Summary Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin headed up a secret film unit that sought to redefine America in the eyes of the world during the darkest days of World War II. The filmmakers created powerful short documentaries that showed America's strength not through images of tanks, but in portraits of farmers, school children and window washers. The "Projections of America" films were brilliant, moving portraits of America that were unlike any films ever made before, but seventy years later they are forgotten, hidden away in government archives. Narrated by John Lithgow, PROJECTIONS OF AMERICA tells the dramatic story of Riskin and his team, and the risks they took to project a profoundly democratic vision of the nation that would soon emerge as the most powerful on earth. View more details
Directed : Peter Miller
Written : Peter Miller
Stars : John Lithgow Victoria Riskin Ian Scott Kenneth Turan
Genres : History War Biography Documentary
Release date : Feb 28, 2015
Countries of origin : United States Germany France
Official sites : Official Site Offizielle Seite
Language : English German French
Filming locations : Cummington, Massachusetts, USA
Production companies : Docdays Productions Willow Pond Films
Summary Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin headed up a secret film unit that sought to redefine America in the eyes of the world during the darkest days of World War II. The filmmakers created powerful short documentaries that showed America's strength not through images of tanks, but in portraits of farmers, school children and window washers. The "Projections of America" films were brilliant, moving portraits of America that were unlike any films ever made before, but seventy years later they are forgotten, hidden away in government archives. Narrated by John Lithgow, PROJECTIONS OF AMERICA tells the dramatic story of Riskin and his team, and the risks they took to project a profoundly democratic vision of the nation that would soon emerge as the most powerful on earth. View more details
Genres : History War Biography Documentary
Release date : Feb 28, 2015
Countries of origin : United States Germany France
Official sites : Official Site Offizielle Seite
Language : English German French
Filming locations : Cummington, Massachusetts, USA
Production companies : Docdays Productions Willow Pond Films
