Working Man, a new film by Robert Jury, follows a factory closure in a small rust-belt town in the midwest and one man’s attempt to find meaning in his life after he loses a job. When I first got asked to cover the film, I wondered if it would hit too close to home. The world
Jim Akin talks about making the film THE OCEAN OF HELENA LEE, a semi-autobiographical account of a difficult period in his childhood. Akin tells his story through Helena Lee, a thoughtful and reflective 12-year old who tries to come to terms with her home life and bohemian surf-rat father. As a child, Akin learned to
Hanon Harchol recounts his first three years as a public school teacher. We see his hardships and struggles as he enters the profession, oblivious to the actual demands of teaching. But Soon those obstacles become opportunities for growth for both teacher and student. The overarching theme of the film is perseverance, never give up, stay
LOST TRANSMISSIONS tells the true story of a close friend of director Katharine O’Brien’s who went off his medication for schizophrenia and gripped by his delusions, became incapable of taking care of himself. The film gives an intimate look at human emotions and the devastating reality of treating mental illness in a system that doesn’t
