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Art Show Fund-Raiser

Posted by James Hill on Sunday, August 29, 2010 | Comments

In case you haven't heard yet we are having an art show fund raiser in a little less than two weeks. Check out the press release here: http://troubledwatersfilm.com/press-releases/art-show-press-release/ Here are the facts: Why: Raise money to finish Troubled Waters, a documentary revealing the world wide issue of Arsenic poisoning in drinking water. Who: Featured artists Ben Keys, Jennifer Stein...

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Go Fetch a Movie

Posted by James Hill on Monday, August 16, 2010 | Comments

I was talking to someone the other day; it was actually the day after my blackberry decided to stop ticking. As I explained my absolute need for remote access to email he looked at me puzzled. "Well, what is it that you do with the documentary," he oddly asked. It occurred to me that he had never been around a film set, post house , or any one who worked in film thus had no way to quantify...

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I-85 South Cinema

Posted by James Hill on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | Comments

Gliding down I-85 I sat on a black, leather, back row seat in a BMW , sandwiched between a retired railroad foreman and loan broker, I clutched my Panasonic camera and boom mike trying to capture the intimate conversation between Jim and Eric in the front seat. The car's German engineering was precise, the interstate road to Atlanta was crowded with traffic, and I was soaking in the dynamic interchange...

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The Power of The Image - July 12, 2010

Posted by James Hill on Monday, July 12, 2010 | Comments

I watched the Coen brother's film, "No Country For Old Men" this weekend. Based on Cormac McCarthy's book of the same title. I would say it is a dark western, chase movie that exemplifies the beauty of the Coen brother's skill to translate the power of the image into a work of art. The two brother's are truly at their zenith as film makers. That got me thinking about some...

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Summer Air - July 6, 2010

Posted by James Hill on Tuesday, July 06, 2010 | Comments

Finally, after over year of many new site promises, it is here, our new website. After trying to sharpen my HTML skills and miserably failing Jeremy Hodges came to my sweeping rescue and designed this sleek website you are currently enjoying; thanks Jeremy. Sitting outside in the evening summer air of Wilmington I feel hopeful about the direction of our documentary. The last six months have brought...

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Updated Project Site and Facebook Account

Posted by James Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | Comments

Hi, I want to welcome Philip Wicker on board as the Social Networking Producer. Philip is an IT and social networking proffesional and is going to be a vauable part of Troubled Waters. We have been working together to get our face book fan page up and running and also an indiegogo.com site built in order to raise money. Take the time to check them out and help us. Thanks. Facebook: http://www.facebook...

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New Site For Billy Hill Productions

Posted by James Hill on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 | Comments

We just setup a site for Billy Hill Productions. Billy Hill Productions is my production company. We are devoted to producing low-budget commercially viable promotional videos, feature films and documentaries. Right now it is under construction but if you would like to check it out see: www.billyhillproductions.com I will be posting news and other updates about the documentary and anything else that...

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Some Updates - December 7, 2009

Posted by James Hill on Monday, December 07, 2009 | Comments

I just thought I would post some quick updates about the project. As you might have read in my previous post Juan Leguizamon is going to be the lead editor for our project. We are very excited about this and will continue to post news about our progress on post production. We have also been communicating with Esteban "CoCo" Rodich about composing original songs for the documentary. He recently...

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It's All Here...October 22, 2009

Posted by James Hill on Thursday, October 22, 2009 | Comments

I am extremely pleased to report that the entire amount of $70,000 which was needed to install the water filtration system for San Antonio de Los Cobres is here. Through the valiant effort of many different people the money has finally been provided. Right now Jim Hill is in Argentina on a preliminary visit arranging people and things in order to lay the groundwork for the installation of the filtration...

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June 21 2009 - Sunday, Father's Day

Posted by James Hill on Sunday, June 21, 2009

So this is Father's day. Interesting. Well, I want to post something since I haven't in a long time. So here is a post. I have been saying we are going to update the website and what have you for a year now, well, things are in the works that will cause it to truly happen. Be checking in for a new website. We will have the community blog posts in the same format but we will have a whole new...

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