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Philadelphia Shines with Talent, Movies at Philadelphia Film Fest
04/03/08
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Steven Rea
INQUIRER MOVIE CRITIC
...The Philadelphia Film Festival has long highlighted the work of local film and video artists, but this year's fest shows a new energy and confidence among its legion of homemade movie-makers.
Although Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry (Thursday at the Prince), is a doc about pioneer 20th-century tattoo artist Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins - a guy headquartered in Honolulu - its roots are in Philadelphia. Director Erich Weiss grew up here and got his start shooting music videos; producer Steve Grasse is one of the masterminds behind the local ad agency Gyro Worldwide and the Sailor Jerry brand of hipster garb.
