'Picturing Mary' documentary ready for debut on public television

Published: 2006-11-28

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Rosemary Plum can catch her breath and give her well-thumbed-through passport a rest for the time being. Plum recently returned to her London home from Mexico City, the last of 22 cities in 13 countries where she and her crew shot footage for the new documentary "Picturing Mary," funded in part by the U.S. bishops' Catholic Communication Campaign. That's not to say, however, that she'll be less busy only because she's more stationary. Plum and her crew were editing footage even as they were shooting the 60-minute documentary. "We've been editing whilst we've been filming, doubling up so we can save as much money as possible to get as much as possible up on the screen," she said during a telephone interview with Catholic News Service from London. After the documentary has been viewed on public television in December, a 90-minute DVD version will be made available for sale and will include even more images of Mary, according to Plum. Copies of "Picturing Mary" on DVD will be available for purchase at $19.95 from USCCB Publishing online at: www.usccbpublishing.org, or by phone at: (800) 235-8722.

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