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CINEVEGAS '07 INTERVIEW: "SUN DOGS" DIRECTOR ANDREA STEWART
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by Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com
June 1, 2007

The “Sun Dogs" Pitch: Jamaican entrepreneur Danny Melville was tired of the prevailing ganja and guns image of his beloved island. He wanted to do something to make the world smile again when they thought of Jamaica. When he learned that dogsledding could be done on dry land, he knew what he needed to do. Melville recruited unwanted stray dogs from local shelters, convinced a couple willing, if bewildered, Jamaican mushers to join up and asked Jimmy Buffett to pause looking for his lost shaker of salt long enough to become a sponsor. The Jamaica Dogsled Team was born. Now there is a cry that can be heard around the world: "Mush Mon"...

How did this film get rolling at the beginning? Give us a brief history from writing to production to post to just last night.

ANDREA: I have a friend who has family in Jamaica. We were waiting for a screening to start at the Toronto International Film Festival in September '05, and we were chatting. She mentioned that her cousins, who import dog food to Jamaica, were sponsoring the Jamaica Dogsled Team. When I heard their story, I said 'Someone should make a documentary ....

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