Proceed and Be Bold! Screens in Indonesia

My good friend (who is also an amazing actor), Courtney Berne, is currently finishing up her year of teaching English in Indonesia, and decided to show her students Proceed and Be Bold! during the American Studies segment of her class.

Here is what Courtney emailed me after showing her students PaBB: “As for your film, it would have been easier for them to understand if there were English subtitles. But they liked it, yes. They found it really interesting. One of them, Ahda, made cards by hand via printing press (the Indonesian version that apparently is done mostly by hand, no major machinery) when he was in grade school and he said the film brought back memories. He really liked seeing how they do it in America, and found Amos and his printers very fascinating.”

I am thrilled to discover that people are letterpress printing in Indonesia. Letterpress printing sabbatical anyone?

Courtney has also shown the documentary to several of her English as a Second Language classes that she taught at a University in Chicago, and we love the fact that she is showing the documentary to her classes as part of her American Studies section. I think that Amos, his life story, and his art are parts of America that are not seen very often and most Americans don’t even know that Amos’ way of life even really exists. I’ve also gotten some of the most interesting observations about the documentary from non-Americans.

We really love showing this doc on the small screen across the US and rest of the world. (If you are reading this and want to organize a screening or purchase this doc, you can contact me at laura@20kfilms.com or you can visit our 20K Films store.)

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