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About the Film
Despite working with him for years, filmmaker Mark Pedri never learned the details of his grandfather’s experiences as a Prisoner of War in WWII. Ten years after Sgt Silvio’s death, Mark found an incredible archive of photos and letters which inspired him to bike over 800km across Europe to retrace his grandfather’s harrowing journey and better understand the man who raised him.
Originally created to save just one story, Dear Sirs has shown its ability to inspire audiences to share and preserve the stories closest to them. We have seen the power of this film to awaken empathy, compassion, and trust through the sharing of deeply personal wartime experiences. Dear Sirs has proven to be a catalyst to bring family, friends, and communities together to connect with the veterans closest to them which, in turn, helps bridge the gap between civilians and veterans.
Dear Sirs has been invited to screen at film festivals, museums, conferences, universities, high schools, cultural centers, and US military bases across the country and around the world. As a testament to the power of the story told in Dear Sirs, the US Embassy in Berlin and Paris have both sponsored screening tours of the film. Dear Sirs was featured as the opening film for the 2022 GI Film Festival in San Diego and was awarded the prize for Best Documentary Feature. The film will have its national PBS premiere in November 2023.
Originally created to save just one story, Dear Sirs has shown its ability to inspire audiences to share and preserve the stories closest to them. We have seen the power of this film to awaken empathy, compassion, and trust through the sharing of deeply personal wartime experiences. Dear Sirs has proven to be a catalyst to bring family, friends, and communities together to connect with the veterans closest to them which, in turn, helps bridge the gap between civilians and veterans.
Dear Sirs has been invited to screen at film festivals, museums, conferences, universities, high schools, cultural centers, and US military bases across the country and around the world. As a testament to the power of the story told in Dear Sirs, the US Embassy in Berlin and Paris have both sponsored screening tours of the film. Dear Sirs was featured as the opening film for the 2022 GI Film Festival in San Diego and was awarded the prize for Best Documentary Feature. The film will have its national PBS premiere in November 2023.
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Mark Pedri (director) formerly of Sundance Institute and Dr. Carrie McCarthy (producer) formerly of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles have been making documentary films together for more than ten years. Focusing on stories from off the beaten path, their films have screened at festivals worldwide, on national PBS, on major streaming platforms, and in international screening tours.
Since the completion of Dear Sirs, Mark and Carrie have traveled with the film to more than 50 screenings across the U.S. and Europe. |