So secret, I can't even tell you.
March 4, 2007 at 6:57 p.m.
I’m more than thrilled to post about a powerful documentary I saw at True/False. But I can’t. I’m sworn to secrecy. Just before the curtain went up on this movie, which was advertised as the True Life Fund Screening, a director of the festival asked that the media keep quiet about this film because it has yet to be premiered at Tribeca.
Was I to feel lucky or cheated? Just because True/False claims to be the anti-Sundance (as seen in Keepin’ It Reel), does that mean that we as True/False viewers are nothing more than curious movie-goers that get the chance to see a screening a few months earlier than the “real” premieres?
Certainly not. We should feel lucky to sit in one of a movie's first public screenings. We should also feel lucky to have the opportunity to financially support the characters in the movie.
After the curtain fell, the directors of the film asked the audience to donate to the True Life Fund. Donations would support the stars of the film. This particular film was a powerful glimpse into a world most Americans will never witness. (Sorry for being so vague, but I promised to be tight-lipped.) We should WANT to write about it now. And I do. But I can’t.
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