A spell binding day today of shorts, shorts, shorts and a Narrative winner Sparrow's Dance. I began this afternoon with documentary shorts. We were given access to so many worlds: a Brooklyn salesman who travels the country selling bronzed shoes; immigrant college students awaiting The Dream Act to grant them their hard earned rights; a young boy who collects vacuum cleaners (hats off to RTF student Chelsea Hernandez); Indian women who sort tons and tons of clothes to be made into thread; stand up comedy in Israel and a creative ad executive buying homeless persons signs to further explore advertising.
And then shorts about the space between people and their relationships. All of these shorts were so well made and many of them deserved the 5 stars I gave them in the audience evals.
This evening Abe caught up with me to see the Narrative winner Sparrow's Dance, a beautiful film about an agoraphobic actress and her saxophone playing plumber. Mental illness handled deftly, beautifully and with a great artistic view. Abe and I, both mental health seasoned social workers, were so impressed with the way the writer/director Noah Buschel presented this film about real romance between real people. And oh yes, the Brooklyn location and references made us really comfortable.
Once again we ran into the warmest of warm couples: Joel Johnstone, his partner Ada, and now his Dad, Steve. Friendships that develop on line at AFF have brought us continued gratification as we watch these young filmmakers soar.
Hope Sparrow's Dance comes to Brooklyn!
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