Janelle Vigil

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Hi Any and Every Blog reader in the Zodiac,

The file embedded in this blog is a documentary I produced and it can be viewed at     http://vimeo.com/12008525  but please view it on "couch mode" which is just to the right of the title "the Long Journey Home."  It is the story of my daughter, Stephanie, who endured incest and sexual abuse at the hands of my ex-husband, which obviously was kept from me.  When she finally told me the truht at the age of eighteen, I went nuts and we gathered mounds of evidence, which included love letters, receipts from the abortion clinic, dirty clothing etc, and we sent his butt to jail.  After I entered film school and it was time to make a documentary, with Stephanie's cooperation, I was able to do it.  I was even able to include an interview with the perpetrator, which really sets this film apart.  Although it is short, it is very impacting and I hope you let me know how you feel about it.  

I'm also editing my "new" film, a 35 minute long dramedy about an angry teen with a gay father, and a milktoast for a mom who smokes marijuana.  When the main character, 17 year old "Whitney" is first caught with pot in her locker by her principal, and secondly, goes home to find her mother and aunt wasted on the same drug, she wigs.  She is sentenced to a rehab clinic, though she never actually touched the baggie, and fireworks ensue.  I am looking forward to posting this, although I need to record some more OS for Whitney, so that she appears at least somewhat relatable.  As it sits now, she is such a brat that nobody can stand her.  

Well, I'd better get back to work. I have a paper still to write and it was due last week.  Duh!  Happy Trails!