Cold War in Philly: Joe Amodei Directs His First Documentary

Podcast: Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking · Christian Taylor | Documentary First

Opublikowano: 2026-07-23

What happens when a film distributor with more than 40 years in the business finally makes his own documentary? Joe Amodei grew up in Philadelphia watching the Flyers with his parents, sisters and brothers. From the family living room, he watched the team he still calls his heroes beat the Soviet Red Army on January 11, 1976. After decades of releasing other people's documentaries, he decided it was finally time to make his own. Cold War in Philly tells the story of that game and of the players who are still Philadelphia heroes 50 years later. Joe...