Tuesday was spent promoting the film. Mike and I met Chad at the theater around 4 and as the screenings let out, we would tell people about the show. We even had a few other filmmakers, championing our cause, passing out flyers. Mike, Chad and I were all interviewed by a few different newspapers and magazines and then we had a chance to see a really good documentary on immigration called, Beyond Borders, which was well done. There was an afterparty thrown by the star of a doc called Ahmed, Say Something Funny at Mojitos restaurant which we attended for the requisite amount of schmoozing…it’s Hollywood after all.
Wednesday was the big day… Fagan Patterson and Chris Viteychuk got into town around noon. We picked up my good friend Jonathan Case, who’s done a lot of music for me over the years and caravanned to the ‘Dena (as we’re now calling it). Traveling back and forth to Santa Monica has been a bit trying, so we got a room at the Pasadena Inn. We found a “Texas” BBQ restaurant close to the venue and thought that would be a good place to have a little pre-party for the screening. A very nice crowd joined us and then at 9 we headed to the screening. Among the friends and family, it was really great to see some familiar faces there. Among the cast that showed were Joe Fury and Estella Perez, who came with her friend Efren Ramirez (Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite). Our friend George Huang (writer/director Swimming with Sharks) showed as well. I was also happy to see several other filmmakers from the festival there for the cause. We did have a few sound issues during the screening, which we resolved, but for the most part we got a great response. I think people were genuinely impressed with our little film. We had a nice Q & A after the film and continued the festivities at a restaurant down the street.

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