The current vice-president is also assigned a briefcase and a carrier, with another functioning nuclear football also available in reserve. For security reasons, the carrier is ordered to travel in the same elevator with the US head of state and stay only a few steps away from him at all times. Anytime a president leaves the White House, he is followed by a member of the US military with the briefcase.Ī thoroughly-vetted and psychologically tested team of five is cleared to carry the nuclear football, each of them coming from a different branch of the US military. Darcy is currently in post -production with Eagle Vision to co-producing his next two projects DJ Burnt Bannock (APTN/BELLFUND) and the Telefilm-funded feature Finality of Dusk directed by Madison Thomas.The black, metal-framed, 45-pound (20.4 kilo) briefcase holds a communications device that allows the president to relay his launch orders to the military. His series DJ Burnt Bannock was a 2019 ImagineNATIVE Web Series Pitch Competition finalist. Darcy’s recent short Red Button was nominated for Best Director at the Alternative Film Festival. Darcy’s short Case Number # was nominated for best narrative short at the 2018 LA Skins fest. The feature premiered at ImagineNATIVE in 2019 and was a part of Telefilms Canadian Perspectives Program in Berlinale in 2020.

He recently produced his first feature film through Telefilm’s Talent to Watch program – Ruthless Souls.

Darcy is one of Canada’s fastest-rising producers. He’s currently the goofy host of APTNs series THAT’S AWSM, 7 TH GEN and APTNs first gameshow BULL’S EYE. A young man struggles to pay attention during a job interview.ĭarcy Waite is a Producer/Director/Tv Host based in Winnipeg, MB.

The red button documentary