Second Chances
Writer-director Laurie Collyer explores her past in Sherrybaby
By Jason Guerrasio
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/second_chances_2513/
After coping with the loss of childhood friends from overdoses and prison, writer-director Laurie Collyer let out her aggression the only way she knew how-through movies. Gaining recognition for her gritty documentary Nuyorican Dream in 1999, Collyer quickly began work on her first screenplay, Sherrybaby, to explore the deep-seeded issues of her past.