Half way around the world?

I'm sitting in my friend's place in Chandler, AZ realizing that so many good things are in front of me today. Not just literally in this apartment, but this week's interviews and the final outcome of this project.

I started making this documentary two years ago after I made a similar trip to LA to visit a friend of mine. She was shooting music videos and cutting trailers - and she was making her life happen. That was what I wanted, and it was what I saw in this project.

Twenty years ago, "Matewan" was shot in Thurmond, WV. That says a lot. But what says even more are the lives of people touched by the film. People seeing a life lived can somehow find a way to live their own lives. It's powerful stuff to me. I hope that other people appreciate this as much as I do.

Thank you for checking in to my blog and supporting me on this journey.

jason brown