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Regarding "The Widowers" -- A Film Directed by Jonathan Scott Chinn, Formerly of Public Radio Tulsa

Aired on Tuesday, September 30th.

On this installment of ST, we speak by phone with Jonathan Scott Chinn, a filmmaker who lives and works in New York City, and who formerly worked as the producer of this radio show, from 1999 till 2001. Chinn's first feature film, which he directed, is a newly released drama/comedy called "The Widowers." It tells the story of best friends Jake and Jonathan, whose wives have both died in tragic accidents. When Jonathan drags Jake to a grief counseling retreat for young widowers, they meet an odd if not downright bizarre group of fellow mourners and therapists -- and in the end, the two men uncover a secret that could destroy their friendship. "The Widowers" will be shown here in Tulsa -- in its Oklahoma premiere -- on Friday the 3rd at 9pm at the Circle Cinema (near the corner of Admiral and Lewis); this screening is part of a special "deadCENTER Film Festival in Tulsa" weekend (for which you can find a full schedule here). Also, to learn more about "The Widowers," you can visit the film's website -- and to view a trailer for it, please go here.

Rich Fisher passed through KWGS about thirty years ago, and just never left. Today, he is the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and the host of KWGS’s public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which celebrated its twentieth anniversary in August 2012 . As host of StudioTulsa, Rich has conducted roughly four thousand long-form interviews with local, national, and international figures in the arts, humanities, sciences, and government. Very few interviews have gone smoothly. Despite this, he has been honored for his work by several organizations including the Governor's Arts Award for Media by the State Arts Council, a Harwelden Award from the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa, and was named one of the “99 Great Things About Oklahoma” in 2000 by Oklahoma Today magazine.
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