It
’s two thumbs up for the first-ever Poppy Jasper Film Festival.
What a weekend it was last month – of red carpets, Kleig lights and
cinema to bring Morgan Hill – and its downtown – into view.
It’s two thumbs up for the first-ever Poppy Jasper Film Festival. What a weekend it was last month – of red carpets, Kleig lights and cinema to bring Morgan Hill – and its downtown – into view.
A group of intensely committed folks joined together last year, determined to bring a new kind of art to Morgan Hill. Led by Kim Bush, who was helped by a long roster of movers, shakers and movie fans, the group designed the shape of the festival, encouraged film makers to submit entries, collared more experienced film makers, put on several fund raisers, collected some significant backing and managed to pull off the success of the year.
PJFF has obviously struck a chord in the wider community where a latent desire for something besides kid movies and shoot ‘em ups is burrowed deep in the local psyche.
It will be a delight to see what awaits the viewing public in the second annual PJFF. It’s found a niche here in South Valley, since PJFF is already receiving calls and e-mails asking where to send entries for the 2005 event.
PJFF also highlighted the importance of The Granada Theater, closed for more than a year but the subject of plans that could throw open its doors to show classic and other non-kid, non-teen movies. The time is right; the need is there and we hope the City Council knows this when it decides what to do with $3 million remaining Redevelopment Agency funds earmarked for downtown projects.
