Travis and I finally got to interview Dr Bennett this past weekend. We were able to visit him and his wife and they were both very nice and helpful. Mrs. Dorothea is having some health issues, which will be a major part of our dovumentary, though she did make it through a good hour of the interview. I think it was the Arri light kit that really bothered her as they put off so much heat. We sat them next to each other and they both opened up to us with great ease. They actually gave us more than we had expected, answering questions we didn;t even think off asking and sparking ideas for future interviews. There was a load of B-roll footage all over the house that Mrs. Dorothea was very anxious to show us though we ran out of time. We will have a chance to go back again to take the tour and get footage of family pictures, Dr. B's library and anything else we can. There seemed to be loads and loads of B-roll in their house. The joint interview was great but we wtill have to get footage of Dr. B on his own and a more specific interview, which he also actually told us he wanted to do. He mentioned some questions he would like to answer and a few things he would like to show us like the "round table" upstairs where the group actually started years back. I also think class this week was very helpful. Beyond the festival information, discussing our project with Shannon did us a lot of good. We made some really big changes/decisions last night which is going to help us zero in on the more important issues for our doc. I don't know if we are going to be able to line anything up for this weekend because everyone is busy with Easter but we have plenty to keep us busy over the weekend. Happy Easter.

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