Alec Hart - Editor
BY ALEC HART, NEW YORK CITY, USA - I tell my friends that I'm going to Zambia to work on a film and no one believes me. It's just like when I told them I was going to move to New York City to go to film school and work as an editor. I didn't realize how far away New York was from Phoenix until the plane was landing at JFK. I don't think I have any idea how far away Zambia is from the United States --geographically or culturally.
Today, we had lunch with Jabbes and he was talking about life in the village. He wanted to get the measurements of the females so his mother could make suitable Zambian clothing for the women. I can't even imagine Cyndi in a Zambian dress. We're going to have to get a million "production stills" of that!
I've been to Sundance for the last four years. I am hoping that we will get the Zambian documentary and dramatic narrative done in time to submit to the festival. It would be a dream come true (and a miracle) to have our film at Sundance. For Jabbes' sake and to honor this historic moment for Zambia, it would be really cool if it could debut at Sundance. If we all commit ourselves to it and do our best work, the gods might smile on us!