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Lisa Derrick wrote a new diary post: FDL Movie Night Preview and Saturday Art: Eric Minh Swenson
http://youtu.be/azjBxb-SyGA On Monday, May 20th, FDL Movie Night interviews director/photographer Eric Minh Swenson about his work chronicling art and artists in Southern California. Swenson has gained unprecedented access to artists, collectors, curators, gallerists, and art world denizens from San Diego to Ventura. His photos and interviews are revealing portraits of both the Southland and the artistic impulses–shaped [...] -
Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post Late Night: The Spy Who Shagged Us?
namaste!
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post Late Night: The Spy Who Shagged Us?
Yes, look for it in June!
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Lisa Derrick wrote a new diary post: FDL Movie Night Preview: Peabody Award Winning “My Neighbourhood”
http://youtu.be/kU9kurX_ZgU Tomorrow, Monday May 13th, FDL Movie Night presents the 2012 Peabody Award winning film My Neighbourhood , the story of Mohammed El Kurd, a teenage Palestinian boy growing up in the in the heart of East Jerusalem. The 25-minute film shows the surprising turn of events when Mohammed’s family is forced to give up a part [...]
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
That you for being here, Philip for making the film,and thank you everyone for watching/reading and joining us. Please thankyour amazing cast as well.
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
Thankyou for working to make a change.
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
Thank you. I think this film will be important acorss many platforms and in many venues, form schools to churches, for prison reformer and even those who profit form prisons.
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
Yes, and RELEASED shows there are no easy answers, and you provide a wonderful place to start dialog about what can be changed withinthe boundaries of human nature.
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
Next week we have the winner of the 2013 Peabody Award, My Neighbourhood and co-director Julia Bacha. You can watch the trailer here.
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
And how has the film been received so far?
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
What are your next projects?
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
Kenneth’s description of the shelter he was sent to–it was worse than prison, in that that were no boundaries to people’s behavior. I can understand how and why some prisoners, ill equipped to deal with life outside end up back inside. Cas certainly had received no real rehabilitation until his last time in prison–and that wa his force of will to change.
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
What were some of the difficulties you encountered in shooting live performances? Was the cast comfortable with cameras?
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
You certainly succeeded! I was not sure what to expect,a nd the minutes flew by, very compelling!
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
acn more prisoners be helped in the same ways that these four were, and why isn’t The Castel/Fortune Foundation model used in more states?
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
Cas and his brother managed ot escape from the juvenile facility and survived by breaking in homes to steal food…where they ever sent back, or were they successful at staying free form that hellhole?
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
How wee the prisoners chosen to attend the play?
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
So the stories had a personal resonance for you. That must have added an extra texture to your work.
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
What were some of the things that struck you about prison. (I have only been on a “visit the police station” tour where they left us look at the booking area and that was very scary and filled with emotional content)
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Lisa Derrick commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night: Released
So the filming in the prison was your first experience there?
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