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GREENE — Marlin Darrah, one of the most experienced and widely traveled filmmakers in America, will give a presentation at Sawyer Memorial on Friday, Sept. 30.

His program is titled “Pakistan & Afghanistan: A photographer’s journey from Kabul to the Khyber Pass and the Tribal Zone.”

Darrah is the award-winning executive director of International Film & Video based in Portland, Ore. His 30 years of production experience have taken him to more than 130 countries worldwide, yielding more than 70 documentary and travel-adventure programs to date.

PBS, History Channel, Discovery Channel, CNN, FOX, CBS, ABC, TBN and MTV have all aired Darrah’s international footage or programs. Recently, a two-hour documentary he shot and directed in Egypt was screened at the Cairo Opera House.

Over the years, Darrah has produced promotional programs for dozens of international travel-adventure clients. Several respected stock footage companies, including National Geographic Television and Film Library, represent thousands of Darrah’s best international high-definition shots.

Recently, Darrah wrote, directed and produced the dramatic feature film “Monsoon Wife” in Cambodia, the first American movie shot entirely in that country since “Lord Jim.”

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His productions have screened and won awards at more than 15 national and international film festivals in Rome, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, British Columbia, Florida, Arizona, Oregon and Washington.

In 2010-2011, Darrah produced several 85-minute high-definition travel features, such as “Cuba,” “The Silk Road,” “Southern Europe” and “Northern Europe.”

“Pakistan & Afghanistan” will be shown at 2 and 7 p.m. Admission is free. Sawyer Memorial is at 371 Sawyer Road.

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