Author: Rick Minnich

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Rick presented The Strait Guys at the Moldox International Documentary Film Festival for Social Change, running from June 21-25, 2023 in Cahul, Moldova. It was the first screening of the film in a former Soviet republic. The film was well-received, and the screening was followed by a lengthy discussion about George and his vision of connecting the world by rail. Moldox is a small, excellently-curated festival in the self-proclaimed cultural capital of Moldova, Cahul. The festival director Maxim and his wonderful team were very welcoming, and there were ample opportunities to taste the fine Moldovan wine which is still a

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Rick was the guest on this week's Beazy podcast Getting Your Films Done and Seen – With Documentary Filmmaker Rick Minnich, hosted by Raphael Freitas. Hear Rick talk about how he got started as an independent filmmaker and how he has managed to stay in the business for the past three decades. This is episode 3 in the new podcast series hosted by the creative network Beazy. Rick has been a member of Beazy from its beginnings three years ago, and also rents out his gear through the platform.

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I'm opening up my vast archives and am now publishing one new short video weekly from my thirty years of filmmaking. Hear my reflections on interviewing General Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay, about bombing Hiroshima, my chance encounter filming Mikhail Gorbachev in Berlin,  celebrating "Strait Guy" Scott's birthday on Little Diomede island in the middle of the Bering Strait, and much more. Watch my introduction to the series and subscribe to my channel. Thanks!

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Rick's latest film The Strait Guys will celebrate its European Premiere at the fabulous Babylon Cinema in Berlin Mitte on June 2nd at 19:30. Tickets are available online or at the box office. Rick will be joined by his film team and special guests. After the film, Jeannette Eggert will moderate a discussion with Rick and Russian associate producer Vlad Ketkovich. This is the beginning of the theatrical release all across Germany. Rick and Vlad will also do a Q & A after the following screenings: June 3rd, Berlin: Moviemento,19:00 June 5th, Karlsruhe, Schauburg, 13:00 Tübingen, Arsenal, 19:00 Berlin, Krokodil, 20:30 (Rick only) Other cities here.

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Rick was the mystery guest on Leon Logothetis' weekly podcast "Spontaneous Moments of Conversation". View the video or listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. In this unscripted conversation, the "Kindness Guy" Leon meets Rick for the first time, and asks him about his life as an American independent filmmaker living in Berlin. Much of the conversation focuses on Rick's most recent film The Strait Guys, which is being released theatrically throughout Germany on June 2nd.

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Rick sat down for an interview with Ross Ashcroft from Renegade, Inc. in London to discuss his new film The Strait Guys and the InterContinental Railway. Scott Spencer, Chief Project Advisor of the ICR, joined them via Zoom from his home in West Virginia. View the entire thirty-minute discussion, download the transcription, and read the extensive commentary here.

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After twelve years of production, The Strait Guys is finally being released. Tomorrow, April 2, 2022 is the world premiere at the It's All True (É Tudo Verdade) film festival in Brazil. The film will stream for one week in Brazil at this link. Please tell your friends in Brazil! Thanks! Yes, in light of the horrific Russian invasion of Ukraine, which I absolutely condemn, it's an odd time to release a film about peaceful US-Russian collaboration. But now, more than ever, it's important to focus on ways of overcoming the military-industrial complex trap with its perennial wars and senseless death and

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Rick is currently filming in Cameroon with German actress Barbara Geiger to film the construction of an organic chicken farm near Dschang in the West Region. Rick and Barbara go way back to 1996 when Barbara played the over-the-top gallery owner in Rick's short film "Untitled Picture". Now she writes, directs, and acts in delightful theater pieces about endangered species and other wonders of nature under the name Fräulein Brehm. Here they are with the Voufo family – the main characters of the film. Badelle and her husband Lopez (not in the picture) are the first farmers in Africa to be