Tag: give a damn

St Louis Filmmakers Showcase 2011 Awards

Posted: August 20, 2011 at 1:49 am   /   Film, Local, Movie News

ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION JUDGES PRESENT THE FOLLOWING AWARDS FOR the 11th annual STELLA ARTOIS ST. LOUIS FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE 2011 to: BEST FILM (NARRATIVE FEATURE): “Joint Body” by Brian Jun BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: “Give a Damn?” by Dan Parris BEST ACTOR: Mark Pellegrino “Joint Body” BEST ACTRESS: Libby Bibb “All Those Yesterdays” BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: […]

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Advance Screening of St. Louis Filmmaker’s ‘Give a Damn?’ Premieres Two Years After Plane Crash

Posted: August 14, 2011 at 12:29 pm   /   Local, St. Louis Events

August 14, 2011 St. Louis, MO. — 2 years after the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of two pilots and seriously injured local filmmaker Dan Parris, the documentary is finally getting a public screening. Read about Give a Damn? and the plane crash here. Today at 2:30pm at the Landmark Tivoli in U-City, […]

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St. Louis Filmmakers Top Contenders For $50,000 Prize From Pepsi

Posted: August 11, 2010 at 10:24 am   /   Local, Movie News

Vote today for St. Louis Filmmakers to win top prize in Pepsi Refresh Challenge! St. Louis Filmmaker Dan Parris and his crew on “Give a Damn?,” a documentary on fighting poverty, need your help! The film is about two idealist activists (Dan Parris and David Peterka) who convince their friend (Rob Lehr), who is uncertain […]

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Rob Lehr Reflects on Nairobi Plane Crash, Heads Home to United States

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 4:00 pm   /   Local

Heading Home – a Post from Rob Lehr August 9, 2009, 8:58 pm Everything that I contribute to this project from this point forward is dedicated to Frank and Ryan Luckily no other injuries were discovered and the extents of my injuries from the crash are extremely minimal when taking the nature of the event […]

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Nairobi plane crash victims improving, from KSDK St. Louis

Posted: August 4, 2009 at 2:29 pm   /   Local

KSDK — A 25-year-old Chesterfield man injured in a weekend plane crash has improved. Dan Parris was part of a local film crew shooting a documentary in Nairobi on poverty. The video on YouTube was shot moments after the plane carrying him and 26-year-old Rob Lehr of Ballwin crashed into an apartment building near Nairobi […]

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Letter from David Peterka, Member of the St. Louis Filmmaker Group Who Survived Nairobi Plane Crash

Posted: August 2, 2009 at 11:54 am   /   Local, Movie News

This is a letter from David Peterka, one of four members of “Give a Damn?,” who is filming a documentary in Africa to raise awareness on poverty in the region. If you have not heard, two of the St. Louis filmmakers were involved in a plane crash yesterday, in which both were injured but miraculously […]

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Give a Damn Makes Top Story on CNN, “2 U.S. filmmakers injured in Kenyan plane crash”

Posted: August 2, 2009 at 9:57 am   /   Local, Off the Wall

2 U.S. filmmakers injured in Kenyan plane crash By Faith Karimi CNN NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — Two U.S. filmmakers were injured Saturday when their small plane crashed into a three-story residential building in downtown Nairobi on Saturday. Dan Parris, 25, and Rob Lehr, 26, both from St. Louis, Missouri, were shooting an independent documentary on […]

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Give A Damn? Nairobi Plane Crash Makes Front Page at KMOX

Posted: August 1, 2009 at 6:16 pm   /   Local, Off the Wall

St. Louis documentary crew’s plane crashes in Kenya From KMOX: A St. Louis man has been injured in a plane crash in Kenya, east Africa. 25-year-old Dan Parris of Chesterfield was pulled from the flaming wreckage by another St. Louisan, 26-year-old Rob Lehr of Ballwin. The two were aboard a plane used in their work […]

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St. Louis Filmmakers Injured in Nairobi Plane Crash, In Stable Condition

Posted: August 1, 2009 at 1:27 pm   /   Featured, Local, Movie News

Hear from Rob, after the plane crash Hear from Tim, after the plane crash Hear from Dan, after the plane crash   As many of you know, the Give a Damn? guys are close, personal friends of ours at ReviewSTL. It was announced this morning that two of the four St. Louis filmmakers, that were […]

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St. Louis Filmmakers Travel to Africa on $1.25 per day

Posted: June 16, 2009 at 10:24 am   /   Local

St. Louis filmmakers Dan Parris, Rob Lehr, David Peterka and his brother Tim, are traveling to Africa to promote awareness about poverty and global justice. But they are doing things a little different. The local filmmakers are actually hitchhiking top Africa, and living on only $1.25 a day. Their journey of a lifetime will be […]

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