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10/02/2019 Film Screening at National Archives honors Peace Corps’ “Towering Task” 09/22/2019 After Premiere Discussion with journalist Maureen Orth and filmmaker Alana DeJoseph. 08/12/2019 My Peace Corps Story Podcast: A Towering Task - Alana DeJoseph. 11/14/2016 A Production for Peace - Washington & Lee University’s The Columns
Peace Corps in the American Conversation By Alana DeJoseph Nearly six and a half years ago, when we began production on “A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps,” it was important to get this story out. America was forgetting that there was a Peace Corps. Much has changed in the years since. In […]
In its 60-year history, 200,000+ volunteers have traveled to more than 140 countries to carry out the organization's mission of world peace and friendship – a towering task, indeed. Through interviews with Corps volunteers, Heads-of-State, scholars, journalists, and host country nationals, the film explores how this uniquely American ...
a towering task: the story of the peace corps United States | 2019 | Alana DeJoseph Annette Bening narrates this history of the U.S. government agency, begun by President Kennedy in 1961, that has sent 200,000 Americans to 60+ countries around the world to promote international cooperation.
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21 mag 2020 · A Towering Task also incorporates canny pop culture references, notably the Peace Corps’ snazzy PSAs voiced by Harry Belafonte: “It’s the toughest job you’ll ever love.” The agency was created by President John F. Kennedy, who was inspired by a 1958 novel, The Ugly American , which deals with establishing an international entity to counterbalance communist influence in the developing ...
A Towering Task Coming to PBS NationwideA Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps is coming to PBS stations across the country. There will be a nationwide premiere of A Towering Task on the PBS World channel on Friday, September 29th at 8pm and Saturday, September 30th at 3am, 9am, and 3pm.In addition, individual stations are scheduling the film in local markets starting September 2nd.
