PEANUT MAN
Directed by Jack Truman
A Dixie Film
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CARVER
DOCUMENTARY FILM TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Award-Winning
Short Film Releases on DVD to Celebrate Black History Month
Burbank,
California – A man born into slavery changed the world with the
peanut.
PEANUT
MAN, the award winning documentary short film, is being released this
month on DVD to celebrate Black History Month. A 3 minute short
documentary film about the life of innovative scientist and inventor
George Washington Carver, PEANUT MAN tells the story of a simple man
who was born into slavery and became a scientist, teacher, inventor
and innovator to the world with what was considered the lowliest of
plants.
“Carver
was a man in history who showed that anyone can accomplish anything”,
Director Jack Truman stated in press materials. “This is a man who
was born a slave in the Ozarks in the 1800's, who became the first
black man to get a college degree, the first black man to teach
college, and the first black man to be honored by Congress. I grew up
in Southwest Missouri, 30 miles from his birthplace. His story has
been in my hometown backyard for years waiting to be told. This is a
very personal film for me as a filmmaker. This simple man became a
consultant to historical figures such as Henry Ford, Einstein and
Stalin. Here is a man who has earned his place in history. His story
needs to be told.”
The
award-winning short film premiered last fall at the Imagine Science
Film Festival in Brookln, and has screened at film festivals across
the country. Last month, PEANUT MAN screened at the Kidz Film
Festival in New Jersey. Now releasing on DVD to celebrate Black
History Month, PEANUT MAN will now be available to educational
institutions and private viewers around the world.
Dixie
Films is an independent film company from the real-life Mother/Son
filmmaking team of Jack Truman and Opal Dockery. Truman and Dockery's
films have screened at over 300 film festivals worldwide to date.
Title:
PEANUT MAN
Running
Time: 3 Minutes
Directed
by Jack Truman
A
Dixie Film
UPC:
885444199554
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