Filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films will join Gary Farral on WQUD Vintage Radio 107.7 during his Big Band Era program at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 8th to talk about their Hero Street Documentary Film Series and the recently released Riding the Rails to Hero Street and A Bridge too Far from Hero Street--William Sandoval's Story, as well as the Emmy-nominated and award-winning Letters Home to Hero Street--Frank Sandoval's Story (co-produced with WQPT-PBS).
The Rundles are currently in production on the fourth installment of the series, An Infantryman from Hero Street--Joseph Sandoval's Story.
Only a block and a half long, Second Street in Silvis, Illinois lost six young men in World War II and two in the Korean War, more than any other street in America. Hero Street, as it is now known, has provided over 100 service members since Mexican-American immigrants settled there in 1929.
"Hero Street" producers Tammy & Kelly Rundle join Gary Farral on WQUD 107.7 to talk about Hero Street.
Hero Street, a multi-part documentary series by Emmy®-nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle, will explore the personal and family sagas behind each of the eight heroes and tell the compelling true story of an ongoing struggle to memorialize Tony Pompa, Frank Sandoval, William Sandoval, Claro Soliz, Peter Masias, Joseph Sandoval, Joseph Gomez and John S. Muños.
The series will combine interviews with family members, friends, veterans, community leaders and historians with vintage photos, film, and archival materials to tell an unforgettable story of American courage, character and perseverance.
The multi-part documentary project is in memory of Frank Sandoval, Tony Pompa, Claro Soliz (Solis), Joseph Sandoval, Peter Masias, William Sandoval, Joseph Gomez and John Munos, 2nd Street was renamed Hero Street, USA.
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Through its fiscal sponsor the Moline Foundation, the Hero Street documentary film series received partial funding from the Regional Development Authority (RDA), Illinois Arts Council, the Illinois Humanities, Humanities Iowa, National Endowment for the Humanities, Quad City Arts Dollars—provided by Illinois Arts Council Agency, Hubbell-Waterman Foundation and John Deere, the Quad Cities Community Foundation, LULAC Iowa, Mexican American Veterans Association, the City of Silvis, and individual contributors. The project also received a production grant from the Moline Foundation. The views and opinions expressed by these films do not necessarily reflect the views of these organizations.
Fourth Wall Films is an award-winning and Emmy-nominated independent film production company formerly located in Los Angeles, and now based in Moline, Illinois.
To PRE-ORDER the DVD for Riding the Rails to Hero Street (release date late March 2020) or A Bridge too Far from Hero Street (release date April 2020) or Fourth Wall Films' award-winning film Letters Home to Hero Street (co-produced with WQPT), CLICK HERE!
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