Day One at Sarasota, A Roundup

Our first day at the Sarasota Film Festival was a great success! Thanks to everyone who took the time to come to our screening last night. We have a second and (final) showing tonight at 7:15pm at the Regal 20 Cinema. Here's some of the media coverage we've gotten so far:

Sarasota Herald Tribune
There are so many things to recommend about youthFEST selection “Brownstones to Red Dirt,” it’s hard to know where to begin. So let’s concentrate on the one thing kids never do anymore: Write letters. Because this 85-minute documentary is about the power of the printed word.

A second review, Herald Tribune
Among the unintended consequences of this inaugural feature-length movie — “Brownstones to Red Dirt” — was learning how little it takes to build a school in west Africa.

NY Daily News
Brooklyn and Freetown, Sierra Leone, are 4,310 miles apart - but at one Bedford-Stuyvesant school they'll forever be connected.

Buzz Worthy
This wonderful film is both educational and enchanting as it goes back and forth between the joys and the struggles these students have in both countries.