BARE BONES - DAY 2 - "MORPHINE FOR THE AFTERNOON"
Well the pace is starting to pick up for us here at the Bare Bones Film Fest. This morning Brad and I had a radio interview with KFOX 102.5 that Sam set up for us. They're putting together a two minute package to air durring their newscasts which should help promote the film.
Then we started the broadcast day for When Love Walks In Radio when we climbed into our rental SUV, fired up the transmitter and cruised downtown to hang posters and flyers promoting the film. We received a warm reception from the Chamber of Commerce ladies who seemed thrilled that we were in town. They requested that we give them a poster and sign it to the "Chamber Chicks"! It was a good time.
After that we went to Magnolia Gardens for our screening at the Assisted Living Center. That was a very interesting good time. About twenty elderly (some somewhat senial) men and women gathered around the big screen in the dining area and watched the film. Most of them made it all the way through and afterwards we received some positive feedback about how they liked the film. Just as the credits began to roll, one old woman blurted out , "Well that lasted longer than some marriages!" It was very funny.
Assisted Living Centers can have an air of depression within them. I told Brad and Sam that perhaps our film was like "morphine for the afternoon" for some of the folks there... something to help ease their day.
After the screening we again signed some posters and headshots and I spoke briefly with one old woman with Parkinsons named Maxine. As we wrapped up our conversation I said to her, "God's blessing upon you!" She looked me in the eye and said, "I love you!" It was a rather touching moment. I felt caught somewhere between reality and dimensia. But it reminded me of our calling; not our calling to make films, but our greater calling to love our neighbors as ourselves.
Tomorrow will be another day at Magnolia Gardens, but for today we did our part. Today we did to them what we would want someone to do for us if we were in their postition. So the only question left is... to whom can we do it for tomorrow? To whom can we be morphine for the afternoon?
Then we started the broadcast day for When Love Walks In Radio when we climbed into our rental SUV, fired up the transmitter and cruised downtown to hang posters and flyers promoting the film. We received a warm reception from the Chamber of Commerce ladies who seemed thrilled that we were in town. They requested that we give them a poster and sign it to the "Chamber Chicks"! It was a good time.
After that we went to Magnolia Gardens for our screening at the Assisted Living Center. That was a very interesting good time. About twenty elderly (some somewhat senial) men and women gathered around the big screen in the dining area and watched the film. Most of them made it all the way through and afterwards we received some positive feedback about how they liked the film. Just as the credits began to roll, one old woman blurted out , "Well that lasted longer than some marriages!" It was very funny.
Assisted Living Centers can have an air of depression within them. I told Brad and Sam that perhaps our film was like "morphine for the afternoon" for some of the folks there... something to help ease their day.
After the screening we again signed some posters and headshots and I spoke briefly with one old woman with Parkinsons named Maxine. As we wrapped up our conversation I said to her, "God's blessing upon you!" She looked me in the eye and said, "I love you!" It was a rather touching moment. I felt caught somewhere between reality and dimensia. But it reminded me of our calling; not our calling to make films, but our greater calling to love our neighbors as ourselves.
Tomorrow will be another day at Magnolia Gardens, but for today we did our part. Today we did to them what we would want someone to do for us if we were in their postition. So the only question left is... to whom can we do it for tomorrow? To whom can we be morphine for the afternoon?
2 Comments:
"I felt caught somewhere between reality and dimensia."
Wow. I can't think of a better way to say it. That's my experience of reading this blog.
Having my own experience with assisted living and nursing homes, my own dear grandmother is almost 94 and resides in a nursing home, you are describing it exactly right. Their days all run one into another. They sleep, they eat, they sit, and on those rare occasions when something is planned for them, it is the highlight of their day. How nice that you let "Love Walk In" to their lives on this trip. Can't wait to rendezvous with you guys Saturday!
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