Wednesday, September 1, 2010

September, 2010 Update

This past spring and summer have been very productive.

In April Emily spent two days in Lawrence, Kansas, searching for photos and information from the time period that Rosalie was attending the University of Kansas during World War II.

In May,  Minnesota Women Lawyers held a CLE event "Lessons from Justice Wahl" which addressed the gender bias issues facing women lawyers in Minnesota in the past.  At the event Emily showed clips from our documentary and a trailer for the film.  The event was very well received.

This summer we have interviewed Sara Wahl and Jenny Blaine, Rosalie's two daughters. We also interviewed Judge Pamela Alexander and Judge Harriet Lansing.  All of these interviews were fantastic and will add to the final film.

Out of many hours of tape and thousands of photos and visuals we have edited over an hour of the rough cut, which currently we believe will be two hours in length.  This length will be shortened to approximately 80 minutes as we proceed to fine tune the documentary.  Our goal is to complete the rough cut of the film by year end.

Several friends of the project have offered to help us with fundraising later this fall.  We are excited about this prospect of enough support to allow us to complete the polished professional documentary needed for the broadest distribution.

Later this month, Emily will be going to France to complete a documentary about a unique French artist, Pierre Prevost.  The film has been funded by a Jerome Foundation grant.

Emily and John