The Doo Dah Man
By Gary Wien
Everybody likes to think they
have a story in their past that
would make a great film. Somewhat ironically, documentary filmmaker Jack Ballo, had a doozy of a
tale that he largely kept to himself
for decades. During a long car
ride from Nashville back home to
Jersey, he finally told the story to
his wife. The result? A film called
April 2015
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The Doo Dah Man which shares
his story of hitchhiking to California after graduating high school
with a friend, meeting an escaped
convict, and finding himself on the
run from the cops while traveling
from Arizona to Texas. The film
had its world premiere in Atlantic
City at the Garden State Film Festival in March.
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