NAPTOWN TO SUPER CITY

A DOCUMENTARY WAS CREATED BY TED GREEN AND JON SWEENEY, CONCERNING THE TRANSFORMATION OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA FROM A SYMBOL OF URBAN DECLINE IN THE RUST BELT, TO A BEACON OF LIGHT IN MODERN DAY AMERICA.

WHILE THE PRODUCTION HAS ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES THAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT FROM COMPETENT AND CREATIVE VIDEO RESEARCHERS - WHAT I FOUND
MOST INTERESTING AND MOST APPRECIATED WAS THIS ----->
                      THEY PROVIDED BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY. 
ALL TOO OFTEN WE HEAR FROM THE WINNING SIDE AND SEE THEIR BRILLIANT
CONCEPTS BOUGHT TO FRUITION WITHOUT A MISSTEP OR NEGATIVE WORD.

WHILE SHOWCASING THE POSITIVES IN THE CREATION OF THE REBIRTH OF
URBAN / DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS ON A FOUNDATION OF SPORTS RELATED
CONSTRUCTION -- THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO THOUGHT MORE COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS WITH DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO
 INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS ARE HEARD.

THE PRODUCERS WERE DOCUMENTING THE RISE OF INDIANAPOLIS AS A SPORTS
MECCA -- BUT THEY DID NOT FALL INTO THE TRAP OF BEING CHEERLEADERS FOR
THIS APPROACH TO URBAN RENEWAL.

THIS WAS A FINE PRODUCTION AND THE FAIRNESS OF IT, MADE IT MORE THAN THE
AVERAGE TALE OF A MODERN DAY PHOENIX RISING FROM BIRD DROPPINGS.

THE SEGMENT ON PIGEONS IS WELL WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION -- THIS IS TRULY SOMETHING THAT COULD NOT BE MADE UP - NO ONE IS THIS IMAGINATIVE OR CLEVER.  THIS ONE TOPIC WAS WORTHY OF FURTHER ANALYSIS.

 LEARNING HOW SO MANY THINGS HAD TO GO JUST RIGHT FOR INDIANAPOLIS TO
EMERGE VICTORIOUS SOUNDS LIKE FICTION, BUT IT IS ALL FACTUAL AND HELPS
MAKE THIS STORY SPECIAL BEYOND ANY CALENDAR LIMITATIONS- TIME WON'T DULL THIS MESSAGE..