Off to Wilmington NC this Friday for the last 2 days of Cucalorus. Showing Sittin’ on a Million Saturday morning. Good times in the “First in Flight” state. If you’re in NYC check out the WOMEN BEHIND THE LENS program at Anthology this Tuesday. Oh!!! And I’ve started a new movie. Maybe I’ll even tell you about it. Maybe then I won’t shut up about it, either.

…received a nice shoutout in Jennifer Baumgardner’s fantastic new book Abortion & Life. Which reminded me that Grayson Dempsey and the fine folks at Backline wrote a really excellent discussion guide for the movie, which is totally worth checking out. The movie, which I released in the fall of 2005 and stopped actively promoting over 2 years ago, is really still alive out there in the world. What more could I want?

I am one (of many!) volunteers who make this thing happen in Troy. Part microcinema, part media access facility, part performance venue, part art gallery, part production studio, part gigantic living room (there’s usually a pot of coffee on and there’s actually a bed in the basement that I’ve slept in), it’s just a place I like to go. Sometimes I program movies there, like this or this. And the world premiere of The Abortion Diaries happened right there (my MFA thesis show) in the very first season of events! Please check out the Sanctuary if you are ever in …

Sittin’ on a Million is re-airing on WMHT Oct 2, this time at 7:30pm (which required the removal of a few choice lines about particular sex acts to fit FCC fregulations for this time slot). It will also be showing at video_dumbo (NYC premiere!) Sept 27-28 and FilmColumbia (Chatham NY) Oct 17. The Wren is showing at Proctor’s in Schenectady this Friday night as part of the ever-amazing C. Ryder Cooley‘s aprawling Animalia exhibition, and then at Anthology Film Archives on Nov 11. In other news, I have started my new exciting gig at Williams College, am eager to get …

I was invited to write a short essay for On The Issues magazine about Mame Faye. This month’s issue is about prostitution & sex work and there are lots of interesting things up there. I think Mame is an interesting, if offbeat, addition to the topic. (What I initially wrote ended up being waaay too long for the magazine — but you can read the pre-chopped-in-half version here if you like).

Hi. Uneventful summer, as fas as “internet updates” go!

I am just happy.

Well, after 2 sold out shows and a last minute encore matinee screening, I’d say that we gave Mame Faye quite a weekend of celebration. The local news media freaking loved it, although not always for the reasons I would prefer. I think that Danielle Furfaro wrote the best article about the movie that I’ve seen yet. After I’ve gotten lots of sleep, I’ll hopefully be more able to strategize ways to use the movie to provoke more radical discourse and less nostalgic titillation. But for now, no complaints from me as I bask (*actually basking!) in the success of …

The Sittin’ on a Million DVD is very beautiful. Extra special love/thanks to Thom Stylinski for his excellent graphic design.

I am trying to cultivate my birdwatching hobby this summer. The Wren is about a bird, and it will be showing on EyeAm this July. Sittin’ on a Million will be aired on WMHT (local PBS affiliate) this summer. I’ve just been hired as editor for A Steady Grind, directed by Victoria Kereszi. I am moving into a new apartment just next to Washington Park, one of only two privately owned urban ornamental parks in the United States (the other one is Gramercy). And finally… will I see you at Flaherty?