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HINGHAM – Emmy Award-winning writer John Rice, owner of Above the Line Programming Group, a creative production company, knows how to tell a good story.
As an executive producer, director and writer, Rice believes a documentary is more than just an interesting storyline. For Rice, it’s all about using strategy and intuition to incorporate compelling themes and characters giving the audience a memorable takeaway.
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http://www.providencejournal.com/features/entertainment/movies-tv/20141226-tabor-boy-a-hundred-year-old-sail-training-schooner-is-subject-of-a-pbs-documentary.ece
Peter Mello attributes his success in life to his high school years at Tabor Academy in Marion, Mass., a college-preparatory school where the Tabor Boy, a 92-foot sail-training schooner, is a seafaring classroom.
“Hardly a day goes by when I don’t think of the success I’ve had and attributed it to the time I spent aboard the ship,” Mello said by phone Friday while out for a walk near his home in Mattapoisett, Mass.
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John Rice of Hingham can tell many stories about his work in the TV and video business. For example, he wrote, produced, and directed the Emmy-nominated NBC special “American Business at the Crossroads” about the 2008 financial crisis, featuring interviews with former president Bill Clinton, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and others.
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Tabor Boy, a 100 foot schooner owned by Tabor Academy in Marion, has an educational program aboard. For over 50 years, the schooner has sailed with student crews in charge. This requires teamwork, accountability and leadership, while at the same time enhancing their math and science skills. On The Point, we hear of a documentary film about Tabor Boy, and tales of how the sailing experience has helped transform adventurous teenagers into confident young adults. Guests on the program are John Rice, and Captain James Geil. Mindy Todd hosts.
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PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (December 15, 2014) – Tabor Boy: 100 Years at Sea is a documentary that profiles the captivating history of the Tabor Boy sail training program in which thousands of high school students have experienced the lifelong lessons of going to sea. Rhode Island PBS is pleased to present this documentary on Sunday, December 28 at 9 p.m.
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