BACK FROM WASHINGTON DC
DC SHORTS: A GREAT FESTIVAL

We had a great time last week at the DC Shorts Fest. We saw tons of fantastic short films and attended a plethora of informative events. And of course, those swingin' parties! THE MUSKRAT BOY OF GRIFFITH PARK screened with ten other short films, including GOD OF LOVE written by Luke Matheny who won a student Oscar for the film. We also chatted with Roger Ross Williams whose beautiful documentary MUSIC BY PRUDENCE won the Best Documentary Short Oscar last year. The doc is about Prudence, the lead singer of an Afro-fusion band called Liyana ("it's raining" in Ndebele). She lives in Zimbabwe and is in a wheel chair, born with a debilitating condition called arthrogryposis. The film is a fascinating exploration of her struggles against, and victories over, great odds. You can watch it on HBO on Demand and I recommend that you do! Read an article from THE WASHINGTON POST about Showcase #3 (my showcase).

AND THE CRITICS ARE SAYING...
OUR FIRST REVIEW!

Elisabeth Stevens reviews festival films for the Sarasota Radio station WSRQ.com. She is a former art critic for The Baltimore Sun, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The Trenton Times. Here's what she wrote about about THE MUSRKAT BOY OF GRIFFITH PARK: "I was impressed by this tale of isolation and sexual ambiguity. The heroine is extremely talented in dramatizing her "petrified wood" heart, and the muskrat boy is engagingly Chaplinesque."