Living Documentary send off screening at Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia. Rakshitha Pailoor, our first ever Termite TV intern performs an inauguration dance on the street outside the Prince Theatre. We screen Schuylkill River (Philadelphia Premiere), talk about the upcoming trip and sell our first 10 T-shirts.

Thursday, August 5, 1999 – Leave Philadelphia early morning 2 am arrive C’s parents’ house in Katonah, NY. Eat soup, sleep couple hours, leave for Boston. Arrive afternoon in Boston late and panicked for C’s “response” to films at UFVA conference to find the screening has been changed to an earlier time. FIRST SCREENING: “Crime and Punishment Part 1” and “Animal” at SCAT (Somerville Community Access Television) arranged by SCAT and Video Space. Meet Sarah Smiley. Dinner at Mex restaurant across the street. Stay with Simone, D’s friend in Cambridge.

Friday, August 6, 1999 – Early morning screening & (positive) response to “TeleKinetics“. Afternoon screening and (lukewarm to chilly) response to “Urban Living” and “Schuylkill River” at UFVA conference. M & A fly to family reunion in Pittsburgh. Next Frame screening; look for bar with a large crowd. Unsuccessful, we end up in Pizzeria Uno in Harvard Square.

Saturday, August 7, 1999 – D “responds” to Bridget Murnane’s videos. Franny, D & C visit D’s friend Pam in Jamaica Plain, MA.

Dorothea’s Diary