Joyful Musings: A Life In The Day Of The New Hampshire Film Fest

By SUSAN DROMEY HEETER, Joyful Musings, InDepth NH

Editor’s Note: STAY TUNED: This story will be updated as Susan Dromey Heeter shares her insights from Portsmouth.

Thursday, 6 October. 9:15 AM.

If you are a high school teacher, you know that everyday is something of a film festival: drama, anxiety, comedy, quick direction, vantage points, actors, bright lights.

This weekend marks the 20th Anniversary of the New Hampshire Film Fest, held in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. And, I am attending this festival in order to provide you, dear InDepthNH readers, insider information, insight.

I’ll ask and answer questions, watch some incredible films, compare the processes of film making to classroom management and teaching. I’ve taken a day from my brick-and-mortar school to play with other directors, other actors – to witness drama in other forms beyond the high school hallways.

I cannot wait to see what I find. Come along.

Susan Dromey Heeter is a writer from Dover who recently let her hair go au natural white. Writing has been her passion since her English majoring days at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Dromey Heeter has lived in The Netherlands, Alaska and currently basks in all things New England, including the frigid winters. An avid swimmer, Dromey Heeter’s great passion is to bring back body surfing as most children have no idea how to ride waves without ridiculous boogie boards.

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