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AROUND QUEENS:
HELPING INCARCERATED MOMS
Sister Tesa Fitzgerald, the Executive Director
of Hour Children, became a foster parent
in 1986 to eight children of incarcerated
mothers at the convent where she lived. That
set the beginning of her work with families
impacted by incarceration. In 1992, she founded
Hour Children as a nonprofit organization to
offer supportive services to other children
of incarcerated mothers and the mothers
themselves. Before that, she was responsible
for New York State curriculum oversight for
Catholic elementary schools for the Diocese
of Brooklyn and both a school principal
and teacher at various Catholic elementary
schools. In addition to being an educator, she
is a Certified Foster Care Trainer. Sister Tesa
has been named a CNN Hero (2012), a White House
Champion of Change (2013), the 2014 winner of
the Opus Prize, and in 2015 was awarded the
Cross Pro-Ecclesia et Pontifice. In 2017, Sister
Tesa named to the Irish American Hall-of-Fame.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: DANIEL J. LEONE
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: LUCHIA DRAGOSH
CINEMATOGRAPHY: CHRISTO BAKALOV, DANIEL CANGELOSI, JOHN COLLINS JR.
EDITORS: LUCHIA DRAGOSH, STEVE CARBO
COLOR GRADING: CHRISTO BAKALOV
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: CHRISTINA GARY
RELIGION: PROGRAM FEATURE/SEGMENT CATEGORY
AROUND QUEENS:
THE NIGHT BEFORE EID
Eid al-Fitr also called the “Festival of
Breaking the Fast”, is a religious HOLIDAY
celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks
the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month
of fasting. This religious Eid (Muslim religious
festival) is the first and only day in the month
of Shawwal during which Muslims are not
permitted to fast. The holiday celebrates the
conclusion of the 29 or 30 days of dawnto
sunset fasting during the entire month
of Ramadan. Rajaa Singh was raised in an
interfaith home and along with Diwali she and
her family celebrates Eid.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: DANIEL J. LEONE
SUPERVISING PRODUCER: LUCHIA DRAGOSH
PRODUCER: NORAN OMAR/LUCHIA DRAGOSH
CINEMATOGRAPHY: CHRISTO BAKALOV, JOHN COLLINS JR.,
LUCHIA DRAGOSH, NORAN OMAR
EDITOR: LUCHIA DRAGOSH
COLOR GRADING: CHRISTO BAKALOV
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: CHRISTINA GARY
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MADE IN QUEENS:
THE WOOD CARVER
A custom woodcarver sculptor, Deborah Mills
specializes in hand-carved wood ornament and
artwork for architectural and decorative
elements: original sculptures, carved mantels,
doors, entryways, newel posts, furniture of
all styles and periods, heraldry, liturgical
furnishings, paneling, friezes, nautical
decoration.
She has been carving wood professionally
since 1991. She studied wood sculpture with
Lorrie Goulet at the Art Students League of New
York and, while she lived in Norway, trained
with master woodcarver Erik Fridstrom at the
Viking Ships Museum of Oslo.
Deborah works with architects, designers,
restoration experts, woodworkers, museums
and collectors to create one-of-a-kind
original designs or historically accurate
reproductions.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: DANIEL J. LEONE
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: LUCHIA DRAGOSH
CINEMATOGRAPHER: DANIEL CANGELOSI
EDITOR: LUCHIA DRAGOSH
COLOR GRADING: CHRISTO BAKALOV
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: CHRISTINA GARY
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