For two or three years, I was out of touch with Rosa and Precious, two of my favorite girls from Warrenville- nothing but a breadcrumb trail of old cell phone numbers. But through the magic of MySpace, I located Rosa first- aka 2 Cute 4 U – and shortly afterward found Precious (Tha Realest Bitch). I started the campaign to get them to come to our Chicago screenings. Sunday was a strikeout, so for our last screening, yesterday, I started the naggy texts at 8:00 AM.

They made it, and did the most amazing, raw Q&A panel I’ve ever seen, for a bunch of alternative-school kids who were hanging on their every word and asked them for autographs afterward. They’re both working now and doing well, and it’s wild to see their affect on different audiences (the public screening yesterday was just as enthralled.)

I’m crazy happy to know these girls and glad I didn’t get rid of my Myspace. Facebook, what have you done for me lately?

Rosa, HR, soundgirl Gwen (aka Helen Keller) and Precious

The Chicago Film Festival opened last night with the Uma Thurman movie “Motherhood”– I liked the Trib’s Michael Phillips’ grouchy take on opening night. And we got a pretty good capsule review by the Tribune’s Metromix, which called GOTW “affecting.” Weird adjective.

Also IndieWire ran a story on the CMJ Film Festival in NY, giving mention to GIRLS. Here’s the link.

We’ll be on the radio in Chicago, too! I’ll be doing an interview on WBEZ’s “Eight Forty-eight” that will air next week. And this Saturday, Vocalo at 89.5 will run a story on the film featuring an interview with Miss P of Storycatchers Theatre at 12:00.