Our Team
Chris Moser, Producer/Writer
David Hughes Duke, Producer/Director
David Hughes Duke, Producer/Director
Chris, a Knoxville native, is an accomplished public television producer/writer/director, a former news writer for CNN-USA, and Assistant Professor Emeritus of Communications at Georgia Perimeter College. Chris is a 1994 recipient of the Governor's Award in the Humanities for his career achievements using media in service to that field.
Chris, a Knoxville native, is an accomplished public television producer/writer/director, a former news writer for CNN-USA, and Assistant Professor Emeritus of Communications at Georgia Perimeter College. Chris is a 1994 recipient of the Governor's Award in the Humanities for his career achievements using media in service to that field. His Georgia Public Television documentary THE DAY ATLANTA STOOD STILL won a 2002 Green Eyeshade Award and has been widely seen throughout the United States via distribution by PBS-Plus. A long-time performer and non-profit promoter of folk music, he has been president of Atlanta Area Friends of Folk Music for more than 30 years.
David Hughes Duke, Producer/Director
David Hughes Duke, Producer/Director
David Hughes Duke, Producer/Director
David is founder of the Atlanta-based, Emmy Award-winning (2003 Children's Miracle Network / 2004 AFLAC Children's Cancer Center) video production company Duke & Associates. David has over thirty years of experience working in communications for a variety of Fortune 500 corporations. He founded Duke & Associates in 1991 to use his skills
David is founder of the Atlanta-based, Emmy Award-winning (2003 Children's Miracle Network / 2004 AFLAC Children's Cancer Center) video production company Duke & Associates. David has over thirty years of experience working in communications for a variety of Fortune 500 corporations. He founded Duke & Associates in 1991 to use his skills on behalf of human causes and the not-for-profits who support them. He and his partner/son John Duke also create documentary films for broadcast on public television.
John McCutcheon, Narrator/Music Director
John McCutcheon, Narrator/Music Director
John McCutcheon, Narrator/Music Director
John is widely revered as one of the leading figures in American folk music. He is a folk singer, multi-instrumental musician, and songwriter of Scotch-Irish descent. Since the 1960s he has toured the world performing his original songs as well as traditional folk music and material by folk legends such as Woody Guthrie. His dozens of alb
John is widely revered as one of the leading figures in American folk music. He is a folk singer, multi-instrumental musician, and songwriter of Scotch-Irish descent. Since the 1960s he has toured the world performing his original songs as well as traditional folk music and material by folk legends such as Woody Guthrie. His dozens of albums have earned six Grammy nominations. His song Christmas in the Trenches is a classic. John will narrate the film, arrange the songs and tunes the music ensemble will perform, and lead the ensemble.
David Donaghy, Consulting Producer
John McCutcheon, Narrator/Music Director
John McCutcheon, Narrator/Music Director
David Donaghy is the director of Cinemedia Ltd., based in County Down, Northern Ireland. In that capacity he has been producing television programs for more than 35 years and is one of the most well respected producers/ directors on the Island of Ireland. His credits include: A TALE OF TWO VISITS, a musical doc on Irish musicians visiting
David Donaghy is the director of Cinemedia Ltd., based in County Down, Northern Ireland. In that capacity he has been producing television programs for more than 35 years and is one of the most well respected producers/ directors on the Island of Ireland. His credits include: A TALE OF TWO VISITS, a musical doc on Irish musicians visiting Estonia and Estonian musicians visiting Ireland (for ITV and C4); AERIAL IRELAND (for PBS), GENERATION TO GENERATION, how Irish music has been passed on through generations; numerous concerts and videos for high-profile artists; and numerous dramas, documentaries, feature films special events coverage and current affairs programs for Sky TV, Netflix, Disney, BBC, ITV, and RTE. For this project Donaghy will participate in planning the film’s content and help plan and coordinate production in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Consulting Scholars
THOUGH NO ONE WILL BE UNDER CONTRACT UNTIL PRODUCTION IS FUNDED, THE FOLLOWING SCHOLARS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN CONSULTING FOR THE PROJECT.
Dr. Katharine Brown, Research Director, former Adjunct Professor of History and Art at Mary Baldwin College.
Dr. Aaron Astor, Associate Professor of History, Maryville College.
Dr. Patrick Fitzgerald, Lecturer and Development Officer of the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies at Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh, Northern Ireland.
DeLesslin George-Warren, artist, researcher and organizer from Catawba Indian Nation.
Dr. Raymond Gillespie, Senior Lecturer at St. Patrick's College at the National Institute of Ireland in Maynooth.
Peter Gilmore, Adjunct Lecturer in History at Carlow University.
Dr. Warren R. Hofstra, Stewart Bell Professor of History at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia.
Dr. Wesley Hutchinson, Professor Emeritus in Irish Studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle.
Dr. Kerby Miller, Curator’s Professor of History at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
John Moulden, Northern Ireland Music folklorist.
Dr. James W. Flannery, Professor Emeritus of English, Emory University. Former Executive Director, Y.B. Yeats Foundation. Author of W.B. Yeats and the Idea of a Theatre: The Early Abbey Theatre in Theory and Practice.
Dr. John Young, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Publications on Ulster include Ulster and Scotland 1600-2000: History, Language and Identity, ed. with William Kelly.