Friends who make movies - Part 2 - Forgiving the Franklins
So part 2- Check out Mr. Conservative - Goldwater doco. And let me add - the other person I know who has made a movie this year is Jay Floyd. In fact, he is one of my best friends. The film is called Forgiving the Franklins. I am so close to this movie and so in love with it I will be unable to do anything but to say - IF YOU CAN - SEE IT! Simply put it is the most original, insightful and hilarious dissection of sexual repression and the fear and loathing of all sexuality that spews out of the far Right - that I have ever seen. It was an official selection to Sundance this year, is at the ProvinceTown film festival right now, and will be at Outfest in Los Angeles this July. Figure out a way to see it.
Here is part of a review from the Provincetown Banner:
The Franklins, a devout and stressed-out mom, dad, teenage son and younger daughter, face the frustrations of heartland life with a stiff upper lip. Then wham! — a near-lethal car accident turns their world upside-down. After an encounter with Jesus in what looks to be purgatory, they return to Earth transformed. Suddenly, nakedness and sex, which had once made them uptight, are a source of joy and uninhibited exploration.
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