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"Doeville" (2015) , Directed by Our Own Kathryn Pasternak - World Premiere Mar 20, 2015 at American University's Forman Theater


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Hi all,

I'm Kathryn Pasternak and  I live in Falls Church, VA.  This is my first post, and let me apologize in advance for it being long -- but please read on!!!

My first jobs working in the USA (I'm from Canada) were in fine restaurants in NYC -- Gotham Bar and Grill, Cafe des Artistes, The China Grill, Gordon's, Cafe L'Express.  For anyone who knew NYC in the 1980s, you might recognize the names.  I have the Gotham and Gordon's to thank   (a short lived (sadly) but very very fine N. Italian restaurant in the village)  for schooling me in food and wine.  But alas, I didn't stay in restaurants -- I was a struggling filmmaker at the time, eager to dig into that work fulltime.  But my partner's restaurant management and consulting work took us to LA -- he opened Noa Noa in Beverly Hills with Kenji Seki (of China Grill fame in NYC).  I found National Geographic there.  Nat Geo moved me from LA to the DC area in 1994 where I continued working for them in documentary television until 2007.  Since then, I've been on my own running my small production company, Pasternak Media LLC.

Phew... writing that old restaurant history was a bizarre trip down memory lane for me.

Now... my shameless but important promotion:  my first independent feature documentary is having its WORLD PREMIERE tomorrow, March 20, 7 PM at American University's Forman Theater (2nd Fl. McKinley building) as part of the 23rd Annual DC Environmental Film Festival.  The film is called DOEVILLE, and it is the story of Virginia's last deer farmer, Gail Rose, during two pivotal years when the fate of her small farm was decided.  Gail is a master gardener by trade.  She was one of the first organic certifiers in Virginia.  She met and married Alex Rose, a retired gentleman deer farmer in the Shenandoah valley -- we're talking "fallow deer" being raised for venison. Only a few years into their partnership, she found herself -- sadly -- making a deathbed promise to him to do everything she could to "keep their beloved deer farm going" after he passed.  The film tells the story of her struggle to keep that promise.  It's a feel good film -- people laugh and cry (and in all the right places.)  Gail's an extraordinary character and I'm willing to bet that someone in this community knows her.

Here is a link to the official DCEFF listing for the film.

I'm also attaching my own screening flyer for you.  There will be a discussion following the screening with Slow Food DC co-chairwoman, Shelu Patel, the editor of DOEVILLE, Connie Rinehart, me, and Gail Rose, who is driving all the way in from the Shenandoah tomorrow morning after feeding her chickens.

Screening is free of charge and seating is first come first serve.  Arrive by 6:30 to get a seat.  Best option for parking is under the SIS building off of Nebraska.  Free after 5 PM.

I hope to see some of you there!  Please introduce yourselves to me if you hear of the screening on this website!

Thanks and I look forward to contributing to the community.  I'm known to write impassioned pleas on my facebook page for people to buy their meat from Joel Salatin's farm, or to participate in a CSA or go to a farmer's market and meet the farmer producing their food.  Now I have a place to share those thoughts!

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Now... my shameless but important promotion:  my first independent feature documentary is having its WORLD PREMIERE tomorrow, March 20, 7 PM at American University's Forman Theater (2nd Fl. McKinley building) as part of the 23rd Annual DC Environmental Film Festival.  

Darn it, that's what I get for skimming this post - the movie begins in *three minutes* - I wish I'd had a chance to tweet about it, but I was saving the full reading of the post until when I had time. :(

All, take note of "Doeville." Who knows? We might have a future celebrity in our midst.

I hope it goes well, Kathryn - you might not get much response from this initial post, but I'll do what I can to help you going forward. Please keep us abreast of what is going on with it, and if it's not screening anywhere else, please let us know how we can watch it.

"Falls Church Filmmaker To Premiere Documentary - 'Doeville' Explores The Struggles Of A Shenandoah County Deer Farm" by Kate Yanchulist on fairfaxcountytimes.com

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