The film took two years to make. Footage was shot the same year that Dr. George Tiller was murdered. The team contacted over 100 crisis pregnancy centers before they chose the Fort Pierce location. A screenwriter’s imagination could not have set the scene any better.
Cardella alternately describes her purchasing junkets as her escape, her boyfriend, her release, her therapy, and her drug.
The concept of the “Jewish Arts Ensemble of New York” evolved as an answer to Vinnitsky’s search for a way to combine the two sides of his musical personality.
Reading “Click” will help one generation to understand and appreciate what experiences have informed another group of women—with personal histories other than their own.
Friedman created a balance by allowing the congregation to be an integral part of the process. This is the core of her philosophy. “When you contribute,” she conveyed, “what you say really matters. Everything goes up and out.”
Every family has a story. Some are more complicated than others.
“By dealing with issues of current and enduring importance, as experienced by real people, the docudrama can be a powerful means of raising questions and provoking constructive debate.”
Asking the question to those on camera, “Where does black comedy go from here?” responses include ”pushing the envelope, elevating the conversation, messaging inspiration, and increasing the discussion.” The film pointedly spotlights the question of how “profit motive and morality” intersect.
Khan’s contention is that poverty is a human rights issue, and therefore defending those rights must be at the core of efforts to end poverty.
The film explores three separate histories. As Jones wrote me via e-mail, “We wanted to look at the subject of HIV/AIDS in the light of people living with it, rather than dying from it.”
"The Jump Rope Line" by Marcia G. Yerman is included in the Seal Press anthology Dancing at the Shame Prom.
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