Here is an auditory treat from our filming in June. Tyler Stark aka Fritzo of the Bring it Back Tour, who we have filmed extensively with so far, freestyles about the American Dream at the 2010 Van’s Warped Tour in Mountain View, CA.
So let me start off by apologizing for the time between posts. Things have been pretty crazy for the past month and a half and now I finally have a chance to write again. To give a quick summary of whats happened since the last post, brace yourselves its alot….
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Sorry for the delay on the final update, we have been quite busy. The last update I wrote on our way to LA for some filming down there. It was a great success and we shot some awesome footage.
The day we drove down we ended up in La Verne, CA to stay with Keith’s grandparents. It was great to be in a home environment for the first night in a long time. We went out to dinner and the local pizza shop, Warehouse Pizza, which was quite good. While reading the LA Times that evening i came upon lead for a story (yes I’m dorking out on being a journalist instead of just a filmmaker).
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Back on the road … I’m actually writing this on my laptop as we are driving down 101 (posting the day after due to internet issues). Last time we spoke, or read rather, we were in Waco, TX staying with my friend Laura and her family. The following day we interviewed Laura and her husband Steven about their American Dream. They have a much different perspective then a lot of people we have been talking to. That is because they are at a different point in their life. They are approaching their 5-year wedding anniversary this October, and their oldest daughter just turned 5 and their youngest is 8 ½ months.
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Sorry for the delay in getting this post done. We have been on the bus a lot lately and we had no Internet at the hotel we were staying in. So here it goes, starting after the last post from Kansas City, hold on its gonna be a long one…
We had a great day filming on Monday with the International Institute of Akron. They kindly let us into their institute and gave us free reign to film and talk to their clients, which we did. Over all we did 8 interviews with their staff and clients.
To tell you a little about the Institute, their mission is “to contribute to the well-being of the community by creating and implementing programs and services to assist the foreign born to integrate into our society, to promote public awareness of the value of ethnic diversity, and to encourage international communication.” They help refugees resettle in the Akron area as well as teach English classes, and assist with the citizenship and green card process. What they are doing is great for the community and you see how much good they are doing by how many people are at their offices.
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I will type up a full update in the next few days. So far thing have been going really well and the shoot at the International Institute on Monday went really well.
I have just something to post about right now. Its 2:45a and we are waiting in the St Louis bus and train station and the mix of people is one of the most, let’s say varied, that I have seen so far. Hipsters with their fixies, guys who look like they just got released from prison, families, an old man whose depends I think are leaking, and two ghetto guys who can’t understand a simple answer.
Most on this last group. I feel bad for the ticket seller for having to deal with this type of person. Its simple, if you don’t have an id, you can’t pick up your ticket. Simple, straight forward and you would think easy to understand. Nope not at all.
There was another who asked the same question twice, getting the same answer each time. When he asked a third time the teller only answered “you asked the question and I answered twice”.
It just makes me laugh. Each of these guys were grown men and they were acting like they are 5. So this is what its like to deal with children.
Besides this, all is going well. We will be in Kansas City in a few hours and I will type up an actual updarte when its not 2:45a.
