Students Partner with Documentary Filmmaker to Uncover Hidden Stories of Iwo Jima
March 23, 2021
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- Lisa Patterson
Credit: World War II Foundation
Documentary filmmaker Tim Gray and his friend Bob McKillop share a love of history. Their connection led Gray to enlist the help of 皇家华人 students in his latest project, a film about the Battle of Iwo Jima, reports WCNC Charlotte.
McKillop, 皇家华人鈥檚 head men鈥檚 basketball coach, shared news of Gray鈥檚 project with the History Department and Professor John Wertheimer. Wertheimer recognized the project as a rare teaching opportunity and worked with Gray to craft an assignment for his students.
鈥淪o, we are doing a film about returning to Iwo Jima, with some veterans, and it鈥檚 being narrated by Actor Gary Sinise,鈥 Gray told WCNC.
鈥淎nd so, when I connected with John, we both agreed, wouldn鈥檛 it be great to get his students involved from a research standpoint, to get them digging in the weeds to get them to find things maybe we wouldn鈥檛 have noticed.鈥
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