[applause] new start. [inaudible] so much of this book is actually based on the interview, interviewing people. And so i am going to be upfront. I am really intimidated by this guy. As the white guys that passed the asian litmus test. The next time i think i ran into him i was working with wayne at monaco and john was there and wayne congratulated him and winning the macarthur fellowship. And then i was actually i started working on the film. Because what we did was we gave donna camera to just film has everyday life for a whole year the style was making the producers quite nervous. I liked the final cut but people werent sure how it was going to fly and i cant remember who it was but johns name came up as something to look at the film and give his feedback or stamp of approval so we sent it to john i think i got a call from you. I was very short. I think the first was it was great. The second one was im never going to ride on a city bus anymore and look at a kid the same way. The rap
Host beginning on book Tv Documentary filmmaker recalls impact of his Television Series on the Civil Rights Movement eyes on the prize is the name of the book and the Television Series. This program contains language that some may find offensive. Host [applause] im going to be up front. I am really intimidated. I thought i was intimidated by you. I want to give a little bit of background. The filmmaker was a legendary filmmaker and here she was a crew member on that and they would talk about john as the sort of wifi that passed the asian litmus test. So i never met him but the next time i ran into him, i was at monaco and john was there and she congratulated him at the macarthur fellowship. I was actually working on the film within and it was a because what he did is we gave him a camera to film his everyday life for a year of his senior year in high school, the style and everything were making the producers quite nervous and so, i liked the final cut but people were not sure how it wa
Find offensive. [applause] thanks. Go ahead. You start. Figure out what to do. So much of this book is based on the interview, interviewing people. I am going to be up front. I am really intimidated by this guy. I thought i was intimidated by you. I want to give a little bit of background. I never really met john. I heard of jon else. He is this ghost. My first job was with chinese american filmmaker, legendary filmmaker and i came on the tail end of a series called bean sprouts. The crew a crewmember they would talk about jon else as the white guy that passed the asian litmus test and so i never met him but heard of him. I was working with wayne weighing in monaco and john was her, wayne congratulated him, winning the macarthur fellowship. I had no idea what it was at the time. Wayne said it is called a genius grant. And then i was actually in started working on a film that was actually because what we did is we gave don a camera to just film his everyday life for a full year of his s
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