The opening night of the event Mo surprised us with a trip to The Rave Movie theatre where we got to see "Scrapped". I really enjoyed the part of the movie where Wes interviewed a African american women who's grandparents were Irish and African american. The were married in Ireland because at the time it was against the law for them to unite. Also the lady in the movie shared a story from her album about visiting Africa with her family and going to the place where the slaves were taking in order to get on the boats to the US. The view was breathtaking...so sad that this place was the gateway to soo much pain.
After the movie we were told that they first 100 women to purchase something would recieve a free gift ( turned out to be a chipboard album cover with some pattern paper ). I waited a long time so that Nicki and I could take pics with Wes, he was soo kind and thanked us for being patient. It paid off we got to spend more time talking to him. I must say he put my poor CM bag to shame. I need to figure out how I can decorate mine.
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In my opinion, the best part of the movie was the interview with her. The picture of her standing in the doorway in Africa got to me. The second best were the segments of his mom and dad. And his friend, Rhonda, was absolutely HIlarIous!
Hello,
Great blog! Putting in such emotionally charged subjects was a challenege for me because 1) people were expecting a spoof, a comedy because "guys don't scrapbook" and to add topics like faith, miscarriages, the slave trade, and more ( don't want to give too much away ) can seem exploitative or pushy if you don't lead up to them in a gentle way. They were things that I think needed to be said so despite some scepticism in pre-production, I stuck with them and haven't heard anyone blast people's personal interviews in the movie yet. It took guts for the interviewee's to share hard things and be so transparent. I did the same past the point of being uncomfortable but it provokes a response and hopefully gets people thinking about their own lives.
wes
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