I’ve been in Utah the last three weeks. I’ve had the chance to meet and work with an amazing group of people and one of them was Kasi Lemmons (Eve’s Bayou, Talk to Me, The Caveman’s Valentine). She and I talked about my film and the directing process (especially her directing work on Eve’s Bayou). She posted an account of her time at the Labs which I really enjoyed reading…
here’s an excerpt:
“It’s challenging to put into words an almost magical experience, but I’ll try. I’m here at the Sundance Filmmaker’s Lab. I’ve been here since Sunday. I’m happy and energized and exhausted. The feeling is familiar. I always experience it on the mountain. The mountain to me is Sundance and Sundance is the mountain. The mountain is always magical.
I’ve been here many times as an advisor. Usually there’s at least three feet of snow on the ground. I’ve been coming to the winter Screenwriters’ Lab for many years, when the light is blue and silver and gold, when the trees are bent with the weight of heavy snow. I’ve also had the opportunity to come in August, to the Composers’ Lab, when the mountain is rich in deep greens and warm fuchsia sunsets. But this is my first experience with the Director’s Lab, in glorious late spring, when there’s snow on the peaks but the filmmakers are comfortable in tee-shirts and denim jackets.
The physical beauty of the place feels almost mystical. But it’s what happens here in the beauty of the mountains that makes the Sundance experience almost holy.”
Read the rest of Kasi’s post here.
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