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Filmmakers Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly talk about the making of The Way We Get By.

Behind the Lens - The Way We Get By POV

Premiered November 10, 2009
Behind the Lens - The Way We Get By

Filmmakers Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly talk about their film, The Way We Get By, which takes an intimate look at three elderly troop greeters in Maine, one of whom is Gaudet's mother Joan. The filmmakers talk about how they became close to the characters, what sending a loved one off to war means and what we can all learn from the troop greeters. The film airs on Nov 11th on PBS at 9PM

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