Back when I was in a Duncan dance company (Isadora, that is,) we needed to raise $$ to go to Hungary. We had a couple garage sales, we put on a few performances, we were thousands short of our goal. Somehow our director was contacted by an independent film production company and before we knew it, we were "gypsy dancers" in a dream sequence of a film called --I can't remember. German title, South Asian American film. it didn't really matter, the important part was that we'd get 500 bucks to dance around like wackos/temptresses in a circle around the male lead. It was fun. We gathered down on the abandoned docks of China Basin, a professional working our hair and makeup into a stylized gypsification that would have horrified any Roma activists out there in their stereotypical gaudy, bangly color. Also weird was the fact that one of the "gypsies" was Chinese and the another Japanese. but whatever. So it's been years since that shoot, and I have yet to see the finished film. Every 6 months or so i check the website to see if there's any update (after thinking for a couple days to remember the name of the film... damn it, what was it?). So that's why I'm a little worried about this film: Tie a Yellow Ribbon. True, Korean American adoptee Joy Dietrich has several short films under her belt, and if the photo above is any indication, a sensibility for arresting imagery. But she's still working on getting finishing funds. I would hate to be wondering, three years from now, "what ever happened to that film...what was it called? The title was some song..." Good or bad, I love having AA films hit the screen -gives us something to argue about-- so check out her site, read the article and hey, while you're at it, throw a few bucks her way. $50,000 or more buys you an executive producer credit!)