THE RIVERRUN FILM FESTIVAL

So as promised,

ima tell you all about what

went down at the 

2015 RIVERRUN FILM FESTIVAL

in 

Winston Salem,

North Carolina.

It started out beautiful 

(and tasty) 

with an

outdoor 

"family supper"

in a big open field.

What a great place to mingle

while your mouth is stuffed full of

some killer

Southern BBQ

(OMG the pulled pork!)

But they didn't bring me 

and my fellow jurors

down South to

just eat and drink!

We had to

WORK!

Well, if you consider getting to watch 

a great selection of animated shorts

"work".

There were a lot of fantastic films

and I told you about our picks over

HERE.

But I also got the chance to see a couple of

live action documentaries in competition.

The first was

"Cartoonists: Footsoldiers of Democracy"

This was a fascinating look into 

the creation, the reaction and

the consequences of political cartooning

 around the world. 

Both inspiring and terrifying,

it reminds you that our 

freedom of speech in America,

while not perfect,

is definitely something to be thankful for.

The other movie worth a mention was "SEX ED: THE MOVIE"

It takes a deep look into  the history of school sex ed movies  through the ages. And because the films are so dated, they're very funny. Often hysterical. But also  misinformed, scary, biased, and naive.
Its pretty shocking how terrified  some people are about educating kids about their bodies. But this film drops some real talk:

But seriously, can we get back to talking about food? Because the biscuits at  Marys Gourmet Diner were the greatest Ive ever had in my life:

Oh, and Winston Salem is the home of

Krispy Creme Donuts.

So that action was

EVERYWHERE:

When not watching films at festivals,

you're usually at parties.

Of which there were many:

And there was

ALWAYS

a photo booth:

Ive already stated elsewhere that this is possibly

 the third best picture in the history of North Carolina film festival party

 ping pong battles fought in an old power plant turned into condos:

Festival Director

Andrew Rodgers

and his crew

put on a great festival

and I gotta give them mad thanks for inviting me

to be a judge this year!

Thanks

RIVERRUN!

Hope to see you again one day!