Behind-the-scenes on the set of PBS Director’s Cut

In late October 2008, we appeared on the Wisconsin Public Television show Director’s Cut. We talked about our documentary, Mad City Chickens, showed clips from the film and even had live chickens on set. The episode is still online at the Director’s Cut website.

Before and during the taping of the program, a member of the PBS crew shot some “home video” type footage of the set, the show and the chickens. WPT has now uploaded this footage on youtube so you can get a behind-the-scenes look as Director’s Cut goes to the birds, err, chickens. 

Deconstructing Dinner interview now online

Catch the Jon Steinman interview about the Mad City Chickens documentary on his British Columbia-based radio show, Deconstructing Dinner.  



Listen to the mp3 audio file of the show.

Mad City Chickens Interview on British Columbia Radio Today

Produced and recorded in the studios of Kootenay Co-op Radio in Nelson, British Columbia, Deconstructing Dinner is a Canadian radio program created to dispense and discuss current food issues. The show’s host, Jon Steinman, interviewed us by phone today from his Nelson office.

Currently broadcast on 32 radio stations across Canada, Deconstructing Dinner also appears on over a dozen stations around the world. The show is set to air in a few days. We’ll post links when it’s available.

Mad City Chickens accepted into 2009 Victoria Film Festival!

We recently learned that the Mad City Chickens documentary has been accepted into the 2009 Victoria Film Festival in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The festival takes place January 30th-February 8th.

VFF attracted 16,500 attendees in 2007 including film directors, producers, distributors and TV programmers. This year’s festival schedule is still being organized; we'll announce the exact screening date and time as soon as it is known.

Madison gets sneak peak at the Making of Mad City Chickens

The Making of Mad City Chickens is a 25 minute behind-the-scenes documentary on the feature-length doc. It's just one of the many extras that will be included on the DVD when released.

If you have cable in Madison and in surrounding Dane County, you'll get a first sneak peak. For the entire month of December, The Making of Mad City Chickens will be airing Mondays at 9:30pm, Wednesdays 5:30pm, Saturdays 3:00pm, and Sundays 10:00pm. WYOU is analog channel 95 and digital channel 991.

MCC interview on CW Network

Emmy Fink, the feature story reporter for the CW Network recently interviewed longtime Madison backyard chicken owner Amy Liem, along with both Tashai & Robert. The subject matter was, of course, Mad City Chickens.

The TV segment will air on the Madison CW channel, this Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 at 6:50am, 7:50am and 8:50am.