Fledgling Fund Grant
We’re proud to announce that we’ve received a grant from The Fledgling Fund for educational outreach with THE LIST! The Fledgling Fund gives support to media projects that help to change the lives of at-risk and marginalized groups and communities. Out of 326 letters of inquiry that Fledgling received, THE LIST was one of only 22 grantees selected. This funding will be used to create a core standards-based curriculum and study guide with Columbia University Teachers College, and to build our partnership with veterans who are overcoming issues of PTSD. Thank you Fledgling for your continued and unwavering support! And congratulations to all the other grant awardee – it’s an honor to be in your company.
Recording THE LIST’s Score in Prague
We’ve just returned from our trip to the Czech Republic, where we recorded the orchestrated tracks of our original score for THE LIST in a studio just outside Prague. As Kevin and I walked in we were stunned when we heard John’s compositions played by live musicians for the first time. It’s unbelievable to me that we had forty members of the Czech Philharmonic recording tracks for our film. It’s something we’ve never experienced before and I don’t know how we lived without it. Our composer, John Califra, has really inspired us through the score he’s composed. It’s unified the vision that Kevin and I have had for this project since the beginning. John said it best, “This is about Kirk and what he’s done as an American being [in Iraq]… He represents an ideal of what [America] pretends to be but isn’t.” John’s vision for this score has always… LEARN MORE
