Elliot Sharp, Doing the Don’t   |  Documentary
Directed by:   Bert Shapiro **
2008   |   22m   |    USA   | www.pheasantseye.com
This film explores how a seventeen-year-old developed from a National Science Foundation award-winning “science geek” to an internationally acclaimed musician and composer. “You are going to hear something that you have never heard and whether you like it or not, it’s going to inspire you somehow.” Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris, American composer, conductor, jazz instrumentalist

Screening Times:  Victory Firehouse
Friday, 7:15 pm / Saturday, 7:15 pm   [screens along with Songs Inside the Box]

About the Director: London-born Bert Shapiro has been making documentary videos for more than a decade. After a career in book publishing he began filmmaking. His focus is to explore the talents of people whose skills might vanish in the 21st century. Usually unnoticed by the popular culture, these ‘ordinary people’ express extraordinary passions and with delightful good humor. The films reveal the faces and hands of these hidden communities.