thesearchforcountdante.com suspended??? we will see.

All I want to do is make the best film I can make. Complete a work of art based upon and around the life of one John Timothy Keehan, aka Count Juan Raphael Dante. Financing and production is hard enough, research is incredibility difficult for a story spanning this much time. But thern, there are […]

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thesearchforcountdante.com suspended??? we will see.

All I want to do is make the best film I can make. Complete a work of art based upon and around the life of one John Timothy Keehan, aka Count Juan Raphael Dante. Financing and production is hard enough, research is incredibility difficult for a story spanning this much time. But thern, there are […]

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Return of The Masters: Chicago

I met Bill Wallace last night with Preston Baker. He is in town for The Return of the Masters Tournament this weekend. Bakers school is in the basement of a nondescript industrial building on the far Southside of Chicago. Former karate Champion Shihan Baker, is a community activist and a minister. He remains true to […]

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Return of The Masters: Chicago

I met Bill Wallace last night with Preston Baker. He is in town for The Return of the Masters Tournament this weekend. Bakers school is in the basement of a nondescript industrial building on the far Southside of Chicago. Former karate Champion Shihan Baker, is a community activist and a minister. He remains true to […]

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Mas Tamura Follow Up

Writer Ismael Reed has said that every war is a war between churches. Churches are, if anything, institutions of belief. Many of our conflicts are often fueled by our belief systems. Americans pride themselves on their “values” with a missionary zeal. That was what was at work on Feb 22nd, 1943, when the 143 lb […]

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Mas Tamura Follow Up

Writer Ismael Reed has said that every war is a war between churches. Churches are, if anything, institutions of belief. Many of our conflicts are often fueled by our belief systems. Americans pride themselves on their “values” with a missionary zeal. That was what was at work on Feb 22nd, 1943, when the 143 lb […]

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Creative excercises: Dumping Ideas

I have been writing my narrative for the film. Working alone allows you some freedom you don’t have with a large crew or staff. No one pressuring me declare a structure before I am ready. I have had the luxury of having a limitless journey of discovery in pursuing this documentary. Before I write, I […]

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Creative excercises: Dumping Ideas

I have been writing my narrative for the film. Working alone allows you some freedom you don’t have with a large crew or staff. No one pressuring me declare a structure before I am ready. I have had the luxury of having a limitless journey of discovery in pursuing this documentary. Before I write, I […]

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Continuing my research about martial arts in Chicago..

I have been looking for a film in which an American Boxer fights a japanese martial artist during World War II. Diligence pays off. The film is titled Behind The Rising Sun and stars Robert Ryan as the boxer, Lefty O’Doyle. The Japanese actors in the film are all uncredited, the principal japanese roles in […]

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Continuing my research about martial arts in Chicago..

I have been looking for a film in which an American Boxer fights a japanese martial artist during World War II. Diligence pays off. The film is titled Behind The Rising Sun and stars Robert Ryan as the boxer, Lefty O’Doyle. The Japanese actors in the film are all uncredited, the principal japanese roles in […]

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