Thank you, Janet Johnson

I want to give a huge thank you to festival volunteer Janet Johnson, who found my watch for me, then came into the movie she knew I was in – “IOUSA” – to hand it to me. All the volunteers are great here, as are the Film Festival staff. I haven’t asked a question yet in which the answer was “I don’t know,” or even worse, contained the wrong information.

Janet is looking forward to closing night feature "Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-Itchyfooted Mutha" by Melvin Van Peebles, and so am I. I've never seen a Melvin Van Peebles film, like most of this country, and that's a shame all around. Now 75, he's always made films on his own terms. He's the grandfather of indie filmmakers. Actually, the father of one in particular, Mario Van Peebles.