A Chicago area filmmaker on a mission to rewrite his own personal script.

When you have had as illustrious of a career as David McGowan, with dozens of films to your name, even an Academy Award nomination, you'd think you've had a great run, right? But as this Chicago-based filmmaker got older, he felt a calling to make sure his last scene would epitomize nothing less than his very best work.

A legend in documentary filmmaking, McGowan has spent his life crafting visual poetry from every corner of the world. His camera has seen everything--except, perhaps, his own ending.

He always said every good story has a beginning, a middle and an end.

"Whoever comes to Uganda has Ugandans driving them around to get all their shots and then leave. (The photographers) make lots of money and they do

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