Yesterday, I had the good fortune to film Ralph Benitez once again. Yesterday was my fourth filming day of Ralph and his family and there’s something really special about being with them. Ralph and his clan are all about the love for family. You can feel it coming into his home in the Bronx. The… Continue Reading
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Breaking The Silence With A Ringtone
I realize it’s been a while since I last checked in. Chock it up to moving to the burbs while battling a nasty case of strep, a kitchen that doesn’t work yet and two young children running rampant among the heaps of unpacked boxes. Ahh, the burbs. It’s nice not to have people walking over… Continue Reading
Dallas and Javier – A Year Later
I couldn’t resist posting this recent still of dad subject Dallas Hayes and his son, Javier. Dallas’ wife took the picture while they were all vacationing and it’s great to see how much Javier has matured since I filmed him and his dad last year. To learn a little more about Dallas, go here.
New Clip! Fatherhood as Salvation
Sometimes the process of making this film is like a magnet for all things dad. Such is the case with finding Ralph Benitez, a Bronx native, who I happened to come across while on a camping trip at Harriman State Park a few weeks back. We happened to be washing dishes together at a public… Continue Reading
More Messages about Dads From Hollywood
The obvious perspective on how the media treats dads is that fathers tend to be portrayed as bunglers or incompetent in their roles. However, what I keep coming upon, which is perhaps even more unhelpful are the stories told about absentee dads being redeemed by (typically) their grown sons. It’s a message that keeps popping… Continue Reading
Why We Film
From the start the goal of making this film has been to affect change by educating and inspiring more dads to get involved with their kids. Promoting this idea while the film takes its snail-paced time to get made is something that’s always on the back of my mind. Frankly, that’s why I put out… Continue Reading
The Hidden Crisis of America
Thank God we hold Father’s Day once a year because if it wasn’t on the calendar I don’t think at this point there’d be much of an emphasis on dads on any day of the year. Barack Obama’s comments about the African American fatherhood crisis is greatly welcome and needed and my hope is that… Continue Reading
