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Lacey and Peggy Schwartz Talk Their LITTLE WHITE LIE

January 20, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Lacey and Peggy Schwartz Talk Their LITTLE WHITE LIE

Lacey Schwartz wasn’t going to direct the documentary about her life growing up in a Jewish family and discovering that her dark skin wasn’t the result of a Sicilian ancestory, and that the man who had raised her was not her biological father. Every director she approached told her that such a personal story about… Read More »

Tagged With: African-American, Angelina Jolie, biracial, cinema, DIFRET, documentary, Ethiopian film, families, Family, family secrets, film, georgetown university, Lacey Schwartz, Mehret Mandefro, Peggy Schwartz, Personal Narrative, Racial Identity, Religion & Faith, SF Jewish Film Festival, Visual anthropology

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Exposes INTRUDERS

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Exposes INTRUDERS

I spoke with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo by phone on March 19, 2012, and one of the things I most wanted to discuss with him was his unconventional approach to a horror film with INTRUDERS. In it, the monster has more to do with family secrets and the misguided attempts by the parents to spare their… Read More »

Tagged With: Clive Owen, director, family secrets, Hollowface, horror, INTRUDERS, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, monsters, mystery

Stephen Chbosky Describes THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Stephen Chbosky Describes THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

Stephen Chbosky is a patient man. He could have sold the rights to make THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER when he first published that novel in 1999. Instead, he waited until he could not only write the script himself, but also direct. When I spoke with him on August 24, 2012,  the first thing… Read More »

Tagged With: author, book to screen, family secrets, freshman year, high school, narrative, young adult

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