I just got back from the North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, in Durham, North Carolina, where It’s Me, Matthew! made it’s North Carolina premier. I have to say I had a great time, for we were well received. Four out of five screenings were sold out.

The North Carolina community was very united and many came out to support the festival. The festival included notable political, business, and community leaders; who have been supportive of the festival from its inception. A special guest of the festival was North Carolina’s own, Randy Jones, of the “Village People” who I had the pleasure of reminiscing about our previous award presentation experience in New York City. The festival has been around for thirteen years and from what I have heard, each year it grows stronger. I highly recommend this festival to anyone, for my experience was positive. Everyone enjoyed the diverse filmmakers and the various presentations on film. Its obvious that the festival organizers provide something that the community enjoys attending, royally attending! They’ve put a lot of effort over the years and it shows. For a non metropolitan area as we understand it, the attendees relished and appreciated the variety of films and situations that were presented for their enrichment and enjoyment.

It was great to see It’s Me, Matthew! on the big screen in an actual theater. The film was included in a series of short films called, ”Queen with The Teetering Tiara” mostly comedies, which built up people’s emotions from comedy to drama in a way of bringing about an emotional roller coaster, which just captured everyone’s complete attention. After every screening the other filmmakers and I did a Q&A. The filmmakers in my panel were Jerry Blackburn, producer of Cooking with Kay ,and Jeffery Moore, actor and director of What the Frock; they provided their experience of the making of each of their films and background as a filmmaker. The audience was fantastic and the festival representatives made me feel extremely welcome and accommodated. The people were very sharp and inquisitive and wanted to learn more. In light of the comments passed, people embraced the massage as their own.

Great News! We have been officially accepted into The New Filmmakers Film Festival at the Anthology Film Center, at 32 Second Ave, NYC, NY 10009, on Wednesday, September 17^th screening time: 7pm