Dear Ike: Lost Letters to a Teen Idol

Animated documentary about an accidental 40-year odyssey of a kid who followed his dreams.

In the animated documentary Dear Ike: Lost Letters to a Teen Idol, filmmaker Dion Labriola recounts his childhood quest to contact his teen idol, Ike Eisenmann. The goal: ask Ike to star in an animated science-fiction epic he was developing. After an exhaustive string of failed attempts, a magical turn of events points Dion directly toward his goal in the most unexpected of ways - 40 years later.

    Dear Ike: Lost Letters to a Teen Idol is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal | KCET.

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