S1: It's time for Midday Edition on Kpbs. Today is our arts and Culture show. We'll tell you about the events you won't want to miss. I'm Jade Hindman. Here's to conversations that keep you informed , inspired and make you think. Celebrating 50 years with Casa Fest.
S2: We knew that we wanted to throw a big party. You know , 50 years is a long time. And for a nonprofit , for an arts culture organization , for a social services organization. So we knew that we wanted to make something big.
S1: Plus , Julia Dixon Evans tells us about a new book that gives A Dog's perspective. And Beth Accomando previews the Italian Film Festival. That's ahead on Midday Edition. San Diego has a busy weekend ahead. One of the events is Casa Fest nonprofit Casa Familia is throwing a huge arts and music festival at the Waterfront Park this Saturday , October 7th. It's a celebration of the organization's five decades of service in San Ysidro and its neighboring communities. Francisco Morales is the arts and culture director at Casa Familia. He joins me now to talk more about what people can see at the event and what it means to the community. Francisco , welcome.
S3: Hello , Jay.
S2: Thank you for having me.
S1: So glad you're here.
S2: Familia is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. So we've been 50 years in the San Isidro community serving the border community of San Isidro , you know , the region , South San Diego , and mostly focusing on underserved , underrepresented communities , doing all kinds of community work , social services , environmental justice and arts and culture.
S1: Like you mentioned , Casa Fest is celebrating 50 years since the founding of Casa Familia.
S2: 50 years have given us a lot of experience. So I think the community can expect the best yet to come from Casa Familia. We are really putting all our efforts in serving South San Diego residents , transborder communities as well. So I think this celebration is just going to give us more fuel , more energy to to keep doing the work that we do.
S1: That's great.
S2: You know , 50 years is a long time. And for a nonprofit , for an arts cultural organization , for a social services organization. So we knew that we wanted to make something big. We have been doing a fundraising event every year called Abrazo , which is like a we give awards to people who have been champions of the community. We recognize them , we invite community members , and we used to make a dinner , some kind of gala event. But we thought that this time we wanted to do something outdoors. We wanted to do something arts related because arts has been very important for organization and we wanted to make something that is for everybody , for everybody in the family. So the festival includes bands and musicians from Mexico and from San Diego that are very well known by the community , very admired and respected. So we wanted to give this to the community , basically.
S1: Uh huh , yeah. So.
S2: Run them at Terra that also play cumbia with a singer of a Mexican band called Control Machete and Nordic , which is a very , very famous band here in the border. They're going to be the headliners and they're going to play with the full band. And we will we will also have vendors. There's going to be like art vendors , there's going to be food , different kinds of foods for everybody's taste and some drinks as well. The event is 21 and older and we invite everybody to one in order to join us. It's going to be fun. It's going to be by the bay. It's going to be a beautiful Saturday , sunny San Diego. So we are expecting to have an amazing Saturday.
S1: It is supposed to be a beautiful weekend.
S2: Nordic has also been nominated for Grammys. And and it's very. Loved by the community. They are a classic of the border. So we are very looking forward to hearing them. They're going to play with a full band. And this includes an accordionist playing live , a trombonist playing live as well. And of course , their electronic sounds that are going to make us , all of us dance.
S1: You know , and Hispanic Heritage Month is well underway.
S2: Exactly. You know , the Latinx community , the transborder community is very diverse. Of course , we are in a very special part of the world. And right now we are receiving a lot of people from all over the world in San Isidro , people looking for asylum , looking to change their lives. And I think that defines the border , that defines the borderlands , that defines Tijuana , San Diego and another Mexicali. You know , Los Angeles. We are a whole community of people from different backgrounds that get together in this beautiful city to make the world a better place. So I think that makes it very , very , very special for all of us , Latinx community and even those from other parts of the world.
S1: You're listening to Kpbs Midday Edition. I'm Jade Hindman. I'm speaking with Francisco Morales , the arts and culture director at Casa Familia Francisco. You're in charge of arts and culture at Casa Familia.
S2: It is being a good way to connect with the community , to also inform them , support them in other areas , so such as environmental justice , social justice. So all these , all these disciplines are connected and arts and culture is a very good way to do that. For , for example , we make this celebration for the DIA every year. We've been doing that for almost 20 years now , and people in the community expect this festival , this celebration. It's a beautiful tradition that comes from centuries , and arts and culture brings all those things community engagement , families getting together , neighbors getting together , artists getting together. So arts and culture is not just about creating beautiful paintings or beautiful objects. For us it's a matter of community as well.
