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My ProfilePage 124 ProductionsNew YorkProducerSupplementary InformationTitle/Occupation: ProducerGender: MaleBrief Message to Members:
Page 124 Productions is a documentary production company based in New York that recently completed their first film "Bill W" about the Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. The filmmakers are not affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous.
Biography:Kevin Hanlon, a New York City resident, and Dan Carracino, a California resident, are first-time filmmakers and life-long friends who had talked of making a film together since their days in high school. Both have seen first-hand the devastation of alcoholism, as well as the hope offered by Alcoholics Anonymous. After learning that no feature length documentary had ever been produced about the man who co-founded A.A. and authored its Twelve Steps, they decided to make Bill W.
Why a Film About an Anonymous Man?
Bill Wilson may be the most famous person that almost no one has ever heard of. Almost
everyone has heard of Alcoholics Anonymous, of course, but Wilson himself is largely
unknown because he helped create a fellowship based on anonymity – at first, mainly for
the protection of its members. But over time, Bill Wilson became a firm believer in the
spiritual value of anonymity, and he chose to do all he could to maintain his own anonymity
while he was alive. From within that anonymity, he became one of the most influential
people of the 20th Century, and the work that he did in creating Alcoholics Anonymous –
with no notoriety or fame attached – continues to make itself known all around the world
every day, changing people’s lives in profound ways. Now, more than forty years after his
death, it’s time to take a look at the man who was the driving force behind Alcoholics
Anonymous – and who gave so much of himself to help others.
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