UPDATES

March 2008

Thanks to all who joined us on Saturday, March 15, 2008 for the Special Preview Screening of the film in Annapolis, MD. It was a full house, with cast and crew in attendance (and two standing ovations for Pip and Zastrow themselves!).

In the News...

THE CAPITAL — 'Pip and Zastrow' stirs audience

Published: March 16, 2008
By E.B. FURGURSON III, Staff Writer
After three years in the works, "Pip and Zastrow: An American Friendship," previewed...
See Full Story
Copyright © 2008 Capital Gazette Communications

THE BALTIMORE SUN — New film documents a bond of friendship

Published: March 15, 2008
By Nicole Fuller, Sun reporter
Neighborhoods in Baltimore, Washington and Cambridge were already burning after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. Annapolis Mayor Roger "Pip" Moyer feared it wouldn't be long before race rioting struck the state capital.... See Full Story
Copyright © 2008 The Baltimore Sun

THE CAPITAL — Women in film: The making of 'Pip & Zastrow'

Published: March 13, 2008
By Janice Hayes-Williams
They walked through the old Ward 4 of Annapolis, a community rich with a glorious history from ship building to brick making, the center of enterprise for both blacks and Jews, a self reliant community, powerful in its numbers, and always influencing city and county politics.... See Full Story
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ARCHIVES

THE BALTIMORE SUN — Friendship bridges deep racial divide: Roger Moyer and Joseph Simms' story of loyalty will be captured on film

Published: April 4, 2006
By Nia-Malika Henderson, Sun Reporter
They are fuzzy now on where they met - a baseball field or a basketball court... See Full Story
Copyright © 2006 The Baltimore Sun

FOX 5 News Television Segment

Interviews with Pip Moyer, Zastrow Simms, George Phelps and Alphonso Coates.
Broadcast on Sunday, April 2, 2006
The piece coincided with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and chronicles the story of what happened in Annapolis that night in 1968. Comcast customers in Annapolis, MD watched Fox 5 on channel 75.

ON ANOTHER NOTE... Pip was interviewed in his house on March 15, 2006. Then the following week, fire destroyed his home. Thankfully, everyone was able to get out safely and Pip is relocating to an apartment in Eastport while his house is rebuilt. Also, on the same day, a fire ruined part of George Phelps' (narrator for the documentary film) home. Luckily, everyone got out safely, and he will be living elsewhere until his home is repaired. Read Full Story (PDF)
Published: March 22, 2006, Copyright © 2006 The Capital

THE CAPITAL (Annapolis, MD) — Our say: Editor's notebook

Published: January 21, 2006
By THE CAPITAL EDITORIAL BOARD
'PIP & ZASTROW' -- Often the documentarians - not the fiction-makers from Hollywood - have the best eye for stories. Victoria Bruce and Karin Hayes certainly came up with a great one when they decided to do a film on the enduring friendship of former mayor Roger "Pip" Moyer and longtime civic activist Joseph "Zastrow" Simms. The friendship made a dramatic difference to Annapolis in spring 1968, after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis and rioting erupted in African-American neighborhoods across the country. Read Full Editorial (PDF)
Copyright © 2006 The Capital

THE CAPITAL (Annapolis, MD) — Documentary tells a story of race relations in Annapolis

Published: January 17, 2006
By E.B. FURGURSON III, Staff Writer
Two award-winning documentary filmmakers previewed their next project yesterday at the Martin Luther King Breakfast: "Pip & Zastrow: An American Friendship." It is the story of boyhood friends, one the white mayor of Annapolis, the other a street-wise African American who ended up in trouble and in jail - but together they helped change race relations in Annapolis. Read Full Story (PDF)
Copyright © 2006 The Capital

2006 Events News

With the help of many, we held a very successful
TRIBUTE EVENING & FUNDRAISING GALA on Thursday, June 1, 2006
to Honor Former Mayor Roger "Pip" Moyer, for a Half-Century of Public Service
See Capital newspaper article (pdf)

Honorary Chairs: Speaker Michael E. Busch, Anne Arundel County Executive Janet S. Owens, and Annapolis Mayor Ellen O. Moyer, and Film Directors Victoria Bruce and Karin Hayes (Urcunina Films) hosted the event of the season—a trip into Annapolis's historical past, honoring Roger "Pip" Moyer for 50 years of public service. Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts gymnasium became an old Annapolis jazz club; guests entered through a facade of the Washington Hotel—an historic Annapolis nightclub owned by "Udie" Legum where Pearl Bailey, Duke Ellington and Sarah Vaughn once brought down the house. The evening included:

The Tribute Evening and Gala was a fundraiser to preserve Pip Moyer's legacy in the upcoming documentary film, Pip & Zastrow: An American Friendship. Read Full Press Release (PDF)