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Author Archives: Matthew Eppinette
Festival Time
I’ve just received word that my film Anonymous Father’s Day has been accepted into the 2012 Rome International Film Festival. It will be shown Friday, September 7, at 1:00pm in the historic DeSoto Theater in downtown Rome, Georgia.
Anonymous International
The little documentary I wrote and produced with Jennifer Lahl — Anonymous Father’s Day — has sold in almost a dozen countries in just three months. Here’s a brief piece I wrote on some current international developments in anonymous sperm … Continue reading
Anonymous Father’s Day Premier
Among the many reasons this blog has been silent recently is the fact that I have been writing and producing a documentary film, Anonymous Father’s Day, which explores the stories of women and men who are the children of sperm … Continue reading
Finally
Finally got updated to the latest version of WordPress so I can post on the blog again. Maybe I’ll actually do that some.
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Exposing Euthanasia through the Arts
By Matthew Eppinette, CBC New Media Manager A terrific piece from the always insightful Barbara Nicolosi, currently executive director of the Galileo Forum at Azusa Pacific University. Money quote: Our response to the mercy-killing machine must be more than an … Continue reading
Wow . . . just Wow
Two really unbelievable items: California Institute of Regenerative Medicine Awards Prize to Poem Equating Embryonic Stem Cell Research With Words of Jesus at the Last Supper And [Indian] Govt proposes womb banks to legalize surrogacy “Infertile couples don’t have to … Continue reading
Vanity Cards
I’ve long been a fan of Chuck Lorre’s vanity cards, slides that appear at the end of programs he produces such as Big Bang Theory. I even cited one in a paper I wrote last year (he catalogs them on … Continue reading
In the News
Greek police have broken up an egg harvesting ring that was harvesting eggs from immigrant women for Greek women seeking IVF. Most of the women alleged to have been exploited by the gang had been brought to Greece, ostensibly for … Continue reading
Cribs
I’m a big fan of the original Star Trek series, and I’ve seen a couple of episodes of Cribs. So this is fun. HT: Joe Carter who posted 29 additional videos you might enjoy.
Adding to my Netflix Queue
Christianity Today has an interview with the writer / director of the film