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S2: We just received a grant by the Mellon Foundation , which is one of the most important foundations supporting the arts in the USA. So we are very honored that this foundation looked our way and recognized the work that we do. So that is going to help us bring more programs , some of the classics that we do , if if I may call them like that. It's like the The Alamo Exhibition is an art exhibition that we've been doing for 16 years , calling women artists and women identified artists to share their work in a safe space to talk about relevant issues. The community also expects this exhibition every year , and it's very important for San Isidro and for South San Diego and for the trans border communities. We also have a podcast that we've been doing for almost two years talking about the arts and culture in in San Isidro , in the border in Tijuana. We have a series of video concerts highlighting local talent as well as international bands. Actually , you can see not taking one of these video concerts and well , we make exhibitions for the for the community exhibitions with our local artists , but also with our international artists to engage in these local and international conversations. So art is also a good way to talk about things , about important things , but also about personal things , about love , about happiness. We all need to talk about that. So all these programs have these different goals of supporting the community , talking with the community , supporting the artists , but also engaging in a conversation with the with the rest of the world.
S1: And you also oversee the front , which is an active art gallery. And is also an arts education space. Tell us more about that.
S3: Yeah , so this.
S2: Is one of our art facilities. The front article was founded 16 years ago before the front. There were also there was also arts and cultural programming , but the front became a hub for the arts , and cultural programming became the main space for us to show all these programs. So it's , I think , also very important for the community. It's been there for a long , long time. We have seen other art spaces around San Diego closing. You know , sadly the pandemic took a toll on a lot of them , but the front and Casa has been there steady and it's going to be there for a long , long time. So I think the front is like a highlight of the community in San Isidro. Awesome.
S1: Awesome.
S2: There is transborder artists that are showing all around the world there are artists from South San Diego that have incredible talent , that are showing in the in big museums , not only in San Diego but also in Los Angeles. There's a very strong music scene. There's a lot of bands that have made their way , you know , to to to the people. So I think there there are a lot of talent that we try to show in every exhibition that we do , but we also try to connect them and to help them get to the next stage of their careers , either supporting them or training them or or just helping them to connect with other organizations. Right.
S1: Right. And before we go , what what else should people know about Casa Fest ? I mean , how can they attend ? Yes.
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S2: So you can get your tickets at Casa familia.org/casa fest. You can also visit the front and get tickets there in person. We will also be selling tickets at the day of the event on the door so people can just show up and get your ticket and get ready to dance. And as I said , it's a big party for us is is exciting and it's going to be a lot of fun. I encourage everybody out there to please join us for Casa for this October 7th , this Saturday , from 12 to 8 p.m..
S1: I've been speaking with Francisco Morales , the arts and culture director at Casa Familia Casa Fest will take place at the Waterfront Park this Saturday , October 7th. Francisco , thanks so much for joining us.
S2: Thank you so much for having me. And thank you , everybody.
S1: Coming up , Julia Dixon Evans speaks to an author who tells his story through the lens of furry friends.
S4: And I love writing from the point of view of of a dog like this who's sort of on untethered in every way.
S1: You're listening to Kpbs Midday Edition. Welcome back to Midday Edition. I'm Jade Hindman. In any urban park , you might notice a few wild animals a squirrel here , a duck there , or some evidence of raccoons. But what happens when all the wild animals who otherwise blend in or exist under the radar all conspire together to plan something really big ? Writer Dave Eggers recently published an all ages novel called The Eyes and the Impossible , and he sat down and spoke with Julia Dickson. Evans Here's their conversation.
S5: The Eyes and the Impossible follows Yohannes , a wild unkept dog living in a big park inside a city. And to me , this book is hugely about identity. How does Yohannes define himself ? Wow.
S4: Um , well , I think he's , you know , he learns a bit about his identity as we go along because he's a feral , more or less orphan of a dog that really knows very little about where he came from. And I think he , you know , he forges his identity or it becomes more clear to him as in terms of what he does and how he's seen as useful to the the other animals in the park. There's a bunch of bison that live in the park , and they're sort of the kind of the overlords or the wise wisest of the animals in the park. But they're fenced in , they're kept within a small enclosure. And so it's up to Yohannes to be the eyes to roam the park , to circle it every day , to see what needs to be seen , to make sure that nothing is upsetting the equilibrium of the park. And so I think Yohannes primarily , you know , he sees himself through that. His usefulness , his speed , his duties , his how he serves the other animals , and especially his closest friends who are sort of the assistant eyes to him. So I guess that's how I would define him. You know , he he revels and exults in his speed and vision. And so I think he finds great joy in the fact that those two tools that he's been given are valued by the bison , but are valued by the other animals , and that they entrust him with keeping them all safe.
