he assumed were dead. 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By 1967 every aspect of life was lived in these protective catacombs: sleeping quarters, schools, medical facilities, a printing press, nurseries, storage areas, a guard station and theater. Rare footage shows three levels of a complex which extended for miles with 13 entrances where more than 2,000 inhabitants sought refuge. Audiences follow Pham Thanh Liem, an artist who spent his wartime years documenting life underground revisiting the tunnels with his son. He describes art he created on banners to mobilize people. "I did it as a soldier fighting," said Liem, "with all my heart."[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.10.8" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.9.4" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/cover_precious_cargo480.jpg" alt="Cover image for Precious Cargo DVD: Vietnamese adoptees discover their past. 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Produced in association with ITVS." url="/films/precious-cargo/" align="center" admin_label="Film Image" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.9.6" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Precious Cargo" _builder_version="4.9.6" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Precious Cargo[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Film Description" _builder_version="4.9.4" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Born in South Vietnam, they were transported into American homes almost overnight in cities and suburbs across the nation. They soon became the beloved sons and daughters of close-knit American families. They were warmly embraced, they wanted to belong, yet they knew they were somehow different. Strangers stopped them and asked of their origins. In many cases, they were unable to answer. Some to this day do not know their father or mother's name. And it hurts.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.10.7" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.9.4" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/cover_last_ghost_of_war640.jpg" alt="Cover image for The Last Ghost of War, narrated by Kevin Kline, produced by Pham Quoc Thai and Janey Gardner" title_text="Cover image for The Last Ghost of War, narrated by Kevin Kline, produced by Pham Quoc Thai and Janey Gardner" url="/films/last-ghost-of-war/" align="center" admin_label="Film Image" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.9.6" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Last Ghost of War" _builder_version="4.9.6" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Last Ghost of War[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Film Description" _builder_version="4.9.4" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]At Tu Du Hospital in Saigon, babies in a special unit have enlarged heads or are missing limbs. Pham Thi Thuy Linh, born without arms, writes with her feet. A boy with a shrunken leg careens around the corridor in a wheelchair. Thirty years after the end of the Vietnam war, they are among several millions of victims of Agent Orange. In The Last Ghost of War, we meet victims who are plaintiffs in a class action suit against 32 US chemical companies. 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Produced and directed by Janet Gardner, it is the story of Thavro Phim a Cambodian dancer, who came of age under the Pol Pot regime and lost his father, brother and grandfather during the bloody reign of the Khmer Rouge. Thavro's dedication to Cambodian Classical dance and to his role as the magical white monkey kept him whole during the ordeal. Current controversy in Cambodia over whether to try Khmer Rouge leaders heightens interest in "Dancing Through Death."[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.10.7" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.9.4" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/cover_siberian_dream640.jpg" alt="DVD cover of Siberian Dream. A Buryat-Mongol woman goes home to Siberia to honor her ancestors in a shaman ritual. Memories of a Soviet childhood linger as she witnesses the price of change." title_text="DVD cover of Siberian Dream. A Buryat-Mongol woman goes home to Siberia to honor her ancestors in a shaman ritual. Memories of a Soviet childhood linger as she witnesses the price of change." url="/films/siberian-dream/" align="center" admin_label="Film Image" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.9.6" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Siberian Dream" _builder_version="4.9.6" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Siberian Dream[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Film Description" _builder_version="4.9.4" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Irina Pantaeva grew up in a family of artists and shaman during the final years of Soviet rule. Her parents both worked in the theater. At age 14, Irina was discovered and trained as a model by a local designer. Fashion was equated with capitalism and she was stigmatized by school authorities and called a prostitute. After Gorbachev came to power, she was able to fly to Moscow to find work and send money home. In 1991, after auditioning for Pierre Cardin's first Moscow show, Irina's career took off, leading her to Paris then New York. Ten years later, Siberia is still close to her heart. Irina and her son, Ruslan, take us back to gain insight into their ancient Buryat-Mongol culture that resisted assimilation during the Soviet period in Siberian Dream.