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Article: THE PAULIST PRODUCER PRIEST IS OUT TO MAKE ANOTHER 'GANDHI'
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 10, 1988
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CUAUTLA, Mexico - Night was approaching, accompanied by an
angry storm, and the soldiers were fidgeting with their guns in the
indifferent manner of soldiers across Central America. The plaza
before them was littered with charred automobiles and unmatched
shoes. It could have been a scene from the aftermath of a massacre,
but the "soldiers" were actors, the autos and shoes were props,
part of a movie being shot in this little town in central Mexico.
Rev. Ellwood Kieser was watching it all unfold from a nearby
church and explaining how hard it was for a priest to get financial
backers for a film about the last days of a slain Central American
bishop.
"They want the investment to ...