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Article: Second success; Food paves path for chef to become filmmaker.(Keith Famie)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
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- December 10, 2007
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Byline: Brent Snavely
Keith Famie, the Oakland County chef who became nationally known as a "Survivor'' contestant, has staked out a second career as successful documentary filmmaker.
Last year, Famie embarked on a project called "Our Story Of'' - a series of documentaries about metro Detroit's ethnic communities.
The first hour-long documentary was "Our Italian Story.'' Since then, Famie has completed Polish, Greek and Arab-American versions. The latest, "Our Arab-American Story,'' is scheduled to air Saturday at 7 p.m. on WXYZ, Channel 7.
"Our Italian Story'' won three Emmys from the Michigan Chapter National Academy of Television ...