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Summertime and living is easy…
By Dawn | August 15, 2008
The summer is nearing its end and I am trying to stay in the present and be grateful for all of the great things that are happening for the film and in my life.
Really, there is SO MUCH I am grateful for! For instance, I hung out recently with my friends from Patchworks Films, Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider to talk about our projects and got to meet their amazing sons, eat yummy food and walk through Golden Gate Park where the dahlias were in bloom!
This summer I have also had the opportunity to go to house sit (and Rigo was a cat sitter) at my friends Cathleen and Kevin’s in the great town of Elk on the Mendocino Coast and see the Frida Kahlo exhibit at SF MOMA (I HIGHLY recommend this show!)
I have spent much of the summer reflecting on all of the things I am grateful for, so I want to take a minute here to thank ALL of the friends and family members who have helped Kristy and I to get the film this far. This is a great experience and the film festivals are amazing. We are looking forward to the next ones! (More on that in a minute).
We really could not have done this without all of the people who have helped us. I want to especially thank my husband Andrew and our son Rigo for their encouragement, patience and support over the past 7 years and for being so helpful, enthusiastic and insightful. I also want to thank my family and Andrew’s family, especially William and Nancy Bigler for encouraging me throughout the years to pursue this ambitious goal (and for their financial support as well). I also want to thanks Rose Padilla Johnson, Daniel Johnson and my friends at Davis Street Family Resource Center.
Not only my “day job” I am so grateful for the encouragement and enthusiasm I receive everyday. I am so grateful for having such incredibly meaningful paid employment with a staff I couldn’t have done this without their love and guidance. Of course there are a number of friends that I am grateful to as well–you know who you are!! Thank you! I am so incredibly grateful and humbled by the love I receive daily.
We have been selected to distribute our film to the educational community through New Day Films. If you don’t know about New Day please take this opportunity to check out their incredible list of films. Many of my favorite documentaries and filmmakers I admire are member-owners of New Day. One of the really incredibly unique aspects to New Day is that it is a member owned company. This idea from the 60’s and 70’s was made real by a group of groundbreaking filmmakers. Tired of trying to distribute their films through the corporate maze that ended up leaching money from already struggling artists this group of mavericks decided to create a truly democratic and egalitarian institution. Many years later New Day is perhaps one of the most successful member owned business in the US. I am SO PROUD to be a member of in New Day!
We are in the process of creating our packaging and hope to have the film ready for the fall start of school. As you can imagine this is a HUGE endeavor! Kristy and Jenny (our graphic designer extraordinaire) are taking the lead on creating a unified and unique package for the film. It LOOKS GREAT!
I think we’ll try to create a special promo code for those of you who are consistent readers of our blog. So watch for it!
The other BIG news I think Kristy shared awhile back is our screening at the Atlanta Underground Film Festival. Our screening is on Friday August 22 at 8 pm. Please share the good news with your connections in the Atlanta region. Unfortunately we can’t afford to get out to Atlanta but we are hoping for a great turn out!
We also just found out that GOING ON 13 has been accepted to two California film festivals. One in LA and one in the SF Bay Area. As soon as the notification is public we’ll post it here!
Keep checking for up-dates. I have a feeling that the fall, winter and spring are going to be crazy busy!
Topics: artists, documentaries, educational outreach, festivals, friends |
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