Wednesday, January 16, 2019

#10yearchallenge

MY NEPHEW: Were scorpions around when there were dinosaurs?
ME: You mean like the band?

We’ve come a long way in ten years. In fact, ten years ago today, I found out the featurette I wrote, produced, and starred in, got into its fifth film festival. (You can read about it here.) Little did I know it would get into 40 more festivals, and the director, Ted Melfi, would go on to direct St. Vincent and Hidden Figures. It’s been a pretty nifty decade.