Myers Communications has just finished post-production on the Minnesota choral documentary "Never Stop Singing" which will be broadcast on PBS affiliate TPT in June. ETS Pictures provided cinematography services for the show.
ETS Pictures is currently lensing "The Mississippi: Troubled Waters" for Bell Museum Productions/TPT.
Minnesota Pubilc Radio recently ran a profile of Susan Marks and John Dehn, the producers of the police forensics documentary "Our Wildest Dreams." ETS Pictures provided cinematography services for the production.
Find the profile at MPR's Movie Natters blog.
The U.S. government has removed Ali al-Marri from military custody, and has transfered him to the civilian court system, where he has been indicted for providing material support to Al-Queada. Al-Marri is the last known individual held within the United States as an "enemy combatant." The indictment will likely head off Supreme Court review of the issues surrounding al-Marri's military detention.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of Ali Saleh al-Marri, a non-US national detained in the United States since 2003 as an enemy combatant. SCOTUSblog has the news. ETS Pictures included a segment on the legal issues involved in enemy combatant cases in the 2004 documentary "Security and the Constitution."
Twin Cities filmmaker Emily Haddad recently became the first recipient of the Fresh Filmmakers Grant, funded by ETS Pictures and admistered by IFP Minnesota. Emily has started a blog to track the progress of her production. It can be found here.
The Associated Press is carrying a story about Judge Henry Kennedy, Jr's order to the Justice Department to produce memos that formed the legal basis for the Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP). Read the story here.
On October 25th, the "Minnesota Minute" commercial campaign won an Upper Midwest Regional Emmy Award in the Pubilc/Current/Community Affairs category. ETS Pictures provided cinematography and editorial services for the spot campaign.
The city of New Orleans has settled a suit brought by the NRA and the Second Amendment Foundation related to the seizure of firearms during Hurricane Katrina. In the days following the 2005 hurricane, local law enforcement officers seized several hundred privately held firearms from New Orleans residents. According to the Associated Press, the settlement of the case rests on the city implementing a plan to return seized weapons, and abiding by an injunction that prohibits the city from engaging in future weapons seizures from law-abiding residents.
A FOIA request filed by the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School has produced internal DOD documents related to enemy combatants detained within the United States. The Associated Press has a story on the documents here.
Due to recent problems with unauthorized screenings of ETS Pictures documentaries, we have had to reiterate our policy of approving all public screenings of our programs. Please contact us at info@etspictures.com to inquire about any upcoming screenings you may be planning, and note that we do not allow screenings for fundraisers or benefits.
