Wow! Knee Deep has just won the Maysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary at the 30th Starz Film Festival. Sheila and Michael walked the red carpet last night and received the award from fest director Brit Withey at the stunning Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Award is especially gratifying, as the jurors were some top-notch people: Brian Brooks from Indie Wire, David Wilson from the True False Fest, and AJ Schnack, director of Kurt Cobain: About a Son.
We’ve had three screenings here at Denver, all well-attended , with some good Q&A’s. This is a terrific fest, with more than 500 volunteers making sure things run right. And we got to see some very good films: Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa and Milk in the Land–a beautifully lyric doc, as much about unconventional minds as about milk.