Tie It Into My Hand Will be Showing at St. John School of the Arts

On April 7, Tuesday, St. John Film Society will feature “Tie It Into My Hand” at the St. John School of the Arts in Cruz Bay, where they will let the public witness the marvelous film for only $5.

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“Tie It Into My Hand” is a documentary film directed by Paul Festa. It is about Festa’s own life story during the phase that he encountered challenges in his existence. Festa was trained at Juilliard to be a professional violinist who plays at concerts. Due to a chronic hand injury that affected his hand’s ability, his career path in music was hindered. This documentary film is a compilation of interviews with various eminent directors, filmmakers, visual artists, writers and performers, like Alan Cumming, Barbara Hammer, Peter Coyote and Harold Bloom, who were asked by Festa to teach him, play the violin. These talented people shared their views, insights and beliefs about the life of an artist, where they dramatically and enthusiastically expressed their passion, as well as disappointments. The film also featured how the injury changed Festa’s path and how he got up after a depressing point in life.

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On Screen/In Person is a foundation that has goals of delivering the best independent American films and their filmmakers to the grasp of the communities residing across the mid-Atlantic region. One of their dedications is to let the creators of the films tour on different sites and showcase their pieces of art to have a greater chance of showing it to a larger audience.

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After the film showing, Festa will have a press conference where the audience could ask him any questions they desire. His 2014 project, “Tie It Into My Hand” is currently work-in-progress at the Cannes Film Festival and the ODC Theatre in San Francisco. Paul Festa also produced, wrote and edited the Emmy-nominated documentary ‘Stage Left: A Story of Theatre in San Francisco” with director Austin Forbord and is the author of “OH MY GOD: Messiaen in the Ear of the Unbeliever,” based on his first film, “Apparition of the Eternal Church” (2006).

 

 

 

Tie It Into My Hand Will be Showing at St. John School of the Arts