Sarah Jacobson, the fun-spirited director of the indie comedy Sarah Jane Is Not a Virgin Anymore brings 20 minutes of a new work-in-progress called My High School Reunion in which Jacobson attends her 10-year reunion and tries to make all her long-moldering fantasies come true. Zach Stratis screens his wild comedy Could Be Worse! (2000, 84 min.). This Sundance favorite is a semi-documentary musical comedy, which stars Zack and his Greek-American family in Boston and takes place on the occcasion of his parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, an event Zack also uses to come out to his family. Everyone expresses their emotions through spontaneous song and dance numbers. (The Panelist Screenings are two evenings of films presented by the visiting panelists for the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund, who are presently in town to select the winners of this year’s awards. This year’s panelists include filmmakers Sarah Jacobson, Zack Stratis, Greta Snider, and Phillip Glau. The Sunday night program features work by Jacobson and Stratis and takes place at the Alamo Theater Downtown. The Monday night program includes work by Snider and Glau and takes place at the Dobie Theatre. Each screening will be followed by Q&As with the directors.)
This article appears in August 9 • 2002.
