I woke up Friday morning, showered, gathered my stuff and walked outside and was greeted with a bit of winter. It snowed in Boston but it was just cold in Portsmouth. I drove in to town to see the film Food Inc and it absolutely changed my mind about what I ended up having for dinner. This is a really powerful move done in a very cool way with a very strong message without making you feel like you're getting pounded over the head. I would highly recommend it - and I am once again saying hello to my old fishiterian ways.I was fortunate enough to do a radio interview on WCSA radio 106.1FM in the afternoon and it was quite fun. Thanks to Rick Dirck for putting that together. I'll post the audio out on the Delta Rising website before I leave Portsmouth but I need to edit it down a little because it is basically a full hour. The DJ, Shawn Henderson, was really gracious and a true blues fan. I love doing radio.
Laura Bernieri (co-producer, co-director) and Andrea Wozny (director ToTimbuktu) attended a legal panel that was in their words - amazing. All the legal copyright investment law etc can be a complicated arena and this panel really spoke out on how to avoid the common pitfalls indie filmmakers fall into. We all had a chance to speak with Paul Durham (Entertainment, Media and Publishing Group) and we are better filmmakers for it. We invited Paul for a quick beer and a bowl of chowder and it was great sharing war stories.
THE SCREENING
So our screening was at 6:30 at the Muddy River Smokehouse. This is good venue for the type of film we made and we were in the basement screening room. The house was about 80% full and the screening went well. We did QA after and got to talk at length about the film, what inspired the story (thanks matt for introducing me to chris) and how it all came to be. It is always terrific to see the film in front of an audience and gauge their reactions, and I particularly like it when people laugh.
We went to get a bite to eat and then headed off to the after party which was really rocking - but my 50 year old body was knockin so I didn't stay long but when I left it was still going strong. Today is a day for seeing a couple films, I'm especially interested in seeing MINE a documentary about pets during Katrina which is rep'd by my lawyer - George Rush. I met the filmmaker Erin at the party and it was fun to chat and talk about the film and how small the indie film world is.
Okay more tomorrow - m
pictured above are L-R, Laura Bernieri, Andrea Wozny, Michael Afendakis, Deb Barry, Nicole Gregg
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