Austin Film Festival Day #3

First an Improv Class at Institution Theater (learning, learning) and then an afternoon and evening of documentaries at the convention center.  My favorite was MR. CAO GOES TO WASHINGTON about the first Vietnamese to be elected to Congress.  Elected by a predominantly black constituency in a predominantly Democratic hood in new Orleans.  An intelligent, decent man who is a Republican.  And while he was initially the only Republican to vote for Obamacare he switched his vote after the revisions because he is a staunch Catholic pro-lifer.  He did not get re-elected for a second term. Cao is a kind, decent, sincere person who will continue to make a mark I am sure.  Just wish he could leave his religious beliefs out of his politics and remember it's the law of the land.

A documentary about the man who stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911, THE MISSING PIECE, was sweet and informative.  Reminded me of David Chase's rock n roll film in that it's a middle aged guy's returning to a subject that has been with him since youth, a journey that needed to be completed.  More to come.