The virtual online screening of the Donut Dollies Documentary begins TODAY, Friday, October 9th as part of 29th annual Heartland International Film Festival in Indianapolis, IN.  You can purchase individual tickets for our film at https://watch.eventive.org/heartlandfilmfestival20/play/5f57bc5d24ed79008c7d4c3e to start watching it now.  After viewing our film, you’ll be given the opportunity to vote for the HIFF Audience Choice Awards (5=great – 1=poor), so please take a moment to vote.

Also happening TONIGHT, Friday, October 9th at 8 PM EDT is a public Q&A session as part of the Heartland International Film Festival.  The Donut Dollies has been invited to take part in the Documentary Official Selection Q&A panel, which will also include the filmmakers of 3 other documentaries.  

We’re honored to have Red Cross Donut Dollie Maggie (Connor) Dutilly (first photo) join us on the panel discussion as a special guest!  She served in Vietnam from 1971-72 in Danang, Quang Tri, Bien Hoa and Cam Ranh Army until evacuation during the Easter Offensive in April, 1972.  Representing the Donut Dollies Documentary team will be Jess Hill (Producer – second photo) and Jim Gardner (Co-producer and Music supervisor – third photo).  Follow the link below to gain free access to the public Q&A session – https://watch.eventive.org/heartlandfilmfestival20/play/5f5a85c8bebf3d006a1f1ee2/5f5a85c8bebf3d006a1f1ee5

We thank you for your continued support!

Gratefully,

Norm, Jess and Jim

In just 5 hours, The Donut Dollies will begin screening at the GI Film Festival San Diego.  As you may know, we won our first award for Best Documentary Feature last year at the GI Film Fest, which was quite an honor and we are excited to be asked to screen our film for them again this year.

The screening of our film begins today, Friday, October 2nd at 7:00 PM PDT and immediately following the livestream of our film will be a Q&A session starting at 8:29 PM PDT.  We’re honored to have Donut Dollies Sharon (Vander Van) Cummings (first photo) and Sandi Rhoten (second photo) join us as our special guests.   Sharon served in Vietnam from 1966-67 at Cam Ranh Bay Army, then with Long Binh II Field Forces and then the 25th Division in Cu Chi.  Sandi served in Vietnam from 1969-70 at Tuy Hoa, Cam Ranh and Qui Nhon. 

Representing The Donut Dollies Documentary team will be Jess Hill (Producer – third photo) and Jim Gardner (Co-producer and Music supervisor – fourth photo).  The moderator of the Q&A will be John Decker, the Director of Programming for KPBS.  You can purchase a ticket to see The Donut Dollies Documentary and the Q&A at https://gifilmfestivalsd.org/2020/movies/the-donut-dollies-2/   We hope you’ll join us for this special event