One Long, One Shorter and Multimedia
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“At the end of the day, I have to sleep with myself.” Over the 18 years of publishing my literature and music website Largehearted Boy, that has always been my creed. When offered sponsorships and advertising from products I didn’t believe in, that belief guided my advertising (and lifestyle) decisions. When my bed became crowded while working for Amazon Books, insomnia set in.
My world pivoted in the mid-2010s. Then shook. Then reversed on its axis. In 2014, I separated from my wife, got a divorce, and met the love of my life. I left Brooklyn for Manhattan. Website advertising, long in freefall, plummeted even more. In 2016, my personal life disintegrated along with my savings. I attempted suicide and was forced to finally deal with lifelong mental health issues including major depressive disorder and borderline personality disorder. I returned to school in 2018 to finish my undergraduate degree in creative writing. My mental health, at long last, improved, and with it, so did I.
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Paul Glenshaw knew his next filmmaking project would involve Duke Ellington. Yet the Seven Tones Project ended up surprising even him.
He and his California-based production partner Darroch Greer had finished a major documentary, “The Lafayette Escadrille,” about Americans serving in the French Army during World War I. (It premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival in January.) “It’s a very sad subject to work on,” said Glenshaw, who lives in Silver Spring. “The next one, we knew, had to be something beautiful, really engaging and fun. And we just kept coming back around in our conversations to Ellington, who we both love.”
They wanted to do something different from the usual biographical piece, but they were still brainstorming what that would be when the coronavirus closures began. Stuck at home, Glenshaw nonetheless found his creative impulses were still surging. The same was true, he knew, for plenty of others — and not just in the film community.
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My thanks to Thomas Kaufman for the second link! :)