Choosing to be a Militant Optimist and feeling adored during a Pandemic birthday

by Colette Freedman | Nov 20, 2020 | Acting, Artists, Lacrosse, Random Musings, Writing

I’m still mulling over a conversation I had with a student this week. She was worried about her script being ‘stolen’ and said she’s had bad experiences in the past. I said, no one is stealing anything from any one and just register it…so if you, an unknown housewife,...

My best friend Jill Gascoine

by Colette Freedman | Apr 29, 2020 | Acting, Artists, Frontpage News, Sister Cities

What do you even begin to say about the best person in the world? I’ve been writing this eulogy in my head since Jill got Alzheimer’s, because that is when she died for most of us. When she was diagnosed, I wish I had had the guts to squeeze her so damn hard that I...

Mark Troy’s Drums and Hope

by Colette Freedman | Mar 6, 2020 | Acting, Artists, Films, Lacrosse, Music, Random Musings, Sports, Writing

For all intents and purposes, I am musically inept. Growing up in suburban Baltimore in the seventies, my musical exposure was limited to  Jewish folk music and Broadway Showtunes that my parents played on our turntable. I didn’t mind, I used to do roller skating...

Miles Underwater – Day eighteen – It’s a wrap –  July 22

by Colette Freedman | Jul 22, 2018 | Acting, Films, Miles Underwater, Writing

Our San Antonio principal photography is COMPLETED! It has been an extraordinary fifteen days. We still have a little bit of principal photography to do in Los Angeles and some intense upcoming green screen work, but the bulk of the film is IN THE CAN. When we...

Miles Underwater – Day seventeen – Ouroboros – July 21th

by Colette Freedman | Jul 21, 2018 | Acting, Miles Underwater, Writing

Miles Underwater begins and ends in the same place. The writers wrote it. The producers encouraged it. The director actualized it. Miles Underwater takes place in one day. The messages and symbolism in the film will be interpreted for years…but, for now,  it...

Miles Underwater – Day sixteen – hitting emotional peaks – July 20th

by Colette Freedman | Jul 21, 2018 | Acting, Miles Underwater, Writing

In Quality Problems (now avail on VOD, Amazon, iTunes, etc… do you have YOUR copy yet?) Max Purdy KILLED IT in the scene where he discovers his mother has cancer. On set, the then ten-year-old hit his emotional marks EVERY SINGLE TIME…. His emotional depth...