barrington99@gmail.com LOGLINE: A woman battles her shyness, local malice and bureaucracy in order to open a pole-dancing fitness studio in her town. Way back in 2009, when I was still in film school, we had to bring in two ideas for a thesis project. One of my ideas eventually became my thesis script Children of Others. … Read more
Dear Ones, SEASON’S GREETINGS! Last weekend Paul, his brother Pat and I traveled to Las Vegas for a Seetachitt family gathering. Walking through the MGM Grand, I was struck by the number of people wearing cowboy hats and by the piped-in country music . I asked a hat-wearing stranger what was up, and he informed … Read more
Ran across this article about how the changing numbers and production models have affected the output some famous filmmakers who were working a lot when I was in my twenties. It quotes a speech given by Steven Soderbergh that isn’t that new but that I hadn’t seen in detail: In 2003, 455 films were released. … Read more
Almost 9:30 and the sun is shining, the day well on its way to the 75 degree high that has been promised to it. I have my pants legs rolled up for the vitamin D, and this combined with a hat and too many bags results in people looking at me twice–discreetly–before they sit near … Read more
Logline: A black woman and a Persian man must navigate their families’ objections and their own preconceptions when they become romantically involved. I’m co-writing the film with Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn, who approached me in the spring of 2013 to help outline a script that used some of her personal experiences and also drew on the … Read more
Here’s a secret that’s not really a secret: It’s my birthday tomorrow. I pulled the info down from my Facebook page, not because I don’t want people to know, exactly, but because I feel not ready for it, like there were things I wanted to accomplish that I haven’t yet. Because when I think “accomplishment,” … Read more
I think I have Chris’ blog on my side bar–but I want to share this article specifically. It’s about a comparison study between curcumin and a chemotherapy agent called 5FU. 5FU was a large part of the chemo-cocktail that was proposed to me in 2004 in the wake of my colon cancer diagnosis. I didn’t end up … Read more
So, there was a blank on my AFM registration form for “company.” Irritatingly, it was not an optional blank, but one that you had to fill in order to proceed to the next step. I decided it was the universe telling me to pull the trigger on a name I have been playing with in … Read more
This weekend I am going to the American Film Market for the first time. What is the American Film Market, you ask? I haven’t seen it yet, but here’s what I know: It’s a big trade show where buyers and sellers of films–finished films, partially finished films, and films that are not yet films but … Read more
Not sick yet, but it will be amazing if I’m not by the end of the week. My boss, who was sick all last week and today, has been working half days. A still-sick faculty member just handed me a folder full of germ laden receipts she organized and labeled while home sick, and the … Read more