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Film Editor's Note


As an editor and filmmaker, working on Murder by Proxy presented a unique set of mental and emotional challenges.  Emil had set out to realize a indelible vision, to craft a message that expressed a set of core values he held.  And I would find out later, to add his voice to an ongoing struggle we still face.  Many conventional documentaries we see today are governed by an impersonal, traditional objectivity which fail to account for the subjectivity of the maker and in so doing present an authorial, almost condescending tone.  Emil was decidedly, and refreshingly, uninterested in creating another didactic, tired documentary. Instead, he had a complex message, fueled by a passion that I found closely matched my own.  During our collaboration, I came to realise this passion was actually compassion, the motive that drove the whole project. 

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The Tainted Eagle

“The Tainted Eagle” exposes the truth behind one of the most infamous postal tragedies and how it seemed to be a combined effort from different organizations to sweep the truth under the rug. This tragedy was an example of an organization allowing a hostile environment to escalate into a dangerous situation. After blood was spilled, higher postal officials tried to say they weren't aware of the problems at the Royal Oak Post Office, but official documentation shows otherwise. This senseless tragedy is the only postal shooting that was ever questioned and taken through the grievance procedure, the farthest and longest on record. This was a total of twelve years until a combined effort was made to squash any further attempts to reopen the investigation.