We’re home. Except, as after any unusual travel experiences, home now feels strange. It doesn’t help that for the last four days, Boston was about fifty degrees colder than Managua and wouldn’t stop raining. There are few things more depressing than several consecutive days of New England rain; everything just becomes impossibly gray.
But it’s sunny and something like seventy-eight degrees out today and we’re all busy, busy bees starting what I guess is called post-production work. On Wednesday, Arthur and I went to lunch with our friend, Jess Miller, who is going to be helping us edit. Jess, Arthur says, is the best editor at Emerson. She edited his previous documentary, Barang, which is an incredible piece. I’m really looking forward to working with her as well, beginning to shape a story out of all our footage. Plus Jess is just a lot of fun to be around.
In the last few days, Maria Garcia has also volunteered to help us translate our interviews so that Jess, who says she’s probably forgotten most of her high school Spanish, can begin to work with them. I’m very excited to see the translations and to begin working on a script. I’ve never scripted a documentary before, so it’ll be a little bit like jumping in the pool before learning to swim, but it’s summer and I’ve got all the time in the world to learn.
The grey matters media website, from what I understand from talking to Jeremiah, is going to be getting a bit of a makeover in the next few weeks as we reorganize and add lots of content from our trip, so don’t worry if pages disappear or aren’t where they used to be. Jeremiah is also busy with the 25th EVVY Awards, so it’ll be an on-going process. And speaking of the EVVYs, congratulations are in order for Trevor, Jeremiah, and Arthur on their nominations. Fingers crossed!
Finally, some Nicaraguan news: It looks like Arthur, Trevor, and I will be going back for a few days at the end of this month. We’re working out a timeline and the airline tickets and should know for certain by the end of the weekend. There are some interviews we’d still like to conduct and, let’s be honest, we’re all dealing with a little bit of withdrawal. Nicaragua is such a vibrant, fascinating country, and we’ve met so many amazing people on our journeys that the bustling streets of Boston just seem a little flat in contrast.
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May 8th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
This is so exciting and I am so proud of all of you. I am truly enjoying hearing and reading about all of the things that you all are doing. So, when are you going back to finish filming???