For the Love of Rutland
(USA, 91 min.)
Dir. Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
Very happy to be a Director Of Photography on this award-winning film directed by my dear friend and colleague Jennifer Maytorena Taylor. Jennifer and I have been working together for nearly two decades. Our film Redneck Muslim is currently playing on POV and has over one-million views on the PBS Youtube page.
A young child learns to deal with being bullied by older classmates by meditating and allowing his mind to wander in a fantasy world. To cope with his trauma he transports himself to “The Special Place” only to realize that his comfort is short lived and he must once again enter to real world once again.
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