Well, another Labor Day has come and gone. The publisher took a break from his usual union busting to bring us all donuts . . . at the office. Then he went off to Kennebunkport or wherever he goes with Sumner or Rupert or whomever. We were left to fight over who has to stuff envelopes, who has to make the schedules for the Toronto and New York film festivals, and (apparently) who gets to sit on the couch and explain the appeal of NASCAR. Whoever DVR’ed the entire Sony HD 500 California Speedway Nextel Cup race isn’t funny. “500” = five hundred miles. This is perhaps as far from short film as one can get. On the other hand, a savvy editor could make a nice political film from the beginning of a NASCAR race; did you know they start those races with a prayer over the P.A.?
Moving on, the publisher said I could make our exciting announcement today, so here it is: Volume 6 will have a noted guest editor—Sam Green! We’re bicoastal! Columbus has been graced with Sam’s presence in the last few years, whether it was at his screening of The Weather Underground or while working on his short film Lot 63, Grave C. Sam lives in San Francisco and divides his time between teaching, filmmaking, helping run the Free History Project, and being generally awesome. We’re very happy to have him on board for a while.
Vol. 5 news? It’s coming together. The release date will be in mid-October. We’re working on a new design, as Vol.5 is the first volume of our second year. We’ll keep you posted.
Lastly, bon voyage to Lucy Raven, who was a guest editor on Volume 5. She was in town working on a project , but is heading back to New York City this week. Hopefully we’ll see her again at our next NYC screening. Watch for the next issue of her audio release The Relay Project.
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