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Edermira’s Journey

September 27th, 2010 | Posted by Lauren Franzen in Production Diary - (0 Comments)
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Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin approached us in 2003 about producing a documentary featuring a young Central American girl who was having her clubfeet surgically repaired in Milwaukee.  It sounded like a good story, however her treatment was already underway and we wouldn’t be able to shoot the story of her life in Nicaragua and her journey here – until they mentioned her sister who was born with the same condition and was still in Nicaragua, hoping to get her chance for these life-changing surgeries.

A few weeks later George found himself in Edermira’s home on the edge of the jungle near Rancho Grande, Nicaragua.  Over the next eight months our crews traveled with her to Milwaukee for the corrective surgeries and rehabilitation and then back to Rancho Grande for a joyous Christmas homecoming.

 

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Rock-a-Bye Alert!!

September 20th, 2010 | Posted by Lauren Franzen in Production Diary - (0 Comments)
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I knew I was going to like this project when we went to the first script meeting at the St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care on the south side of Milwaukee. What a great concept – combine an adult day care facility specializing in Alzheimer’s and dementia care with day care for children as young as 6 weeks old.

But the highlight of our visit was when they described the “Rock-a-Bye Alert.” When several infants get fussy at the same time and there are not enough arms to hold them in the nursery, a “Rock-a-Bye Alert” goes out and the adults in day care come to the rescue. Talk about a “win-win.”

Here’s the piece we produced. There’s a “Rock-a-Bye Alert” about 4_ minutes into the clip. 

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Project ADAM

September 13th, 2010 | Posted by Lauren Franzen in Production Diary - (0 Comments)
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After Adam Lemel, a 17-year-old Whitefish Bay, Wis., high school student, collapsed and died while playing basketball, Adam’s parents – Patty Lemel and Joe Lemel – along with David Ellis, a childhood friend of Adam’s, collaborated with Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin to create Project ADAM in his memory. The project helps schools across the nation implement public access defibrillation (PAD) programs.

The video opens with a dramatization of Adam’s collapse and a message from his father, Joe.

Here’s a clip from that video.

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