BIG RIVER MAN swims through STF

• by Raphaela Neihausen, December 07, 2009
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Molly Lynch, the co-director and editor of BIG RIVER MAN, made an impromptu trip from her home in Berkeley, California last Wednesday to fill in at the STF Q&A for her collaborator John Maringouin, who had been called away for a film shoot with Mick Jagger (that old excuse). To say that BIG RIVER MAN impressed the STF crowd would be an understatement. The audience included filmmakers such as Jasmine Dellal (WHEN THE ROAD BENDS: TALES OF A GYPSY CARAVAN) and Laurie Gwen Shapiro (KEEP THE RIVER ON YOUR RIGHT), who lingered to discuss the film. Eventually the faithful moved to STF’s usual bar 99 Below where the night’s drink special was $5 caipirinhas in honor of the film’s Brazilian locale. The bar’s television screens played Werner Herzog’s thematically appropriate epic FITZCARRALDO late into the night.

Some photos from the night:

Megumi Sasaki (whose terrific film HERB AND DOROTHY is soon to be released on DVD by Docurama).

The women of B-Side, L to R: Liz Ogilvie, Tory Shobe and Jessica Wolfson.

Birthday boy Shoba (whose solo art show “Battlefields” is coming to the Dumbo Arts Center in March) with his wife (photographer Leslie Fratkin).

Makoto Sasa (director of FIRE UNDER THE SNOW) doesn’t let the rain deter her from keeping the conversation going with Molly on the sidewalk after midnight. 

BIG RIVER MAN plays this week at the IFC Center.  Click here for details.

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