MOVEMENT AND LOCATION on the
Southern Circuit tour
by Bodine Boling
Alexis and I just had the incredible pleasure of taking, MOVEMENT AND
LOCATION, on the Southern Circuit Tour. We brought our casual science
fiction feature first to Greensboro, North Carolina, and then on to Tallahassee
and Miami, Florida.
Greensboro had us screening in the gorgeous Carolina Theater; although, first we ate some nachos.
We had a great Q&A — thoughtful, interesting questions and
a series of great conversations, which Alexis and I continued with some
audience members over at Natty Greene’s until they started putting stools up
on tables and turned on all the lights. It was a wonderful night.
Then we went to Tallahassee! We screened at the IMAX at the
Challenger Learning Center.
Look how big it is! Let me tell you it’s pretty remarkable
to see your own face STORIES HIGH. This was also a great Q&A, with a smart,
engaged crowd. Then we had dinner with some of the extraordinary Opening Nights staff.
Then we went to Miami! Eric Fliss, director of the South
Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, showed us around the incredible facility.
Alexis and I actually ducked out for the screening itself and
watched a phenomenal jazz show in their black box theater, then came back for
the Q&A. Which, again, turned out to be full of amazing and insightful
questions from a thoughtful, engaged crowd. And a big thanks to Kevin Sharpley
for moderating.
It was a whirlwind of a week, but so fun, and such an honor.
MOVEMENT AND LOCATION is science
fiction more in context than plot—we tried to make a real, human drama (but
funny) where a few of the characters happen to be time travelers. My favorite
thing is when a person comes up to me after a screening and confesses that he
or she generally hates science fiction but really enjoyed my film. I love
this so, so much. It happened a lot at film festivals, often women over 30 who
are bored by movies that don’t make them think, and it happened after every
screening on the Southern Circuit tour.
I can relate to this, which is
why I wrote the script I did. Making it was a bit
of an ordeal, but getting to share it with new audiences is a joy, and
makes the process feel totally worth it.
In
December we’ll have our last Southern Circuit
screening in New Orleans. I’ll be sure to check in after!
More details about the film here,
including trailer and ways to watch:
With gratitude,
Bodine (& Alexis) Boling
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