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Our Current Feature:
Recently RMH completed a project almost seven years in the making. Most likely, it will never be screened at Sundance, or any other film festival for that matter, and maybe that is really for the best. It isn't that it is a bad film. In fact, it is mildly entertaining and illustrates a few valid points about life. No, the real reason it won't be shown is because people don't like having to accept themselves for who they are.
I'm going to say this, and I hope someone reads it. If you don't want to be caught on film doing something that you don't want on film, you have two choices: don't do it or stay home. An image of a private person captured in a public forum is public. It isn't yours. Should I have to pay you to use it in my movie? I think not. Did I expressedly ask you to provide the image? No. Was I merely capturing life and you wandered in front of my lens? Yes, that is how I would view it.
This industry needs reform. Things have changed in this world. If art can't be distributed one way, it will be distributed another. Maybe this film should be shown at Sundance. Maybe its just what the industry needs to force the issue.
When I started this project I had hoped that it would be a commercial success. Now I just hope that it opens up people's minds.
Drink Responsibly the movie
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