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.10.7" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.9.4" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/peter-cooper-locomotive640.jpg" alt="Peter Cooper on a steam locomotive" title_text="Peter Cooper on a steam locomotive" url="/films/mechanic-to-millionaire-the-peter-cooper-story/" align="center" admin_label="Film Image" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.9.6" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story" _builder_version="4.9.6" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Film Description" _builder_version="4.9.4" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Peter Cooper is one of the greatest leaders of the first generation of America's industrial revolution — a self-made man who also became a great philanthropist, a social visionary and a popular hero. He helped shape America in its transition from an agrarian to an industrial, then a consumer-oriented society, from an uncertain nation to one that was rich, strong, and confident. His numerous innovations and public activities both reflected the changing American social order and transformed it in fundamental ways. When his business success brought him wealth and power, he used his position to foster economic and social justice.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.10.7" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] ### About Us [et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="Main Content Area" module_class="mainContent" _builder_version="4.9.4" _module_preset="default" background_image="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/BG_BROWN_clean.jpg" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row column_structure="3_5,2_5" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Title & Intro Text" module_class="intro" _builder_version="4.9.6" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="3_5" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Page Title" _builder_version="4.9.4" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]About Us[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Intro Text" _builder_version="4.10.2" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]THE GARDNER DOCUMENTARY GROUP serves as a platform for creating documentary films with a focus on hidden history. In 2015, the Guggenheim Foundation awarded Janet Gardner a Fellowship in recognition of her body of work and in support of Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries. Ms. Gardner garnered a number of industry awards following a trilogy of documentaries from the Vietnamese perspective. A World Beneath the War, nominated for an Emmy, explored the operation of secret tunnels during the American war. Precious Cargo, produced in association with ITVS, chronicled the return to Vietnam of the first generation of Vietnamese adoptees from Operation Baby Lift. Last Ghost of War follows the court trials resulting from the grim aftermath of herbicides sprayed during the war. Two more documentaries cover the Indochina War as it affected Cambodia. Dancing Through Death: The Monkey, Magic and Madness of Cambodia tells the story of Cambodian monkey dancers striving to rebuild their centuries-old tradition of storytelling after Asia’s most devastating holocaust. The compelling personal account of a former Khmer Rouge child soldier, Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey, has garnered awards at film festivals and was presented by WNET for broadcast on PBS stations from April 2015 to 2018. Ms. Gardner was attracted to the little known story of 19th century inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper. Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story won a CINE award and was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="2_5" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/janet-gardner_dick-nurse_fair-hill-burial-ground.jpg" alt="Janet Gardner and Dick Nurse scouting the Fair Hill burial ground in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" title_text="Janet Gardner and Dick Nurse scouting the Fair Hill burial ground in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" align="center" admin_label="Photo" module_class="photo" _builder_version="4.9.10" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label="Caption" module_class="photoCaption" _builder_version="4.9.10" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Janet Gardner and Dick Nurse scouting the Fair Hill burial ground in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Janet Paxton Gardner" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.9.6" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/janet_gardner_250.jpg" alt="Janet Gardner" title_text="Janet Gardner" align="center" admin_label="Photo" module_class="photo" _builder_version="4.10.8" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Name" _builder_version="4.9.4" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Janet Paxton Gardner[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Title" _builder_version="4.9.4" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Director-Producer[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Bio Text" _builder_version="4.10.2" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]JANET PAXTON GARDNER is committed to giving history a human face. In 1990, she founded The Gardner Group, Inc. to direct and produce documentaries. Film credits include a trilogy about the history and culture of Vietnam: Emmy-nominated A World Beneath the War (PBS/Discovery Channels International, 1997); Precious Cargo (produced in association with ITVS (PBS/ National Geographic Channels International, 2001); and The Last Ghost of War (narrated by Kevin Kline, distributed by PBS International, 2007). Two films explored the Cambodian genocide: Dancing Through Death: The Monkey, Magic & Madness (PBS/ STARTV, 1999); and Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey (presented to PBS stations by WNET Channel 13 for broadcast, 2015). The NEH-funded Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story was presented by ETV to American Public Television and broadcast on PBS stations in 2010. Her documentaries have received awards from the International Documentary Association, National Education Media Network, CINE, Casey Journalism Center and Society of Professional Journalists. Ms. Gardner began her career as a field producer, film editor and news writer for NBC News and WNBC-TV, WRC-TV (Washington, D.C.) and CBS News. As a print journalist, she was a feature writer for The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer and contributed to The New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer and Boston Globe. Ms. Gardner is an alumna of New York University's Graduate Institute of Film and Television (now Tisch School of the Arts) and Cooper Union.