Filmmaker seeks to capture the soul
http://magazine.nd.edu/news/65255-filmmaker-seeks-to-capture-the-soul/
Kohs is working on his third feature-length documentary this year, and in yet another of those “goosebump” connections that grab Kohs’ attention, he was led to the subject by a conversation he had with Mandell.
Mandell told Kohs a story about Harry Oliver ’83, who, as a junior in 1980 under coach Dan Devine, kicked a 51-yard field goal as time expired in a Notre Dame-Michigan game, giving ND a 29-27 victory over the Wolverines.
Oliver had been coached at Moeller High School by Gerry Faust, who then coached the kicker in his final season at Notre Dame. Tragically, Oliver died of cancer in 2007 at age 47. “When Harry passed away,” says Mandell, “apparently Coach Faust was on his way to the hospital to see him one last time.”
Faust was head coach at Notre Dame from 1981 to ’85, compiling a 30-26-1 record. The positive effect Faust has had on his former players, says Kohs, spoke to him. “His greatest victory isn’t winning games,” the filmmaker says, “it’s winning hearts.”
The documentary, under the working title Faust, is about two years from release. Plenty of time to stock up on Kleenex.
http://magazine.nd.edu/news/65255-filmmaker-seeks-to-capture-the-soul/
Kohs is working on his third feature-length documentary this year, and in yet another of those “goosebump” connections that grab Kohs’ attention, he was led to the subject by a conversation he had with Mandell.
Mandell told Kohs a story about Harry Oliver ’83, who, as a junior in 1980 under coach Dan Devine, kicked a 51-yard field goal as time expired in a Notre Dame-Michigan game, giving ND a 29-27 victory over the Wolverines.
Oliver had been coached at Moeller High School by Gerry Faust, who then coached the kicker in his final season at Notre Dame. Tragically, Oliver died of cancer in 2007 at age 47. “When Harry passed away,” says Mandell, “apparently Coach Faust was on his way to the hospital to see him one last time.”
Faust was head coach at Notre Dame from 1981 to ’85, compiling a 30-26-1 record. The positive effect Faust has had on his former players, says Kohs, spoke to him. “His greatest victory isn’t winning games,” the filmmaker says, “it’s winning hearts.”
The documentary, under the working title Faust, is about two years from release. Plenty of time to stock up on Kleenex.
