I try to blog once a month, but lately even that has been a tall order. (Sigh...with tiny violin in hand.) Between my day job and writing at night, working on film program applications, scripts I’m tidying up, petting attention-starved kitties, etc., the hum of fatigue rattles the walls of my skull. No amount of … Continue reading White People Get Away With Everything: How “Empowerment” Agendas Backfire
“Are you really Hispanic?”: Filmmaking and Ethnic Identity
My last name is Elmer, my father’s last name. He is of French, German, and Irish descent. He tells me he remembers as a boy listening to his grandmothers speak French to each other, while his relatives swapped out potato salad recipes on Texas ranches with strong names like “Voss” hanging from iron entry way … Continue reading “Are you really Hispanic?”: Filmmaking and Ethnic Identity
Coffee stained napkins and stickie notes: the big black file cabinet as my Wunderkammer
If you step into my work space/office, one of the many things you will notice is a large black file cabinet, hailing from probably the 1960s and having been used by who knows how many disgruntled secretaries with carpal tunnel and bad beehive hairdos. I bought the thing at a used office supply store down … Continue reading Coffee stained napkins and stickie notes: the big black file cabinet as my Wunderkammer
Nicole Elmer 