We had a great week at the AFI-Dallas festival, where the film premiered and sold out two of its three screenings.

Critics called it “an absorbing account that should appeal to anyone concerned with the future of democracy” and “surprisingly inspiring, as it points to the inevitable reinvention of an industry in need of new life.”

Practically every press outlet in town wrote about it (you can read the reviews and features by clicking on our Press page), Gary Cogill interviewed us on the Channel 8 news, and talk of Stop the Presses became another virus infecting the Internet, somewhat ironic considering our subject matter.

We’ve been receiving emails from professors across the country and the world clamoring for copies to show their students. A professor in Spain told us people were blogging about the film there, even though they hadn’t seen it. Gotta love that World Wide Web.

What’s next, you ask? We’re headed to other film festivals, including the Ybor Festival of the Moving Image in my hometown of Tampa this weekend; we’re talking to film folks about theatrical, television and DVD distribution; and we’re starting to think about the educational possibilities, including creating a study guide for use in the classroom.

I’ll keep you posted on our reception in Tampa and other developments.

Manny Mendoza