Encore Performance: Director Josh Aronson & Producer Art Mendoza

We'll be joined from NY by Filmmaker, Josh Aronson, to discuss his documentary that is about to be released, "To Be of Service," about veterans with PTSD who have found their Service Dog to be a mode of treatment that profoundly helps them return to a life of feeling and love.

A member of the Director’s Guild of America, Aronson has won numerous awards for his work including: Academy Award nomination, Time Life Freddy Award, Best Film Heartland Film Festival, Best Documentary, St. Louis Film Festival, Golden Spire, San Francisco Film Festival and more.

Aronson and his wife, violinist, Maria Bachmann, founded Telluride Musicfest, a chamber music festival in Tellur which is in it’s 15th year.

Producer/Director/Writer, Josh Aronson specializes in documentaries. He directed the Oscar- nominated "Sound & Fury" followed by films about transsexuals for Showtime - "The Opposite Sex" and "Beautiful Daughters." He explored the American rodeo culture in the feature documentary, "Bullrider."  Aronson has made a number of music films for PBS  including "Feelin’ No Pain" about the world of Doo Wop, and "Playing for Real" about building careers in the cut throat world of classical music. He made the Holocaust era "Orchestra of Exiles," about the dramatic founding of the orchestra that became the Israel Philharmonic.

Aronson is the founder of Harmony Project Hudson, an after school music education program for at-risk kids in Hudson, NY.

Art will talk about The Backstage, and More!