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[einahpetsx]

The 8th of November

[vimooz]

17 BLOCKS, Documentary on Twenty Years in the Life of a DC Family, to World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival | VIMOOZ

The documentary 17 Blocks, an intimate chronicle of a DC-based family’s struggles with addiction and gun violence, directed by Davy Rothbart will premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.

Emmanuel Sanford-Durant 

Director Davy Rothbart

The documentary 17 Blocks, an intimate chronicle of a DC-based family’s struggles with addiction and gun violence, directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Davy Rothbart will premiere on Saturday, April 27 at the Tribeca Film Festival in the Documentary Competition section.

In 1999, nine-year-old Emmanuel Sanford-Durant and his family began to film their daily lives in America’s most dangerous neighborhood — just 17 blocks behind the U.S. Capitol. They’ve been filming ever since. Made in a unique collaboration with filmmaker and journalist Davy Rothbart, 17 BLOCKS focuses on Emmanuel, a promising student, his brother Smurf, a local drug dealer, his sister Denice, an aspiring cop, and his mother Cheryl, who must conquer her own demons for her family to prosper. Spanning two decades, 17 BLOCKS illuminates a nation’s ongoing crisis through one family’s raw, stirring, and deeply personal saga.

[philamuseum]

On Tuesday, Nov 6, we're holding our annual Arcadia Library Lecture. Join us for P.S. Page Me Later: The Magic and Mystery of FOUND Stuff, a talk with writer, filmmaker, This American Life reporter, and FOUND Magazine creator Davy Rothbart . In this talk, Davy will share his favorites from the pages of his cult zine, and reflect on his forays into the lives of strangers, what it means to find something, and what it means to be found. Space is limited; reservations required. 

Credit: “FOUND Magazine” archives

[themorningnews]

Everyone says they’ve got a book inside, but hundreds of people actually write them—and are preyed upon by scam artists. The greatest story of literary vigilantism ever told.

[fallforthebook]

2012 Fall for the Book guest, essayist and funny man, Davy Rothbart made this awesome promo for his then upcoming book, My Heart is an Idiot. 

Talk about hilarious marketing. 

[tessaradudley]

July Read-a-Thon Is About to Start!

July Read-a-Thon Is About to Start!

Check that turn-around time! The July Trees-of-Reverie Read-a-thon starts tomorrow, and I’m excited.

I’m in the thick of classes now, so this time I’m gonna track my school reading. Y’all will get a look at what I’ve been assigned for my courses, and hopefully you’ll get to discover a book that interests you.

Books read so far for class: selections from Requiem for a Paper Bagby Davy Rothbart…

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[sleepyweary]

...it's almost too much to bare.. i am up now.. crying in my room.. trying to figure out why this happened.. feeling terribly alone.. and when will it end? who knows.. i just want to crawl in a hole.. everything is not the way it is supposed to be..

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[musicvioletsandtheletters]

"...Then one morning my mom's grandfather told her that he was running off to New York to move in with his girlfriend and marry her. My mom helped him pack two bags with everything he'd need, and went with him to the train station and hugged him goodbye. She'd never seen her grandfather so happy. He waved to her from the window of the train, beaming, as it pulled away. Somewhere between Thirtieth Street Station in Philadelphia and New York, lost in a contented sleep, her grandfather passed away; the conductor found him when the train reached Penn Station. My mom's parents were furious when they learned that she'd been in on her grandfather's secret and had helped him pack his things that day. But she was unapologetic. "He couldn't have been any happier than he was on that train," she told them--and me, each time she repeats the story. "That's the best way you could ever leave this life: happy, hopeful, and headed for love."

My Heart is an Idiot by Davy Rothbart