My dad's film to increase awareness about the American hikers detained in Iran, FREE SHANE AND JOSH, debuted today on
The Huffington Post. This film would not have been possible without the amazing work all of you wonderful fannish people did at the transcribing stage. Thank you again, so much!
Everyone can help once again by
watching the film and
signing the petition. And please, please spread the word! The idea at this stage is to get lots and lots of signatures and create international pressure, which will hopefully lead to Shane and Josh being set free. They have currently been in detainment for 462 days.
ETA: Commenting on the HuffPo piece is good, too. Apparently it's already being trolled by people calling the hikers spies and other horrible (FALSE!) stuff. :\
A small side note for L.A. folks: my dad and Laura, Josh's mom, are going to be on the Fox 10 o'clock news tonight. The piece may be picked up nationally, I'm not sure of those details yet; but if you can, check it out! (This is the only time ever that I will encourage people to watch Fox News.)
Thank you again to everyone for all their hard work on this project so far. I hope you enjoy the film, and please do everything you can to get the word out about this. Beyond simple issues of right and wrong, working on this project has really helped me to see what amazing people Shane and Josh (and Sarah!) are, and I desperately want to do everything I can to help them have a happy ending. Thanks for your support.
WATCH THE FILMSIGN THE PETITION