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Max Karpman was given 15 minutes to make a difference: to expose how American teacher Marc Fogel was unlawfully detained in prison \u2014 five thousand miles from his home and family.<\/p>\n

Karpman, who graduated from Dodge College last May, was a senior in the school\u2019s Community Voices program, a fully funded documentary course that gives students the opportunity to travel the world to produce a short film. The film assignment was meant to expose students to the fundamentals and social issues of documentary production, but Karpman had a bigger goal in mind.<\/p>\n

He knew this was the perfect opportunity to shed light on Fogel\u2019s circumstances. The result was the 15-minute documentary Did You Forget Mr. Fogel? <\/em>which played a role in the American\u2019s release in February after nearly four years.<\/p>\n

His situation was infuriating. Fogel, a Pennsylvania native, had lived in Russia for more than eight years, teaching history at the now-defunct Anglo-American School of Moscow<\/a> with his wife Jane. In 2021, as he landed at the Moscow airport for his final year of teaching, Fogel was detained for carrying medical marijuana and later sentenced to 14 years of hard labor in a Russian penal colony.<\/p>\n

In telling Fogel\u2019s story, Karpman drew inspiration from his own childhood experience. He had attended the Anglo-American School of Moscow, where Jane Fogel taught him science.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew all about Marc Fogel,\u201d Karpman says, \u201ceveryone in school did. He was the best teacher at our school. He taught my sister, and all of my friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the film\u2019s director, Karpman was paired with three other students to help bring his vision to life. At the time, he only knew the film\u2019s editor, Seth Karall \u201924. However, the entire team, joined by Kaylee Smith, now a senior, Franny Hill \u201924, and cinematographer Matthew Meredith, developed a strong bond over the course of filming.<\/p>\n

Associate Professor Sally Rubin, who oversees the Community Voices program, saw the team\u2019s chemistry and potential from the start.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir commitment from the very beginning to making a film that could really make a difference in someone’s life was so clear,\u201d Rubin says. \u201cThey really, really wanted to help bring Marc Fogel home, and the film did that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team first met at a coffee shop to get to know each other, then threw themselves into the diligent work of telling Fogel\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn’t have an exact plan on how we wanted to tell it, but we knew it was so important, and we felt connected with Marc and his situation,\u201d Karall says.<\/p>\n

The filmmakers decided the best place to film would be Pittsburgh, Penn., where they would be in contact with the Fogel family.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to make a story that was inviting to viewers and made them empathize with Marc and his family,\u201d Karall says.<\/p>\n

Their goal was to capture the essence of Fogel, and so they filmed most of the scenes in his hometown. The documentary begins with images of his community chapel and the bright yellow clock that sits on his family\u2019s wall \u2014 each signifying a piece of home that he missed while in prison.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmphasizing that this is where he grew up\u2026and just displaying that lifestyle was really key to showcase what he was missing out on while he was stuck in prison,\u201d Smith says.<\/p>\n

The students were under a tight schedule in their five-day Pittsburgh trip, spending eight to 10 hours each day gathering film. Their nights were filled with long production meetings, mapping out what they would accomplish the next day.<\/p>\n

Interviews with Fogel\u2019s family members became extremely emotional and intimate. Karpman says that the more he learned, the more he became motivated to finish the film.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw firsthand how broken this family [was], how devastated they [were], how tortured they felt this whole time,\u201d he recalls. \u201cIt was just the most raw, human vulnerability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before they knew it, Hill, Karpman, Karall and Smith had all become emotionally invested in the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe became so ingrained in this family\u2019s situation, just because of how close we became with them,\u201d Hill says. \u201cThe family just really trusted us.\u201d<\/p>\n

From former students to family members, the team struggled to fit countless tender testimonies into just 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hardest part was just the emotional toll that this took on us. I wanted to be able to solve this issue for the family,\u201d Hill says. \u201cIt was so hard feeling so powerless.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team filmed the week before Christmas, then traveled home for the holiday break. Hill was struck by the fullness of her family, given the empty seat at the Fogel\u2019s table.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that, I thought about Marc every single day,\u201d Hill recalls. \u201cI never separated myself from the story. It became part of all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to launching a social media campaign<\/a> to spread awareness, the production team screened their film on Capitol Hill in the summer of 2024 for senators and other government officials. They hoped the film would result in bureaucratic efforts to get Fogel home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey showed it to people who were instrumental in getting Mark Fogel on that wrongfully detained list,\u201d Rubin says. \u201cThey were aiming for political eyeballs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The documentary premiered on YouTube on Christmas Day 2024; in early in February 2025, Karpman got a call from Anne Fogel, Marc\u2019s sister.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018We know that they shaved him, they gave him new clothes. But don’t get your hopes up. This has happened before. This could be a hoax,\u2019\u201d Karpman recalls her saying.<\/p>\n

Did You Forget Mr. Fogel?<\/em> screened at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Feb. 10. Audience members were moved to ask what they could do to help bring Fogel home.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018I have no idea. Like, it could happen in a year. It could happen tomorrow. You just don’t know\u2026\u2019 \u2014 and then it happened tomorrow,\u201d Karpman remembers.<\/p>\n

The next day, news articles flooded the students’ inboxes. Fogel was free following diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw ripples and changes that were happening in the political climate,\u201d says Smith. \u201cIt was really great to see that everything we worked for, everything we aimed to do, came to fruition.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Fogel family thanked the students for spreading awareness. They knew the film contributed to Marc Fogel\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

Now that he\u2019s back, Hill, Karpman, Karall and Smith agreed they want to film another documentary capturing Fogel\u2019s whole journey \u2014 as soon as he is willing to talk about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a fairy tale that it all actually happened,\u2019 Karpman says, \u201cbecause people really came together and saved his life.\u201d<\/p>\n

_________<\/em><\/p>\n

TOP: The filmmakers in Washington, D.C. From left: Seth Karall, Kaylee Smith, Franny Hill, Max Karpman and cinematographer Matthew Meredith
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Did You Forget Mr. Fogel?<\/em> is available on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n

Correction: The article has been updated to reflect that Fogel was detained when he landed in Moscow.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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