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"Exported from Michigan" - Award Winning Film

Michigan Business Beat
October 23, 2015 6:00 PM

Exported from Michigan - the filmJeffrey speaks with Michigan native, Jon Vander Pol, writer, producer, and director of Pine Drive Pictures. They discuss Jon's professional background, his Michigan upbringing and his entrepreneurial endeavors out west. They discuss Jon's film, Exported from Michigan, the philosophy behind the film and how he collaborated with investors in order for this project to come together. The film has won awards and has been accepted into the State archives.

About the film, Exported from Michigan:

Exported From Michigan is a feature length documentary film that was completed in June 2014. It premiered at Wealthy Theatre, and was accepted into the State Library archives, in Lansing, in September 2014, and screened there at that time. It won the Audience Choice Award, at the Beverly Hills Film Festival in May 2015; and Best Documentary honors at the Princeton Independent Film Festival, in New Jersey, just last week. After ArtPrize / Waterfront, it will screen at Made in Michigan, Orlando FL, and East Lansing Film Festivals.

It was a true labor of love for Jon, as he grew up in Grand Rapids, and even though he lives in Colorado now, Michigan is his home. Jon spent 5,500 hours on the film over the last 4.5 years, and it feels good to finally have it find an audience.

Michigan Business Beat, hosted by Chris Holman, discusses economic development, new or unusual entrepreneurial initiatives, and successful business practices from different regions and industries around Michigan with a wide range of entrepreneurs and business leaders.

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