Not Every Order Should be Obeyed The Brittany Rebellion of 1771 Most enlisted soldiers cringe at the very thought of disobeying a superior officer.   As Washington wrote, “the soul of the army is discipline,” and the very enterprise of war can’t move forward if every battle strategy required a vote.   Certainly, even rogue […]

It is true that when you pay a few dollars to watch Courage, New Hampshire, you are investing in all of the families that work on Courage. These families work tirelessly, sacrificially, and selflessly to produce this show. Their amount of love, dedication, faith, and Courage is something to be admired. I am new to the […]

Hi, everyone.  Your director here, James Riley, asking those of you who are able to contribute to “Courage, New Hampshire” to do so, TODAY, if possible. I have publicly chided what I call the “smart money” set, who give you a funny look when you talk about pooling resources to create better entertainment.  The fact […]

Courage Made Plain! The First Two Minutes of Episode #1 Translated from the Baroque (sub-titles) This was fun.  We’ve always tried to make the language of Courage, New Hampshire authentic to the journals, letters, and newspaper usage we’ve seen in 18th century primary texts.  Most of us are used to this language, but occasionally, someone […]

A Year in Review: Last year at this time, we were getting ready to screen the first episode of Courage, New Hampshire at a Southern California theater. We had been trying, hit and miss, to get people interested in funding the production of a dramatic series, released on DVD, by pre-purchasing it. That takes a […]

We pondered branding the other day.  Now we do it with images and text…

Click here to read “What’s in a Name?” by Jim Riley … and don’t forget – we need your help to fund Episode 4.           Please contribute today!

We had a meeting this week with a distributor/producer who seemed to know her business and her market, (“faith/inspiration”), very well.  She said very early on she had an idea for an entertainment “brand,” along with the right people to produce it.  By all appearances, she’s doing very well. Does “Courage, New Hampshire” and “Colony […]

Buying Directly: It could change everything What we are doing at Courage, New Hampshire is not really being done anywhere else. Conventional industry people get a funny look on their face when you tell them you’re doing a television show “on spec.” Some of them look as though they wish they had a chalk board, […]