How I Got Over
Nicole Boxer In Person to Present Her Film "How I Got Over"
By GTVW Staff
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San Rafael-based Alcohol Justice and Studio City-based Writers In Treatment announced today that Nicole Boxer will be appearing at the screening of her feature-length documentary How I Got Over at the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael.
The film follows 15 formerly homeless women as they craft an original play, based on their harrowing true-life stories, to be performed one-night-only at The Kennedy Center. Guided by teachers from the Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts, the women of N Street Village – a community for addiction recovery – discover their untapped artistic talents and reckon with their traumatic histories. Sharing their pasts to release the potential in their futures, the emboldened women take the stage before a packed house, illuminating the transformative power of arts education.
“I made this film because I believe a connective power exists between a filmmaker and a subject, and between one who is willing to testify and one who bears witness—and I want to see how much farther that connection can go to make positive change in the world,” Boxer has stated.“What I did not foresee when I began filming HOW I GOT OVER is how much I have in common with the ladies of N Street, despite our surface disparities. Our stories are now forever entwined.”
There will be a special Tribute to Robin Williams on Sunday morning June 14, 2015, at the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, with a screening of Patch Adams. The film, starring Robin Williams & Philip Seymour Hoffman, tells a true story about a medical student in the 1970’s who treats patients, illegally, using humor. Bay Area comedian Johnny Steele, a good friend of the late Williams, will introduce the session.
