SUMMARY
"The Immortal Lincoln: A story of loss, struggle and driving until the wheels come off" is a documentary short (39 mins) that focuses on what happened to one man who lost his fourth-generation family business and the role Ford factory workers played in keeping him focused on moving forward instead of dwelling on the past. This film was inspired by a news story in The Detroit Free Press that was widely distributed on the USA Today Network about Douglas Burns of Carroll, Iowa. It's a powerful narrative that touches on depression and finding the strength to go on.
Link to original story, which ran in newspapers all over the U.S.: https://phoebewallhoward.
Interview subjects:
Douglas Burns, publisher of Iowa Mercury
Marvin Jones, Chicago Assembly worker
Douglas Matlock, Chicago Assembly worker
Joaquín Nuño-Whelan, president of Lincoln Motor Co.
Jim Farley, CEO of Ford Motor Co.
Bill Ford, board chair of Ford Motor Co., great-grandson of founder Henry Ford
Dr. Lindsay Bornheimer, associate professor of psychiatry and social work, University of Michigan
Art Cullen, Pulitzer Prize winner and co-owner of Storm Lake Times newspaper
Lorena López, editor and publisher of La Prensa Iowa
Dr. Bob Leonard, publisher of Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture