Movies | January 06, 2010 | 5 comments

Lemonade: a short film about creative unemployment

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJltcT7DH7g&feature=player_embedded

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Finished just before the holidays, Lemonade is a short film about the optimistic side of creative unemployment, explored through interviews with "16 advertising professionals who lost their jobs and found their calling." After being laid off, they used their free time to become documentary filmmakers, coffee roasters and even transgendered.

This optimistic production is just starting to make its way around the country in sporadic, intimate screenings. There happens to be one coming up in Boston on January 14th at The Masssachusetts College of Art and Design, sponsored by the AIGA. To see it in your town, you can request one or buy the DVD.

The film was created by Please Feed The Animals, a blog for "the recently unemployed advertising professional," who happily remind us that "it's not a pink slip, it's a blank page."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJltcT7DH7g&feature=player_embedded

http://lemonademovie.com/
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    • Lemonade (The Book)

      They are also engaging us in a intriguing side-project: a Book! check out the details

      Lemonade, the book will assemble a collection of essays from people telling stories of reinvention in their own words. Only this time, it won't be limited to the advertising industry.

      Imagine all the inspirational personal triumphs that arose after the auto industry crash. Think of all the school teachers, engineers, and finance professionals who have found their life’s work thanks to being downsized. Those of us in advertising provide just one, very sheltered viewpoint of what’s possible in unemployment.

      If you lost your job but found your calling, we want to hear from you.

      Please submit a 1-paragraph abstract (about a hundred words) about yourself. At this stage, I want this to be more about the quality of your story and less about the quality of the writing. If your story is inspiring enough, we’ll get it written.

      Here are the general guidelines for submission:

      -Submit a 1-paragraph abstract that communicates your inspirational post-layoff story.
      -The submission must be an original, unpublished work.
      -There’s no submission fee or cash prize. This is simply a forum to tell your story and inspire others who need to hear it.
      -All entries become the property of Please Feed The Animals and Fighting Monk, Inc (the legal entity for my business).
      -I want to be ambitious about getting this completed. So all submissions must be received by January 15th.
      SUBMIT YOUR STORY

      http://lemonademovie.com/lemonade-the-book.php

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