The Columbia Maryland Film Festival will present FILMMAKERS ON THE FRONTLINE LIVE In-Person at the Maryland Innovation Center, on Thursday September 12, 2024 at 6PM.

Eighty years on from World War II witness the heroic D-Day Normandy landings onwards through the Liberation of Paris in this critically acclaimed story of the filmmakers who immortalized the terrible events of that fateful summer of 1944 with historic photos and film.

This powerful French made documentary (in English) follows four key players John Ford, the celebrated Hollywood film director who was employed by the Field Photographic Branch of the Office of Strategic Services, the intelligence-gathering forerunner of the CIA. George Stevens, who won Academy awards for best director twice in the 1950s – for Giant and A Place in the Sun – was with Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower’s Special Coverage Unit. Jack H. Lieb was a filmmaker and Correspondent for newsreel company News of the Day. Sgt Richard Taylor was a combat photographer with the 165th Signal Photographic Company of the US army Signal Corps. Interviews include George Stevens, Jr, son of the Hollywood producer, Eisenhower's Granddaughter, Susan Eisenhower, Jack H. Lieb's Grandson (and Columbia Maryland Film Festival Producer) Robert Neal Marshall, as well as Richard Taylor's daughter Jennifer Taylor Rossel.

If you have purchased an ALL FESTIVAL PASS, this LIVE screening is included at no extra cost (Capacity is limited on a First-Come-First-Serve basis, so Pre-Order or Reservations are highly recommended).

At this Maryland Innovation Center Special Event we offer a special pre-film reception with appetizers and light refreshments and an Audience Q&A following the screening.

The entire www.ColumbiaMarylandFilmFestival.com (will be presented Online Sept 9-15th with additional LIVE in person screenings at Monteabaro Hall, Howard Community College Horowitz Center and the Maryland Innovation Center. Sept. 12, 14 &15. See separate Calendar listings!)

The Columbia Maryland Film Festival introduces Howard County and Maryland audiences to the very best in world, national, and local cinema, and is dedicated to inspiring and reflecting the diverse community it serves. This season we have over 55+ fantastic films with dynamic variety.