maDCap with Tom Berninger, director of 'Mistaken for Strangers'

Today, we debut the maDCap tour company. Please sign in with our meeter/greeter Jill Holbrook, and find your seat in the CRV (Certified Recording Vehicle) for a trip into the heart of the nation's capital. Your guides for today are David Ross & Dan Bloom, and our featured guest is Tom Berninger, director of the film "Mistaken for Strangers." His story goes like this...

Two creative brothers, the elder of whom is wildly successful, looms large over the younger's creative ambitions. Matt Berninger is lead singer of 'The National,' they have six acclaimed albums and sold-out world tours. His younger brother Tom is trained as a filmmaker and while looking for his next step in life, jumped at the chance to serve as assistant tour manager on one of Matt's tours. Although the gig didn't exactly go as planned, Tom made the fortuitous decision to bring his camera along for the ride. After his unceremonious exit from his job on tour, Tom retreated first to the family home in Cincinnati, and then decamped at Matt's Brooklyn abode to craft the film 'Mistaken for Strangers.'

Matt's wife Carin Besser deserves no small part of the credit. She's a former fiction editor at The New Yorker and lent an expert hand to Tom in shaping his melange of footage into a cohesive and compelling narrative. 'Mistaken for Strangers' is worth your time and it's out in theaters, On Demand and iTunes today.
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For more information on the film, visit http://MistakenForStrangersMovie.com
Tom Berninger tweets at http://twitter.com/TomBerninger
The film's twitter account is http://twitter.com/NationalMovie
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Meanwhile, 'The National' is going on tour in support of their sixth studio album "Trouble Will Find Me." Find more information about the tour and the new record at their website http://AmericanMary.com.
The band's twitter account is http://twitter.com/The_National
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We met with Matt Berninger during AFI Docs festival (http://afidocs.com), and special thanks must go to Lauren Selman (http://twitter.com/seelaurentweet) and her merry men and women. We also genuflect in appreciation to Jill Holbrook (http://twitter.com/jillholbrook) for being the heart & soul of the maDCap tour company, and to Dana Gold for traipsing through the streets of DC with us.
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