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Richard A. 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Nurse[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Title" _builder_version="4.9.11" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Senior Producer and Narrator[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Bio Text" _builder_version="4.9.11" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]RICHARD A. NURSE, former Executive Director of the Crossroads Theatre Company, served as Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Undergraduate Education for Rutgers University, and Associate Director of Admission at Brown. He was also the first African American headmaster of a New England boarding school, the Stockbridge School in Lenox, Massachusetts. Mr. Nurse has degrees from Brown University and the University of Rhode Island.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Kevin Cloutier" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.9.6" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/kevin-cloutier-1-250-jpg.jpg" alt="Kevin Cloutier" title_text="Kevin Cloutier" align="center" admin_label="Photo" module_class="photo" _builder_version="4.9.6" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Name" _builder_version="4.9.4" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Kevin Cloutier[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Title" _builder_version="4.9.4" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Director of Photography/Cinematographer[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Bio Text" _builder_version="4.10.2" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]KEVIN CLOUTIER has collaborated with the Gardner Documentary Group since 1993 on documentaries broadcast on PBS stations and worldwide. They include Last Ghost of War, Precious Cargo, Dancing thru Death: The Monkey Magic and Madness of Cambodia, Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story, Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey and Siberian Dream. Kevin has had a longtime relationship with CBS, during which he earned six Emmys for his work on CBS Reports, 60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II. He has also worked with Bill Moyers on programs for PBS and for United Nations television.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Laura Israel" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.9.6" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Laura-Israel-250-pixels-facing-right.jpg" alt="Laura Israel" title_text="Laura Israel" align="center" admin_label="Photo" module_class="photo" _builder_version="4.9.6" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Name" _builder_version="4.9.4" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Laura Israel[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Title" _builder_version="4.9.4" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Editor[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Bio Text" _builder_version="4.9.4" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]LAURA ISRAEL has worked with a number of New York based artists, including Jim Jarmusch and John Lurie. She worked with Lurie on his comedic faux documentary series “Fishing with John,” where Lurie travels to various locations in the world–Thailand, Jamaica, Maine–and goes fishing with his friends Dennis Hopper, Tom Waits, and Willem Dafoe. She has also served as editor on “Africa Unite: A Celebration of Bob Marley’s 60th Birthday” and “In the Hearts of Africa.” Ms. Israel studied film at New York University and landed several jobs editing various music videos, commercials, and experimental films as a student. Of the latter, Israel worked closely with famed photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank cataloging and preserving his own experimental films and documentaries. Israel made the leap to directing her own documentary with the controversial 2010 film “Windfall,” a project that originated from her own experiences in the Catskill Mountains when the small town near the cabin she regularly retreated to plunged into a contentious debate about wind energy when some residents agreed to allow towering wind generators to be built on their land, and others opposed it.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Chelsea Smith" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.9.6" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Chelsea_250px.jpg" alt="Chelsea Smith" title_text="Chelsea Smith" align="center" admin_label="Photo" module_class="photo" _builder_version="4.9.6" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Name" _builder_version="4.9.4" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Chelsea Smith[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Title" _builder_version="4.9.4" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Co-Editor[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Bio Text" _builder_version="4.9.6" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]CHELSEA SMITH is a Brooklyn-based editor of documentaries, short films, and Web content. She recently completed work on Defining Hope, directed by Carolyn Jones. Following the stories of patients with life-threatening illnesses (and the nurses who guide them), Defining Hope investigates the choices made by people facing end of life. The film premiered at the 2017 Heartland Film Festival, where it won best Best Premiere – Documentary Feature. Previous credits include Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno Live! and House of Z (as associate editor). In addition to editing, Chelsea has also worked as a graphic designer on projects such as Don’t Blink: Robert Frank, and “Burt’s Bees: From the Source.”