Good News
ABOUT
Edgar Gatto can't leave the neighborhood he loves to hate. This short documentary is a portrait of a man full of contradictions. The film is set primarily in and around Gatto's Good News Thrift shop in Maine–a place where past and current conflicts in America around homelessness, opioid addiction, politics and poverty play out. Gatto's position in the neighborhood is as a de facto social-service where he routinely helps those less fortunate. His way of life is threatened not only by re-development of the neighborhood, but by his own desire to move somewhere that doesn’t have the same problem. Good News is the story of one man, his neighborhood, and people on the margins, who coexist before it all changes.
CHRISTOPH GELFAND is an award-winning director, writer, and video artist. He was trained on celluloid at The State University of New York at Purchase where he learned the importance of each frame. His short documentary, Chasing Buckner (2006), portrayed the rise and fall of infamous baseball goat, Bill Buckner, and a recent short was featured in the New York Times Op-Docs series.
Caroline Losneck is an independent documentarian, filmmaker, radio/podcast producer and installation artist in Maine. Her audio work has been featured on NPR, APM/Marketplace, BBC, Maine Public Radio, Kitchen Sisters, podcasts and in immersive installations. Her documentary film work has been featured in the New York Times, Camden Film International Film Festival, and museums and festivals around the country. She has received Maine Arts Commission, Warhol Foundation and other grants for her documentary film and installation work.
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Caroline Losneck
Caroline Losneck
Caroline Losneck