The Cyndustries List

In the heydays of broadcast televison, before there was cable TV
DVD and VHS, when there was only ABC, CBS, and NBC...
An entire Nation of Americans were completely stunned
watching my Father's sensitive and passionate portrail of the
the plight of, and prejudice towards African Americans in 1961.

His documentary "WALK IN MY SHOES" was a total eye-opener
for millions and millions of people, and helped to set the stage
for Dr. Martin Lurther King's famous "I have a Dream" speech,
and for the Civil Rights Movement in America itself.

It was the very first time that a documentary crew picked the
camera up off of it's tripod and leaped right into the middle of
Harlem to show the stark truth of the black condition in America
as told by real people and not actors, living their own real lives
hoping for the faintest hint of respect or dignity, and struggling
so incredibly hard at the time simply to survive.

This in my mind is his single greatest achievement, however he
did the same bringing understanding and deep compassion to
a variety of subjects including to the mentally handicapped in his,
"The Long Childhood of Timmy" a documentary for which he
was asked by President Kennedy to join him personally for a
private dinner and screening at the White House.

Later he made "Who Serves?" the very first documentary
questioning the Draft during the Vietnam War to appear on
network television.   Unlike today, he made documentaries that
were not affraid to empower ordinary people to really *think*
and to take action in solving the real and important issues of the day.

He also directed everything from episodic shows like "Bonanza",
"The Waltons",  and "Get Smart" to televison commercials,
and features including "Gone are the Days" Purlie Victorious
and even the cult classic "Santa Clause Conquors the Martians".

He interviewed everyone from Indira Ghandi Prime Minister of
India, to Peter Sellers, and Sophia Loren, from the Maharishi
meditating in Big Sur - to the Pope himself praying in the Vatican,
and he traveled eight times around the world doing it.

Words can barely say how very proud I am of my Father, and
how much we will all miss him since his passing away at
6:28 AM this morning...  He is finally resting in peace.

Nicholas  Webster
   1912 ~ 2006

Friends have started a website dedicated to him

http://www.nicholaswebster.com/bio.html

While ensuring that he has been at peace, this has been a
totally stressful time around here for me, and I thank all of
our customers for being so patient and understanding, (while
perhaps privately wondering, what was taking so long with
their orders?)

For the past three-months Dad lingered-on, fading slowly
while I visited him in the hospital three-times a day, driving
back and forth between the hospital, the office here at
Cyndustries, and to my Parent's house to take care of my
aging Mother.  Now 94 years old, the doctors never expected
him to last so long, and because of this I apologize for
recent delays as I have had my hands and my heart quite full...

While work here has never stopped, (we continue shipping
orders daily) we are reorganizing here at the company to get
production back into ~full~ swing and tighten-up delivery times
once again.  I guess the timing is perfect as most people are on
holiday this time of year, so please give us a little time to get it
together (a week or two) so we can move onward and upward
towards more great things!

Dad was very proud of us all here as well, and took great
pleasure in seeing our ZOs on the front cover of a magaine!
I just hope that I can someday be a ~fraction~ as successful
in making the world a better place, as he was.

If you are by any chance moved to honor my Father, perhaps
do something unexpected and extra kind for someone today,
anyone.

Peace on Earth,


Cynthia Webster

cyndustries.com

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