[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Sopheap Theam" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.9.6" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/photo_sopheap_theam.jpg" alt="Sopheap Theam" title_text="Sopheap Theam" align="center" admin_label="Photo" module_class="photo" _builder_version="4.9.6" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Name" _builder_version="4.9.6" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Sopheap Theam[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Title" _builder_version="4.9.6" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Associate Producer[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Bio Text" _builder_version="4.10.2" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]SOPHEAP THEAM, Co-Producer of Lost Child: Sayon's Journey, also served as head of promotion and fundraising for the film. She was particularly effective in reaching out to the Asian American community for screenings and film festivals. Born in Cambodia, Ms. Theam speaks conversational Khmer and serves as translator and liaison to the Cambodian community. She was manager and consultant for the national exhibit of refugee transit photos, "More Than a Number." She continues to contribute her promotional, graphic design and social media skills as an associate producer for Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries. Ms. Theam is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Connecticut. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Cynthia Edwards" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.9.6" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cynthia-250-pix.jpg" alt="Cynthia Edwards" title_text="Cynthia Edwards" align="center" admin_label="Photo" module_class="photo" _builder_version="4.9.6" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.4.3" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Name" _builder_version="4.9.4" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Cynthia Edwards[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Title" _builder_version="4.9.4" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Associate Producer[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Bio Text" _builder_version="4.9.4" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]CYNTHIA EDWARDS joined the Gardner Documentary Group after an extensive career in opera production with the New York City Opera. Rights clearance and research, organizing film shoots, grant writing, creative consulting and office management make up her work for the company. Ms. Edwards graduated with honors from Butler University with a degree in music education.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] ### Home [et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="Main Content Area" module_class="mainContent" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" background_image="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/BG_BROWN_clean.jpg" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row admin_label="Slideshow" module_class="masterSlider" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_code admin_label="Master Slider" _builder_version="4.20.4" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"] Quakers: the Quiet Revolutionaries QUAKER_SPLASHPAGE_JV_01 [/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Top Notice" module_class="introRow intialNotices" _builder_version="4.24.2" background_color="#000000" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="50px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px|0px||0px|false|false" border_width_all="1px" border_color_all="#FFFFFF" saved_tabs="all" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Award Columns & Text - Once a Child Soldier" _builder_version="4.27.4" _module_preset="default" text_text_color="#FFFFFF" text_font_size="16px" custom_padding="0px|20px|10px|20px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Recognition for “Once a Child Soldier” We are proud to announce that Once a Child Soldier is the recipient of two recent awards: The James Solheim Award for Best Film of the Year from the Trenton Film Festival: Regional Documentaries 2024 and the award for Best Short Documentary at the Montreal Independent Film Festival 2024. Long Beach, CA Trenton, NJ Montreal, Canada [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Top Notice" module_class="introRow intialNotices" _builder_version="4.24.2" background_color="#000000" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="50px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px|0px||0px|false|false" border_width_all="1px" border_color_all="#FFFFFF" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Award Columns & Text - Precious Cargo" _builder_version="4.24.2" _module_preset="default" text_text_color="#FFFFFF" text_font_size="16px" custom_padding="0px|20px|10px|20px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]More recognition for “Precious Cargo: Return to Vietnam” We're happy to report that “Precious Cargo: Return to Vietnam” has been honored with laurels from eleven film festivals:   Official Selection, Seattle Film Festival 2024   Sydney, Australia Paris, France Tacoma, WA London, UK Melbourne, Australia Providence, RI New York, NY International Houston, TX     Newark, NJ   Opening night photos (click to enlarge) [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="36" gal_title="Womens