Grassroots Moviemaker: We Are Here!
Anna’s Journey: Hope Amidst the Hand-wringing
By Timothy Rhys
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/grassroots_moviemaker_we_are_here_20090206/
Not many events, not even economic catastrophe, can hold a candle to war as way of putting things in perspective. As I write this, one very determined young actress just emailed me that the plane she’s been riding halfway across the world— from the Republic of Georgia to the island of Manhattan— has just touched down. She is, and I quote, “…excited, confused, and jetlagged, but most of all euphoric. OMG! OMG! I am here!” That is one happy teenager, and she has finally chased her moviemaking dreams all the way to the U.S.A.