Alexandra Allen Joined DNA Films®, an Emmy® Award-winning film production studio, to serve as Co-Producer on the documentary feature titled  “A New Leash on Life: The K9s For Warriors Story”

Washington, DC – December, 19, 2018 –Alexandra Allen signed on as Co-Producer in a new “Mission for Good” documentary feature film from DNA Films® titled “A New Leash on Life: The K9s For Warriors Story”. The film focuses on K9s For Warriors, an organization that brings together US Military Veterans and rescued shelter dogs, which go through weeks of training together as a unit, to save each other’s lives. Multiple Emmy Award winning Director Nick Nanton directed this documentary about the incredible story behind the organization, K9s For Warriors.

As Co-Producer, Alexandra Allen attended the principal filming of the documentary, met warriors (men, women and dogs) and saw how K9s For Warriors is helping our service men and women to overcome PTSD and return to their communities to move onto the next successful chapter in their lives. “K9s For Warriors” began principal photography on location in January of 2018, went on to premiere in June of 2018, and recently won 4 regional Emmy® Awards in December of 2018.

More About Alexandra Allen:

Alexandra Allen is a high school student who thrives on high expectations and good judgment. She has attended The British School in China, St. Luke’s School in Virginia, Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC, the all-girls Brearley School in NYC, and the all-girls National Cathedral School in Wash. DC.  She has lived with her family in Beijing, Wash. D.C. and NYC and, enjoys reading Latin and Classics, film documentary production, advanced math and crew.

As language electives, she has studied Latin and Spanish for years, founding and leading the National Cathedral School’s Latin Club which competes nationally in Classics competitions, and investigates Latin history and culture. She enjoys advanced math and science at school having won the academic Valedictorian award and competes in math and robotics for her school.

There is this desire to help others about her whether in the classroom or around the world which has led her to travel throughout the U.S. and a dozen countries to raise awareness through film production for vulnerable girls overseas in developing countries, and for U.S. Military Heroes who serve overseas. She has received an Expy® Award for her work as a Co-Producer in a documentary film, has been a Co-Producer on a four-time Emmy Award-winning documentary film, and was awarded the “Young Leaders Award” by the Women’s Economic Forum for her distinctive contributions helping vulnerable girls, military veterans and film documentary.

As Co-Producer on the Emmy Award Winning documentary film “A New Leash On Life: The K9’s for Warriors Story”, she has worked to help Military Heroes who served overseas re-enter society to overcome post-traumatic stress with retired shelter dogs which currently takes 20 lives daily to suicide. She is also a Co-Producer on the documentary film “Folds of Honor”, to help children of U.S. Military heroes killed overseas pay for college. For over 8 years, she has been traveling, bringing awareness through film and raising funds to help vulnerable girls overseas by building orphanages and feeding-hope center buildings where girls are protected, taught values, encouraged to develop work skills and educated academically to improve their futures.

Alexandra advocates for and helps vulnerable girls who live in at-risk countries because she believes that the limits many girls have are those of vision and has been invited to speak at the National Cathedral on this topic and the building of children hope and feeding centers to protect vulnerable girls. She has witnessed firsthand working overseas with girls, that for many girls the future is not a place they just get to live in, but a place they can be empowered to create.

At the core of who she is there is a deep conviction to help and give back to others through action without calling attention to herself. Asked recently at a speaking event “What was more important in life action or knowledge?” She responded, “Action of course, because if you had all the knowledge in the world and you don’t act, it is as if you had no knowledge at all.”

About DNA Films®:

DNA Films® is led by multiple Emmy® Award Winning Director and Producer, Nick Nanton and Emmy® Award Winning Producer, JW Dicks. Dicks and Nanton have produced multiple award winning films including Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story, Esperanza, Mi Casa Hogar and Jacob’s Turn. Their productions have won multiple Emmys and together they have been awarded more than a dozen Telly Awards for excellence in television and film production.  Combined, they have produced and directed more than 500 television episodes and dozens of films.

Dicks and Nanton’s goal is to bring amazing stories to the big screen as a means of encouraging and inspiring a new generation. 

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