International Film Festival 2022"] (click to enlarge photos) Opening night photos (click to enlarge) [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="36" gal_title="Womens International Film Festival 2022"] (click to enlarge photos) [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Intro Text & What's New" module_class="introRow" _builder_version="4.16" background_color="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" collapsed="off" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" border_color_all="RGBA(0,0,0,0)" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Intro Text" module_class="introTxt" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]The Gardner Documentary Group, a not for profit organization, facilitates the production of socially responsible and educational documentaries for educational television, schools, colleges, and libraries. Our special interest is in films revealing hidden history.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Intro Text Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> Learn More[/et_pb_code][et_pb_text disabled_on="on|on|on" admin_label="Recent News title" _builder_version="4.23.1" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" disabled="on" global_colors_info="{}"]Recent News[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on="on|on|on" admin_label="Text" module_class="whatsNew" _builder_version="4.23.1" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" disabled="on" global_colors_info="{}"]"Siberian Dream" US broadcast rights are available. 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His recovery and redemption from unimaginable evil entails his transition from an orphanage in a refugee camp to adoption by a loving American family. After more than 35 years, he recently made contact with brothers and a sister he assumed were dead. 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By 1967 every aspect of life was lived in these protective catacombs: sleeping quarters, schools, medical facilities, a printing press, nurseries, storage areas, a guard station and theater. Rare footage shows three levels of a complex which extended for miles with 13 entrances where more than 2,000 inhabitants sought refuge. Audiences follow Pham Thanh Liem, an artist who spent his wartime years documenting life underground revisiting the tunnels with his son. He describes art he created on banners to mobilize people. "I did it as a soldier fighting," said Liem, "with all my heart."[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/cover_precious_cargo480.jpg" alt="Cover image for Precious Cargo DVD: Vietnamese adoptees discover their past. Produced in association with ITVS." title_text="Cover image for Precious Cargo DVD: Vietnamese adoptees discover their past. Produced in association with ITVS." url="/films/precious-cargo/" align="center" admin_label="Film Image" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Precious Cargo" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Precious Cargo[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Film Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Born in South Vietnam, they were transported into American homes almost overnight in cities and suburbs across the nation. They soon became the beloved sons and daughters of close-knit American families. They were warmly embraced, they wanted to belong, yet they knew they were somehow different. Strangers stopped them and asked of their origins. In many cases, they were unable to answer. Some to this day do not know their father or mother's name. And it hurts.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/cover_last_ghost_of_war640.jpg" alt="Cover image for The Last Ghost of War, narrated by Kevin Kline, produced by Pham Quoc Thai and Janey Gardner" title_text="Cover image for The Last Ghost of War, narrated by Kevin Kline, produced by Pham Quoc Thai and Janey Gardner" url="/films/last-ghost-of-war/" align="center" admin_label="Film Image" module_class="filmImage" _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||0px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Last Ghost of War" _builder_version="4.16" module_alignment="left" custom_margin="0px||0px|-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|tablet" custom_padding="0px||0px|" global_colors_info="{}"]Last Ghost of War[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Film Description" _builder_version="4.16" text_font="||||||||" text_font_size="17px" background_layout="dark" custom_margin="|25px||-20px|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_phone="|||10px|false|false" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="||10px||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]At Tu Du Hospital in Saigon, babies in a special unit have enlarged heads or are missing limbs. Pham Thi Thuy Linh, born without arms, writes with her feet. A boy with a shrunken leg careens around the corridor in a wheelchair. Thirty years after the end of the Vietnam war, they are among several millions of victims of Agent Orange. In The Last Ghost of War, we meet victims who are plaintiffs in a class action suit against 32 US chemical companies. 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Produced and directed by Janet Gardner, it is the story of Thavro Phim a Cambodian dancer, who came of age under the Pol Pot regime and lost his father, brother and grandfather during the bloody reign of the Khmer Rouge. Thavro's dedication to Cambodian Classical dance and to his role as the magical white monkey kept him whole during the ordeal. 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He helped shape America in its transition from an agrarian to an industrial, then a consumer-oriented society, from an uncertain nation to one that was rich, strong, and confident. His numerous innovations and public activities both reflected the changing American social order and transformed it in fundamental ways. When his business success brought him wealth and power, he used his position to foster economic and social justice.