Am still waiting to get the grant award packet from the DCA regarding the wood working project. Once I get the grant activated by signing some papers, I will be able to head out and get to work. I will start by going to the Forest Museum in Perry. I think there will be leads to people there.
Penny Crandall got a windfall from her uncle and told me to buy a camcorder. I bought a Sony handycam that anyone can use. This is Penny's camera, but I will be using it for the DV project. I am humbled by Penny's committment to the project. I will start using the camera in June when I go back down to Vero and record Cindy's experiences with the legal system. I have to check about cameras in courtrooms. Penny can steer me in the right direction regarding that.
I call Lisa Tessier about an interview at the end of April, and I will call Cindy as well. I also need to try and hook up with Angie again. Missed her at Blitches in Bonifay last week.
I continue to be stunned by these women's stories, even moreso than I was with These Are Our Stories. Perhaps it is because children are so much in the foreground here. The power packed into these stories is tremendous. I hope I can keep a steady hand with them.
The wood working project will provide me with balance I think, and I need that. Doing something that isn't as intense, isn't as hurtful to balance things. I need all the luck I can get with all of the projects.
Today, HER switches hats and will go to the panel meeting of the Division of Cultural Affairs where the panelists will evaluate my application to do a photographic roster of north Florida folk artists who work in wood. I don't know what will happen because I have never applied for a grant in this category before. There's not much money left in the pot at DCA, so all we can do is wait and see what the panel says.
Fund raising continues for In the Best Interest, and it is slow going. I have joined the independent film makers association whose journal, The Independent, lists funding opportunities. I need this resource, so it was worth the $70 investment.
I hope to do two interviews with women from north Florida for the project. This will let me get my feet wet with the topic and allow me to figure out direction and possible filming angles. I haven't been able to reach the women yet, but will keep trying.
