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The Smallest Lies
The blare began, and I fell in love. A bodily excitement buzzed when the Gillette ad came on – the “Look Sharp March”: To look sharp and feel sharp too Choose the razor that is built for you Light [in...
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Living with a SWiMCAT
I live with a SWiMCAT. Maybe you do too, or maybe you are one. I’m proud to say I made up the acronym. It describes my wife: She Who Must Control All Things. For short, a SWiMCAT. I know, I know....
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This Was the 15 Minutes of Fame
— the flash of celebrity Warhol coined, and that we live all our lives for: my sainted daughter just appeared on a newsmagazine TV show about Internet fraud. Hey, she was the main character: sure...
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The Latino Americans
Great Reviews for The Latino Americans, a six-hour PBS series — 200 years of Latino history in the U.S. Chowder was the Consulting Producer for the series, which in this case meant that he developed...
View ArticleANITA: a Doc film by Freida Mock, co-written by Chowder, opens to good reviews
A feature documentary by Oscar winner Freida Mock has garnered good reviews in the New York Times, LA Times, Boston Globe, Huffington Post, Hollywood Reporter, and more: Anita Hill steps back into...
View ArticleLatino-Americans series, largely written by Chowder, wins Peabody Award
A six-part PBS series, The Latino-Americans, has been awarded a 2014 George Foster Peabody award. Chowder developed the series, created the many proposals that got funding for it, and then wrote five...
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Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America, a 60 minute film by Florentine Films/Hott Productions, was produced and directed by Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey. Funders included the National Endowment...
View ArticleRising Voices/Hóthaninpi
RISING VOICES/HÓTȞAŊIŊPI, a 60-minute film by Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey, was a production of Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc. in association with The Language Conservancy. Rising...
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Jamestown’s Dark Winter
A 60 minute film, produced by Andreas Gutzeit of Story House Productions for the PBS series Secrets of the Dead — the brutal and tragic story of a young girl who arrived in Jamestown during the...
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New Projects
The 38th Parallel, a two-hour film about the Korean War, executive produced by Jeff Bieber, produced by John Maggio, for WETA (Washington, DC, PBS station). The project received a production grant...
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