28 Word Summary:
A Hero on Every Block is a documentary movie about fourteen people who chose to overcome extreme adversities and to continue living happy and purposeful lives.
63 Word Summary:
A Hero on Every Block is a documentary movie about fourteen people who chose to overcome extreme adversities and to continue living happy and purposeful lives. The “Hero” is the power, the human potential to overcome the unthinkable. This power exists in these fourteen people. It exists in every person. True Heroes can be found on every block, in every heart.
For full 1130 word summary, please download the EPK (.pdf)
"...Selecting the fourteen heroic individuals who make up the “cast” of “A Hero on Every Block” was a more difficult process than I ever imagined it would be. The qualities of heroism that I predicted were present in everyone I interviewed. I think I would have to say that perhaps the final fourteen inspired me and touched my heart in special ways.
I now know why I was led to make this film. A month before we completed post- production, I was diagnosed with brain cancer. Making “A Hero on Every Block” has proven to me that I have a power inside me greater than any malignancy. I will survive..."
- Adrian Marinovich
Full Director's statement can be downloaded here
BH: How many people did you actually interview?
AM: A couple hundred. But only 58 of them are actually on tape, & 14 in the film.
BH: Where did your interviews take place?
AM: In 22 states in the US and 2 provinces in Canada. In private homes, in my own office, public parks, Starbucks – anyplace that seemed convenient.
Full interview can be downloaded here