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_4,3_4" use_custom_gutter="on" admin_label="Film - Siberian Dream" module_class="film" _builder_version="4.23.1" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" width="99%" custom_margin="0px||||false|false" custom_padding="20px||||false|false" border_width_bottom="1px" border_color_bottom="#ffffff" collapsed="on" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="0px|0px|0px|15px|false|false" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://gardnerdocgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/cover_siberian_dream640.jpg" alt="DVD cover of Siberian Dream. 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Her parents both worked in the theater. At age 14, Irina was discovered and trained as a model by a local designer. Fashion was equated with capitalism and she was stigmatized by school authorities and called a prostitute. After Gorbachev came to power, she was able to fly to Moscow to find work and send money home. In 1991, after auditioning for Pierre Cardin's first Moscow show, Irina's career took off, leading her to Paris then New York. Ten years later, Siberia is still close to her heart. Irina and her son, Ruslan, take us back to gain insight into their ancient Buryat-Mongol culture that resisted assimilation during the Soviet period in Siberian Dream.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label="Film Link" module_class="learnMore" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" text_orientation="right" global_colors_info="{}"]> View clip and learn more > Purchase options[/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] ## Projects ### Peter Cooper [et_pb_section admin_label="section" fullwidth="on" specialty="off" background_image="https://quakersthefilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/test-1325x800.jpg" inner_shadow="off" parallax="on" transparent_background="off" allow_player_pause="off" parallax_method="off" make_fullwidth="off" use_custom_width="off" width_unit="on" make_equal="off" use_custom_gutter="off"][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label="Fullwidth Header" title="Our Films" subhead="A collection of work" background_layout="dark" text_orientation="left" header_fullscreen="off" header_scroll_down="off" parallax="off" parallax_method="off" content_orientation="center" image_orientation="center" custom_button_one="off" button_one_letter_spacing="0" button_one_use_icon="default" button_one_icon_placement="right" button_one_on_hover="on" button_one_letter_spacing_hover="0" custom_button_two="off" button_two_letter_spacing="0" button_two_use_icon="default" button_two_icon_placement="right" button_two_on_hover="on" button_two_letter_spacing_hover="0"] [/et_pb_fullwidth_header][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label="section" fullwidth="off" specialty="off"][et_pb_row admin_label="row"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_portfolio admin_label="Portfolio" fullwidth="on" posts_number="4" show_title="on" show_categories="on" show_pagination="on" background_layout="light"] [/et_pb_portfolio][et_pb_video admin_label="Video" src="https://vimeo.com/116363444" image_src="//i.vimeocdn.com/video/618877540_640.jpg"] [/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label="section" fullwidth="off" specialty="off" background_color="#e05b2a" inner_shadow="off" parallax="off" transparent_background="off" allow_player_pause="off" parallax_method="off" make_fullwidth="off" use_custom_width="off" width_unit="on" make_equal="off" use_custom_gutter="off"][et_pb_row admin_label="row"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_cta admin_label="Call To Action" title="I Love Working With Creative Minds" button_url="#" button_text="Contact Us" background_color="#2caaca" use_background_color="off" background_layout="dark" text_orientation="center" url_new_window="off" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid" custom_button="off" button_letter_spacing="0" button_use_icon="default" button_icon_placement="right" button_on_hover="on" button_letter_spacing_hover="0"] [/et_pb_cta][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] ## Galleries ### Women's International Film Festival 2022 [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="28" gal_title="Women's International Film Festival 2022"] ### Mechanic to Millionaire Reviews Desktop [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="21" gal_title="Mechanic to Millionaire Reviews Mobile-2"] ### Mechanic to Millionaire Reviews Mobile [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="19" gal_title="Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story-2"] ### Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="13" gal_title="Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries-2"] ### Siberian Dream [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="12" gal_title="Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries-2"] ### Dancing Through Death [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="11" gal_title="Precious Cargo-2"] ### Last Ghost of War [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="10" gal_title="Precious Cargo-2"] ### Precious Cargo [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="9" gal_title="Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries-2"] ### Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="7" gal_title="Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries"] ### Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="4" gal_title="A World Beneath The War-2"] ### A World Beneath The War [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="1" gal_title="A World Beneath The War"]