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Eric Draper (2013-07-26)
About this film
This week on New Mexico In Focus, it’s an interview with former White House photographer Eric Draper. Draper served as President George W. Bush’s chief photographer for all eight years of his presidency. Draper photographed the president at the Oval Office and attending official functions, and also captured President Bush during more personal moments. During that time, Draper took nearly 1 million photos documenting the presidency. Former New Mexico in Focus producer Matt Grubs sat down with Draper when he was promoting the release of his book, Front Row Seat. The Line opinion panel looks at the implications of the George Zimmerman trial and the verdict of notguilty in the death of Trayvon Martin. It has been almost two weeks since the verdict was reached on July 13th. With time for reflection, have opinions changed since initial reactions? The panel examines this trial and its outcome, and what it means to a very similar case here in New Mexico The Line also looks at the recommendation by the fledgling jobs council that New Mexico add 170,000 new non-service-sector jobs by 2023 in order to become economically competitive. How might the state add nearly 17,000 jobs a year over the…
Directors & creators
KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Eric Draper, George W. Bush, Matt Grubs, Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, Antoinette Sedillo-Lopez, Tom Garrity, Harold Bailey, Jonathan Mitchell, McCune Charitable Foundation, New Mexico in Focus, New Mexico PBS, NAACP, New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce, Garrity Group Public Relations, University of New Mexico School of Law, Zimmerman v. Florida, Stand your ground laws, photography, White House photographers, economic development, job creation, abortion rights, Albuquerque, New Mexico, racial profiling, civil rights, social justice
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