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Tom Weidlinger

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Born

in New York, The United States

Website

https://restlesshungarian.com/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/tomweidlinger

Genre

Memoir, Biography, History

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Member Since

April 2019

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Tom Weidlinger is an independent filmmaker who has been writing directing and producing documentary films for thirty-five years. Many have won festival awards and twenty-one have aired nationally on public television. Concerned with themes of social justice, his work deals with a wide range of topics from the dilemmas of humanitarian aid in the Congo to high school students with learning differences. After a lifetime of city dwelling and global travel Tom moved to the rural foothills of the Sierras. He and his wife Sharon live in a straw bale house on twenty acres of oak and manzanita-forested land. When Tom is not writing or working on a film in his editing room he volunteers at a community center, helping teenagers find their voice throug ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 31 ratings · 10 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Restless Hungarian 4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Add Water: A Floating Communal Experience, Sailing in the Dodecanese Islands of Greece 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Restless Hungarian: Modernism, Madness, and The American Dream 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Vigil to Close The School of The Americas, Fort Benning, Georgia 2007

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

It has been sixteen months since I have written to you. Working on my film Keep On Moving Forward, The Story of Emma’s Revolution has been an amazing journey and it’s not over. I want to tell you not only what I have accomplished but what I have learned.

But first I want to acknowledge it is just twelv

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