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GOOD SCREENING, GREAT COVERAGE

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –– A nearly full house people braved cold, rainy weather last Thursday to attend the second of three scheduled test screenings of ON THE LAKE: Life and Love in a Distant Place, a documentary movie about the tuberculosis epidemic in America in the 1900s and globally today.

Filmmakers David Bettencourt and G. Wayne Miller spoke at the showing of ON THE LAKE, which is scheduled for PBS broadcast on March 23, 2009. The movie will premiere at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket, R.I., at 8 p.m. on Feb. 13.

Among those in Thursday’s audience were Barbara Parkos and C. Gale Perkins, two TB survivors who tell their stories of long stays at sanatoriums in the movie. In a post-screening interview, Parkos told The Harvard Crimson that watching the film for the first time was a powerful emotional experience:

“Parkos said the film brought back memories of living in a sanitarium, where she was forced to sleep outside in an attempt to combat the disease," the paper reported. “Watching scenes of beds lined up on outdoor porches ‘brought it back so vividly I felt cold.’ ”

Read the full Crimson Article.

The first test screening of ON THE LAKE was held last month in Pittsburgh, before an audience of nearly 100 people. The final test screening will be before a private audience on Dec. 3.

For more information about the movie, visit the movie site.

>>>> Nov. 5, 2008 <<<<

ON THE LAKE SCREENING SET FOR HARVARD

November 5, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –– The second of three scheduled test screenings of ON THE LAKE: Life and Love in a Distant Place, a documentary movie about the tuberculosis epidemic in America in the 1900s and globally today, will be held will be at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, at Harvard Hall, Harvard College.

Filmmakers David Bettencourt and G. Wayne Miller will speak at the showing of ON THE LAKE, which is scheduled for PBS broadcast in March 2009. This showing is free and open to the public. The movie will premiere at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket, R.I., on Feb. 13.

ON THE LAKE is the first production from Eagle Peak Media, a multi-media company founded in May by Bettencourt, the award-winning director of YOU MUST BE THIS TALL: The Story of Rocky Point Park, and Miller, journalist and author of seven books. Two more Eagle Peak documentaries are in pre-production.

The first test screening of ON THE LAKE was held last month in Pittsburgh, before an audience of nearly 100 people. The final test screening will be before a private audience on Dec. 3.

While less of a public health issue in America today than in the early 1900s, when much of the film is set, it remains epidemic on the planet. Tuberculosis is the number-two infectious disease killer globally today, according to the World Health Organization, with nearly two million deaths and nine million new cases in 2006, the last year for which data is available. The only disease with a higher worldwide mortality is HIV/AIDS.

Audience reaction from the Pittsburgh screening suggests that the filmmakers have succeeded in bringing powerful emotion and personal stories to the screen.

“Our aim was not to produce a ‘disease-of-the-week’ movie, but rather a compelling narrative of real people,” Miller said. “Against this tragic backdrop, against the many deaths, we found love stories and stories of triumph.”

Harvard Hall is located at the main entrance to Harvard Yard, which is in the center of Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass.

For more information about the movie, visit the movie site.

>>>> OCTOBER 1, 2008 <<<<

We are almost done ON THE LAKE. Lots of final editing and sound work, but we are almost there -- just in time for our first wide-screen showing, on October 16th at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Dave and I will present the film. The next showing will be on November 13th at Harvard College, in Cambridge, Mass., as part of Global Health Week. These showings are for students and faculty of the two schools. The official world premiere will be February 13th at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

>>>> AUGUST 7, 2008 <<<<

Give the green light to our third documentary, which is in the very early stages. Very early. But we have permission now to proceed with a film about one of the central characters in the Providence Journal series about Newport society, A Nearly Perfect Summer. We suggest you join our mailing list to follow details of this most unusual inside look at a world most of us never see...

>>>> JULY 24, 2008 <<<<

As Eagle Peak Media moves forward with plans to help raise awareness of tuberculosis today, we are pleased to announce that leading TB expert Dr. E. Jane Carter, senior consultant for the RISE tuberculosis Clinic at Providence's Miriam Hospital and assistant professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, has agreed to join our efforts. Details on the OTL blog.

>>>> JULY 11, 2008 <<<<

Watch an interview of Miller on writing, conducted by his son, G. Calvin Miller, click here.

>>>> JULY 7, 2008 <<<<

Lonnie Montaquila, half of our movie music/recording team (with Ben Mesiti) will be performing with his three-member rock/pop band The Show at 6 p.m. on Sunday, August 23, in Harrisville, R.I., at the season-closing event of the summertime outdoor entertainment series, Riverwalk Times.

>>>> JULY 3, 2008 <<<<

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