A week ago, we found ourselves at a port in South Philly shooting dock workers as they loaded school buses into a giant cargo ship from Hong Kong. The ship was bound for Maine the next day. Unsurprisingly, the Philadelphia port authority was reluctant to relax stringent homeland security rules that prohibit cameras from rolling or snapping photos at US ports.
So we charmed them with the information that we were there to shoot a commercial for Bill Keller, a Pennsylvania State Representative who's been serving South Philly's 184th District since 1993. His name means a lot to the workers we met. Keller played an instrumental role in helping to revitalize Philadelphia's ports along the Delaware River.
Spending a day with Keller was quite an honor. There's rarely an opportunity to have any real time with an elected official. It was easy to see how committed Bill Keller is to his community and how hard he continues to work to improve the lives of his constituents.
The commercial begins airing on cable March 23. Here it is:
