About Us
R&B Productions was formed in 2012 by Rod Putnam and Brian Wellman. In 2010, Brian went to France as part of a study abroad trip. He was amazed at the admiration the French had for their liberators. When he returned, he told Rod about it. Rod thought it was the basis of a great documentary and Hidden Admiration was born.
Roderic (Rod) Putnam
Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Co Director/ Co-Editor “War Brides” 2017
War Brides is a feature length documentary that exams the idea of what a War Bride was and the arduous journey more than a million women undertook to follow their GI husbands home to America. It also asks what would make them leave everything they knew to marry a man from another country and then to follow him home.
Producer/Director/Editor “With Purpose”
Documenting the search for the slave ship Guerrero off the coast of Florida by a team of young inner city scuba divers. Official Selection 2017 International Black Film Festival of Nashville. Under Consideration for 2018 Sundance Festival
Producer/Editor “Intentional Healing” 2017
Music legend Jesse Boyce receives a cancer diagnosis that changes how he must live his life, and discovers he still has a reason to dance again. Winner Best Tennessee Film 2017 International Black Film Festival of Nashville. Official Selection 2017 Nashville Film Festival
Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Co Director/Co Editor “Hidden Admiration” 2016
Hidden Admiration was Winner; Best Documentary, Marietta International Film Festival
Winner, Best Tennessee Film International Black Film Festival Nashville Official Selection World War II International Film Festival Normandy France
Hidden Admiration is a feature length documentary focused around the numerous monuments to the fallen WWII soldiers who fought and died to liberate France and Europe from German occupation. Many have never been seen or discussed in the United States. Production started in 2012 and was completed in 2016
Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Co Director/Co Editor “Rocket Dogs No Limits" 2012
Rocket Dogs was an official selection in the International Black Film Festival of Nashville 2012
IIt tells the story of a small liberal art university as the struggle to competition in the NASA SLI Student Launch Initiative
Brian Wellman
Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Co Director/ Co-Editor “War Brides” 2017
War Brides is a feature length documentary that exams the idea of what a War Bride was and the arduous journey more than a million women undertook to follow their GI husbands home to America. It also asks what would make them leave everything they knew to marry a man from another country and then to follow him home.
Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Co Director/Co Editor “Hidden Admiration” 2016
Hidden Admiration was Winner; Best Documentary, Marietta International Film Festival
Winner, Best Tennessee Film International Black Film Festival Nashville Official Selection World War II International Film Festival Normandy France
Hidden Admiration is a feature length documentary focused around the numerous monuments to the fallen WWII soldiers who fought and died to liberate France and Europe from German occupation. Many have never been seen or discussed in the United States. Production started in 2012 and was completed in 2016
Army veteran of the 9th Infantry Division and 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Bachelor of Arts in History from MTSU
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