We try to keep this blog pretty light, but with the FYI Film Festival coming up, we decided to put up a few thoughts of hotel castmembers on the short films that made the semi-finalist round. We invite you to add your thoughts too on these shorts covering a wide variety of issues that deal with the things most important to our kids and young adults. I want to share some more of the thoughts from some of my friends here at the hotel.
From Clancy Dupepe, our Sales Coordinator :
Missing New Orleans
This is a true and real testimony by a young person that echoes the many generations of New Orleanians. This, and a number of other documentaries, speaks truth about the mystical and historical significance of the city as well as its irreplaceable charm and soul.
And Rick Spades, Market Director of Human Resources:
Aspiring to be American
A real portrayal of what others are aspiring for, it makes one realize that we take for granted what so many do not have.Give Civil Liberties
No one should be denied what others are given. It’s 2008 and amazing to me that people are so judgmental and not living in today’s world.The Struggle
People want to have a better life for themselves and their family. It’s sad to see how racial profiling effects our society and that the color of our skin automatically places you in a behavioral category.
And a few thoughts of my own:
Missing New Orleans
I was once the Resident Manager at the Marriott in New Orleans so I know the city well and I keep a standing fishing trip there each year, hitting up the brackish waters of the Mississippi Delta. As with everyone else in this country, my heart has been torn apart by the slow recovery in this wonderful, vibrant city after Hurricane Katrina.I am Muslim
I was touched by this message from our fellow countrymen and women that are being treated differently since 9/11/2001.
Put some time aside and give these memorable films a watch. And please, leave us your own thoughts on the FYI Film Festival (link) on our message board below. We’d love to hear what you, dear audience, thinks.
This is Bruce, signing off.