
NETA Presentation
Dreams of Daraa
Hanadi dreams of a safe home for her family, but that means fleeing Syria with her daughters and finding her kidnapped husband in an international whirlwind.
Three generations of an Italian American family come together as they realize that sometimes the best way to say “I love you” is to say “goodbye.”
Juli Vizza is an award-winning producer and editor. They won an Emmy Award for editing the 2002 Winter Olympics at NBC, and has since been working as a producer for nonfiction and fiction film, television, commercials, and music videos. Vizza has produced films that premiered at the Sundance, Berlin, and TriBeCa film festivals, and aired on Showtime and… Show more
Alicia Dwyer directed Xmas Without China, a documentary for PBS following a Chinese immigrant who challenged an American family to celebrate Christmas with no Chinese products. In spring of 2012, the film Bully, for which Dwyer directed key material with the main character, appeared in theaters nationwide, distributed by The Weinstein Company. Dwyer… Show more
Working as a producer-cinematographer at Veracity Productions in Los Angeles, Michael Dwyer bridges the divide between documentary and fiction filmmaking. Dwyer's recent narrative credits include the 3D short, Memory Erasers, shot in Japan and directed by Ken Ochiai (Tiger Mask), the upcoming mystery-comedy feature The Sound & The Shadow, and… Show more
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Every morning after taking a long list of medications, 89-year-old Phyllis Sabatini does her calisthenics and goes on a long walk around the Palm Desert neighborhood where she lives with her husband, daughter, and granddaughter. “Grandmom” may only be 4’ 7,’’ but she still stands tall as the head of a close-knit Italian American family struggling to come to terms with the declining health of their aging parents. Phyllis is facing her last chapter with courage and determination, but her 90-year-old husband Joe seems to have given up; he’s detached and prefers to sleep most of the day.
Phyllis loves her family – she especially relishes the time she spends with her granddaughter, Jacqueline – but she sees how much strain taking care of her and Joe is putting on their family. As she watches her daughter struggle to care for everyone from nine to ninety, Phyllis makes a radical decision to move into assisted living. Phyllis realizes that leaving home is difficult at any age, but she learns that sometimes, the best way to say ‘I love you’ is to say ‘goodbye’.
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