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Seeking Home Film Footage for Reno Divorce Documentary

The producers of RENO and the Romance of Divorce, an upcoming documentary on the Reno divorce era, are seeking home film footage and photographic stills of Reno from the 1920s to the 1950s.  

Reno and the Romance of Divorce will be a feature-length documentary that tells the story of the vital role a small town in Nevada played in changing America’s understanding of marriage and divorce.

Acclaimed documentary filmmakers John Cork and Lisa van Eyssen of Cloverland will write, direct and produce.  Creative consultants on the project are authors Bill McGee and Sandra McGee (The Divorce Seekers: A Photo Memoir of a Nevada Dude Wrangler);  Mella Rothwell Harmon, Nevada Humanities Scholar; and Guy Louis Rocha, Nevada State Archivist (Retired) and “2012 Distinguished Nevadan”.  The San Francisco Film Society is the fiscal sponsor and KNPB (PBS) Reno is the sponsoring broadcaster. The documentary is expected to be completed in 2013.

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To discuss your home film footage, photographic stills, or other memorabilia of Reno from the1920s to the 1950s, please call or email Bill or Sandra McGee at (415) 435-1883 or mcgeebmc@aol.com.

–Sandra McGee,Divorce Nevada Style

“RENO and the Romance of Divorce” (An Upcoming Documentary – View the Trailer)

 A DOCUMENTARY FILM

BY JOHN CORK AND LISA VAN EYSSEN

The remarkable true story of how a small town in Nevada redefined divorce and marriage, and changed the role of women in American society.

“This documentary will not glorify divorce. It will examine the personal, political and historical aspects of Nevada’s divorce trade, and how changing the  divorce laws created a more equal society between men and women. It’s a great story about a chapter of American history few people know about today.”  –John Cork, Writer/Director/Producer

San Francisco Film Society, Fiscal Sponsor

KNPB (PBS) Reno, Sponsoring Broadcaster

Anticipated Completion 2013

Your tax-deductible contributions of any amount are welcome!
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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS 

John Cork, Director/ Producer/ Writer, has directed over 300 documentary shorts and two feature-length documentaries for clients such as the James Bond film producers, MGM, Fox, and Sony. He is the screenwriter of the acclaimed civil rights drama, The Long Walk Home (1990), starring Academy Award-winning actresses Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg. Mr. Cork is president of Cloverland.

Lisa van Eyssen, Producer, has produced a wide-range of projects for The History Channel, AMC, BRAVO and HBO, as well as writing/producing biographies for A&E on Mary Tyler Moore, Paul Newman, Harrison Ford and Elizabeth Taylor. Lisa joined Cloverland in 2006 and has served as producer, writer and director on over 50 film projects.

Creative Consultants:
Bill McGee and Sandra McGee – Authors of The Divorce Seekers: A Photo Memoir of a Nevada Dude Wrangler
Mella Rothwell Harmon – Nevada Historian and Author of “Divorce and Economic Opportunity in Reno, Nevada During the Great Depression”
Guy Louis Rocha –Nevada State Archivist (ret) and “2012 Distinguished Nevadan”
Deb Geraghty – Reno Events Coordinator

“RENO and the Romance of Divorce” (Poster)

A feature-length documentary

Written/Directed/Produced by John Cork and Lisa van Eyssen

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Anticipated completion: 2012/2013

William L. McGee and Sandra McGee Creative Consultants