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of working together," he said.
What they don't have on film,
besides the calf birth, is a seg-
ment on the Renegades motor-
cycle club, which calls Eight Mile
its home base. Its leader refused
outright to be interviewed, Mr.
Glaser said. Detroit Mayor Den-
nis Archer hasn't returned phone
calls, either.
Sharlan Douglas, executive di-
rector of the Eight Mile Boule-
vard Association, a coalition of
area mayors and businesspeople
involved in sprucing up Eight
Mile, agreed to be interviewed on
camera.
But, "it's Gary's project; we're
not sponsoring it, so it's his inde-
pendent vision. Based on his pre-
vious work, we think he can do
the subject justice. We think
there is a good, positive story to
tell here," she said.
Mr. Glaser, a Detroit native
who eked out a few documen-
taries during his 13 years in Los
Angeles before moving to Pleas-
ant Ridge a few years ago, con-
ceived Borderline over a year ago.
Hey, lots of other filmmakers
have probably toyed with the idea
of focusing on Eight Mile, Mr.
Glaser laughed, "but nobody's
been stupid enough to take on the
responsibility and spend that
kind of time" without monetary
compensation.
Both he and Mr. Toorongian,
a Royal Oak resident, earn mon-
ey doing freelance production jobs
and teaching when they aren't
out shooting. They got some seed
money for Borderline from OC-4
(Oakland County Cable Com-
munication Company), a public-
access company that provides
grants to aspiring filmmakers,
but are pretty much making it as
a labor of love.
"A lot of people don't under-
stand why we're doing this for no
money. I do it to learn," Mr.
Toorongian said.
Mr. Glaser said when his par-
ents Alma and Sidney were alive,
they puzzled over his choice of
profession, particularly when he
was shooting a documentary
about several prisoners.
"They never understood me
getting up every morning to go to
the prison," he said. Yet, his work
has been nominated for Emmy
and Ace awards.
The prison documentary For-
gotten Voices, which tracks the
progress of prisoners involved in
an art/writing project, will pre-
mier at the Detroit Festival of the
Arts Film and Video Festival lat-
er this month and will air on
WTVS-56.
His other projects, including
Justiceville, about a makeshift
community of homeless people,
and Bombing LA., about graffi-
ti artists, are available at Thomas
Video in Clawson.
Mr. Glaser is also teaching a
class on film production at the
Center for Creative Studies in
Detroit this fall. ❑
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