Douglas is making films again! Yeah!
It's been awhile since Douglas has been involved in a film project of his own design. It is so great to see him happy and excited again. He is so full of life as he works on this project.
He has joined a project called Super-8 Citizens. This is an international collection of film makers who each submit a short film on 8mm or 16mm film. The theme is Citizenship. The idea is that each film maker make a short film documentary about a specific person who, for the film maker, exhibits qualities of citizenship. When all the films are collected, it is played as a feature length film. Here is a link to the website with more information on the project http://www.workhorse.tv/citizensuper8.html.
The subject of Douglas' film is the reverend Susan Russell. She is an Episcopalian minister here in Pasadena at the All Saints Church. Not only is she a woman in the clergy, she is also a lesbian. Her congregation and ministry has come under a lot of scrutiny because of these things. Douglas is interested in documenting her spiritual journey that has brought her to a position of national prominence.
Douglas is getting a lot of support from other members of the film-making community and has to try and complete this project by Sep. 29. He is going to be a busy boy the next month!
