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Brean Cunningham & Douglas Seirup, co-directors of “Dogs On The Inside”

By | March 4, 2015 | Actors & Filmmakers, Adoption, Dogs | 1 Comment

Brean Cunningham and Douglas Seirup—co-directors of “Dogs On The Inside,” a feature-length documentary that examines a program whereby prison inmates at North Central Correctional Institution in Gardner, MA foster neglected & abused stray dogs—discuss what drew them to this realm and, specifically, the “Don’t Throw Us Away” program to be explored as a documentary, and how they received permission to film at the Institution. Read more…

Eric Ristau, co-director of “Sit Stay Ride”

By | February 11, 2015 | Actors & Filmmakers, Dogs, General | No comments

Eric Ristau—co-director with his wife, Geneva, of “Sit Stay Ride: The Story of America’s Sidecar Dogs,” a documentary about motorcyclists with sidecars, and the dogs who ride in ‘em—discusses the genesis of the film, which came about by happenstance, how at first they were thinking the topic probably constituted a short, but in conducting more interviews with sidecar dog devotees, realized they had a feature length doc on their hands. Read more…

Sherry Silk and Cathy Bellatin, from The Humane Society of Tampa Bay

By | March 2, 2011 | Adoption, Rescue | No comments

Sherry Silk–executive director of The Humane Society of Tampa Bay (HSTB)–discusses how the animal welfare/rescue landscape has shifted in the 2 1/2 years since our last interview, including the effect the economic climate has had on donations & adoptions, as well as newer wrinkles and trends, like the growing impact and value of Facebook.  Read more…