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| The attached article published in the "NJ Corrections Now Magazine" November 2011 edition. The title of this article is "I Survived the Ultimate Betrayal." |
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DECEMBER 2011
BATTERED BLUE, a true short story authored by Donna Roman Hernandez, is included in an anthology of short stories "WOMEN WARRIORS: STORIES FROM THE THIN BLUE LINE" written by John M. Wills to be published in 2012 that provides a broad sketch of the day to day experiences told by women law enforcement Officers. |
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| NEWARK STREET PREACHERS: |
| Newark Street Preachers Wins “Best Social Documentary Award” at the 2008 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival |
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NJ COPS MAGAZINE: |
Female film maker flourishes: D.R started her second career as a film maker in part to quiet her own memories of abuse growing up in a violent household, but she has now gone on to create a body of work that speaks to many types of victims, including young people growing up on a violent urban street. |
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Mean Streets Jersey-bred director debuts her doc in Gotham |
Former police captain turned award-winning filmmaker D.R. Hernandez debuts her latest film “Newark Street Preachers” at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival on Sept. 20 at 4pm at Village East Cinema. Show Business had the pleasure of catching up with her to hear more about her new life as a filmmaker. |
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| A Call For Valor was selected for official screening at the 2008 Utah Arts Festival, the Fear No Film Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah - June 29, 2008 |
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| An Evening with Blue Force Films - Part of the Family - June 26, 2008 |
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| Star-Ledger article on "A Call for Valor" |
| Directed by: D.R. Hernandez |
Where cops turn for help -- so they can keep helping others. Film on wounded Irvington officer's recovery highlights group's anniversary celebration Thursday, November 15, 2007. There's a bond. You can tell that from the way they look at each other halfway across a room. But don't expect hugs or even a peck on the cheek. "It's a cop thing," says Donna Roman Hernandez. "You get conditioned." "Yeah, none of that," says Ken Hogan. Sure, he put his arm around Hernandez when a photographer for the medical school asked him to, but you could see he wasn't comfortable. Strange, this formality. The two know each other well. One -- Hernandez -- a retired Caldwell police captain who is pursuing a new career as an independent filmmaker. The other -- Hogan -- a retired and severely wounded Irvington police sergeant whose story was filmed by Hernandez...............
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| The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival |
Festival Preview - The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF) kicks off its 15th year with an eight-day extravaganza of independent films from around the globe. Some 250 features, docs, shorts and animation films will be screened at City Cinemas Village East (189 2nd Ave.) and the festival’s newly added venue on the Upper East Side, The ImaginAsian Theater (239 E. 59th). |
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| Independent Film Quarterly on " A Call For Valor" |
| by Han Tong |
A tale of violence and triumphant survival, D.R. Hernandez’s A Call for Valor is a taut, documentary short packed with emotion. On one fateful shift, police sergeant Ken Hogan was ambushed and fired upon by an armed perpetrator whilst still inside his squad car. |
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Experience The Shore |
D.R. Hernandez - Latina Film Maker with Jersey Shore Roots |
In our final interview from the 6th Garden State Film Festival, we had a chance to speak with D.R. Hernandez. Hernandez’s company Blue Force Films had it’s New Jersey premiere of Closure and A Call For Valor at the ferstival. When I spoke to Hernandez and she told me she was a retired police officer I was not suprised as it the profession seemed to fit her demeanor or vica versa. |
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| ITN Indepentent Film Library |
Police Sergeant Ken Hogan was ambushed inside his police car by an armed suspect who fired more than 19 bullets from a semi-automatic weapon, four of the bullets penetrating Sgt. Hogan's body. The last bullet lodged in Sgt. Hogan's skull. The suspect completed one part of his mission--he died. Left for dead with a bullet in his head, Sgt. Hogan had a plan to survive and he did. |
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| COPS Magazine |
| Captain Breaks Silence in Film |
| by Karen DeMasters |
Victims push themselves everyday, just to live. Then comes a time when they say "No More." I hope I helped some people save their own live. This is what I will miss about police work. I will miss those connections. |
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