Frank Beazley rules!

Frank Beazley and his home at Zambarano Hospital, which opened in 1905 as a TB sanatorium, were the inspiration for this movie, which had its origins in a series I wrote for the Providence Journal in 2006, The Growing Season. he turns 81 in December and he looked great in a visit I made with ON THE LAKE Outreach Coordinator Katy Miller, my daughter, and my granddaughter Isabella. Here's to Frank!

NEWPORT MOVIE AFTERNOON

Thursday, Aug. 13, 4 p.m., please join as at the Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, R.I., for a showing of ON THE LAKE and the teaser-trailer to BEHIND THE HEDGEROW. Discussion with the filmmakers and members of Newport society and wine and cheese included. Details at the Redwood Library site.

NO SHATNER, BUT SHOW GOES ON

As has been reported widely this week, William Shatner at the last minute -- literally, the last minute -- canceled plans to come to Rhode Island for an appearance during an evening that includes a showing of ON THE LAKE and the teaser-trailer to BEHIND THE HEDGEROW. We were as disappointed as the folks at The Rhode Island International Film Festival, which handled the discussions with Shatner's people.
BUT the show will go on -- both OTL and the BTH trailer will be shown tonight starting with a discussion with Dave and me at 6:45 p.m. at the Columbus Theatre in Providence. Hope to see you there!
-- Wayne

WE ARE NOW ON NETFLIX

Another cool deal for ON THE LAKE: We are now listed on Netflix. So if you haven't seen the movie on PBS or bought a copy, here's another chance to see it.
We hope you will.
-- Wayne

CDC RECOMMENDS ON THE LAKE!

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has included our movie on their recommended list of TB education and training resources.
This is a big honor for us and most of all, a tribute to the men and women who appear in the film and who helped us make it. We thank them once again!
Also, since we last blogged, we've been scheduled for broadcasts in new markets, including Philadelphia and Salt Lake City. And more to come. For details, go to our broadcast schedule page.
We're also starting to show up in other places, including on amazon.com, where a reviewer from Tarpon Springs, Florida recommends the movie highly.

-- Wayne

NEW WEBSITE UNVEILED!

Today, we went live with an exciting new design of our ON THE LAKE movie web site, designed by our friend James Nicholas at www.easywebcreations.com Be sure to check it out.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE TO SCREEN OTL

On June 18, ON THE LAKE will be shown at the 2009 National TB Conference in Atlanta. The conference site is here. Sponsored by the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and the National Tuberculosis Nurse Coalition,
the conference draws TB specialist from state, federal, university and private organizations, including the CDC's Division of Tuberculosis Control (DTBC).