World Premiere of Festival Documentary
This is a long distance invitation from me (filming in Portugal Cove, Nfld, in the rain and ice pellets) to you (wherever you are, hopefully warm and dry) to attend the world premiere of the Words Aloud documentary. Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 pm at the Durham Art Gallery.
The Doc features performers from Words Aloud 4, held in 2007. It’s 53 minutes long. And I feel as though I relived each of those minutes over and over. In a good way. I’m still enthralled by the poets, their work, their thoughts, their presence. You’ll see Lorna Crozier. Shane Koyczan, Robert Priest, Ivan Coyote, and a cast of thousands. No, just kidding. But the Toronto Slam Team appears, and they can conjure up a multitude.
But what’s even more exciting, for me, is that so many people in the audience are part of the film. Words Aloud is known for great audiences and warm hospitality. And it really shows. So come on out and see yourself and/or friends, on screen.
Copies of the Doc will be on sale at a special festival discount.
Attending the screening will be the editor and executive producer (from Toronto), some of the musicians (I hope), and camera people, etc. I hope you’ll come on out and show them, once again, why Words Aloud is “the spoken word festival that brings a small town . . . to its feet.”
See you at the movies!
- Liz Zetlin, director/producer.
