08/13/2020
The biggest question I get is "When are you releasing Batey Girl" - which is a fair question I should answer. The catch is, I haven't known how to answer at all.
Anyone who has been with me long enough to remember the release of World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements will understand. The design of that release was to bring people together, open hearts, and produce action and community from within that envelope.
Batey Girl has always followed the same design. This little girl plucked me from "my path" and introduced me to a world that is not my own. In the real world, our paths are all one. In the real world, my only greatness comes from participating in the greatness of the whole. In the real world, my excessive comfort is never worth a single child being exploited.
Yes I explored digital distribution. Yes I explored turning it into a series. But no. This story is too important.
We will release this film when people can come together around it. That is its design and power. Thanks for understanding! Feel free to throw tomatoes or flowers. And yes we are still alive at http://www.worldchangingfilms.com.
Ian Bryan and Carolina and Papa. Lots going on this picture.
