Q & A With Chiro '87
Award-winning filmmaker SJ Chiro '87 was interviewed by SXSW about her latest, Lane 1974.
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Huffpost hailed the film as "the must-see coming of age movie of the year."
From the interview:
Q: What do you want the audience to take away from this film?
SJC: I hope people will realize that the hippies of the 1970s were more than the butts of jokes. They were real people trying to find a way out of a terrible time in our history. They were bold and dared to live in physical discomfort for the comfort of not participating in a sick society. They chose to live the ultimate American Dream: that of embracing freedom above all else. What was forgotten was children did not have that choice. We are entering a new time of political and social turmoil. To move forward, it’s important to remember, and learn from, the past.
Photo credit: Sebastien Scandiuzzi