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Hi, this is William Ramsey.

Welcome to William Ramsey Investigates on Today Show.

I have a very special guest.

His name is Michael Kaplan's last name is spelled CAP, L-A-N.

And he's just finished an excellent documentary, which I watched yesterday.

The title of the documentary is All Grin the Movie, and it will be out in two days, October 1st, 2021.

People go check that out.

But Mr. Kaplan is an independent film director, producer, and teacher.

The film before this was titled The Magical Vision, which is a feature-length documentary

that spotlights Eugene Berger, a magician and guru of the magical arts.

And it has been shown in festivals

from Chicago to India and won an audience award at the Spirit Enlightened Film Festival.

He's also directed Stones from the Soil, a documentary about his father that showed on National

PBS in 2005.

He's an associate professor in the cinema art and science department at Columbia College in Chicago.

And this movie, the background really is Chicago.

It's almost part of the story is this interesting part of the city that Algren wrote about and lived in.

But director Michael Kaplan can talk more about that.

So Michael Kaplan, are you there?

Yes, I am. Good to talk to you, William. Good. Great, great to have you. I'm delighted that you

agree to the interview. Really an interesting topic. Can you talk a little bit about your background

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