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"Waltham's Watch" filmmaker and Waltham Theater Historian Doing a Kickstarter For his Next History Documentary

Jonathan A. Boschen who created the well received 2011 documentary "Waltham's Watch" and has also done several history lectures on Waltham's Embassy Theatre and Music hall building has recently launched a kickstater campaign to raise money for his next film.  The documentary is entitled "The Great Educator" and will discuss the legacy and accomplishments of Jamison Handy and his studio the Jam Handy Organization; a man and company whom Boschen has admired and researched since he was a sophomore in high school.  Handy and his studio were responsible for a number of wonderful industrial films during the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s; some of which were the inspiration for the "Waltham Watch" documentary.  More information about the film and contributing money to Boschen's Kickstarter can be found on the page for the project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/72939794/the-great-educator
"Waltham's" Watch can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/26551740

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