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S4: I started doing research many years ago interviewing Captain Stray dogs. No , I mean , that's really I mean , I'm a journalist by training. And so it's weird when you just make stuff up and fiction. But it was I had just read , I written the every which was kind of a very suffocating , dystopian , not suffocating for the reader. It's super fun. So go and go and read it. But for me , writing about sort of a tech dystopia , um , I needed a break and a pivot and I needed a palate cleanser. So this had been on my mind for , honest to God , almost 20 years is this voice and this character Johannes. And and I love writing from the point of view of , of a dog like this who's sort of on untethered in every way. Even the twists and turns of his mind kind of have no boundary or linearity really. And to sort of have that total abandon and total freedom was super liberating for me at a very key time. I needed I needed something different. And so this is really the most fun you can have as a writer is to sort of write from this point of view where you're just unencumbered by a lot of laws , of logic , of linearity , of human kind of rules of expression. And so there's so much in there universe that's totally different. And so as a writer , this was the most fun I've had probably in 25 years.
S5: So let's talk about this place , the setting , the park. It has some park infrastructure and developments. It's close to neighborhoods and close to the sea , but it's mostly really wild. And these wild animals band together to oversee it.
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S5: I have.
S4: So don't know if you if you got that taste of it when you were there , but. I'm from Chicago originally , and the park , Golden Gate Park is very much unlike anything we had in my upbringing and where things are a little bit more manicured and there's not as much open space. So all over northern California , you know , there's just miles upon miles of open land all along the coast. And then the park is kind of a microcosm of it where. It's so big. I mean , it was all dunes way back when , and then they filled it in and planted all these plants and ingenious engineering of agricultural innovation. And. And now most of the park is utterly untamed. I think it's not like Central Park where every little inch of it is just so it's really still quite wild. And and there's roads that lead to nowhere. And there's past that. There's nothing , almost nothing mapped really. Like every time I'm there , I get lost. And I love it because it is so sort of big and loose and messy and untamed. And so it served as kind of the inspiration for the book. It's not the setting because people will realize pretty quickly that it departs from Golden Gate Park and a lot of ways. But as an inspiration , I started there and I think that , you know , San Diego has all kinds of , you know , beautiful open spaces , too. And I think cities have got to allow for those untamed parts. And and we have got to resist the temptation to put more stuff in every little corner of our public parks or shorelines or anything. We've got to allow it to be , um. Uh , you know , unbounded and and untamed.
S5: Dave , would you mind reading a short section from the eyes and the impossible ? Yeah.
S4: This is the first page. I turn. I turn , I turn. Before I lie to sleep. And I rise before the sun. I sleep inside and sleep outside and have slept in the hollow of a thousand year old tree. When I sleep , I need warmth. I need quiet. I need freedom from sound. When I sleep , I dream of mothers and clouds. Clouds are messengers of God and I dream of pupusas for love purposes. And I eat them with gusto. I am a dog called Johannes and I have seen you. I have seen you in this park , my home. If you have come to this park , my vast green and windblown park by the sea , I have seen you. I have seen everyone who has been here. The walkers and runners and bikers and horse riders and the bison seekers and the picnickers and the archers in their cloaks. When you have come here , you have come to my home where I am. The eyes.
S5: This is Kpbs Midday Edition. I'm Julia Dixon Evans , and I'm talking with Dave Eggers , author of most recently The Eyes and the Impossible. So this book was also about friendship for me. The the interactions and almost devotion between some of these animals just brought me so much joy.
S4: I. I knew that it would be about that to some extent , but I found that the interactions with the animals , because there's a pelican , there's a seagull , there's a raccoon , it's a one eyed squirrel. Um , two raccoons , actually. They're very arrogant. But I found that that friendship part and the way that they sort of rely on each other and really count on each other without doubt or condition kept growing in terms of its presence in the book. And it gave me really great happiness to write about that. And I realized that I hadn't really written about friendship and a lot of years. Um , it's sort of a topic that I think we neglect a lot of times as novelists because , I don't know , maybe it's just that the air we breathe or it's doesn't have the inherent drama sometimes of some other topics. But when we read about it and when I read other books that depict it well , and when people actually come through for each other , it gives you great joy , I think. And so to me , I , I allowed these characters and these friends to show up for each other and save each other and bolster each other and and be noble about it. And so sort of nothing more fun than writing a noble character , really.
S5: And , you know , on the flip side , I want to talk about kind of a cultural sore spot about animals. Nobody wants to see beloved animals be sad or get hurt.
S4: Do you know that I ran into a reader in Chicago ? I was talking to , you know , mom and her daughter , and she said , I can't read the book until you tell me if anyone's going to die. And I said , Yes , I get it. I get it. I , I have killed dogs in books before. And this one. No , none of I didn't do that. I didn't go there. But there are moments where there's some suffering and which actually is is a little bit even harder to write in a way. And more poignant , I think having as a novelist , a character that you create and care about it , you want the reader to care about , and then killing them off. It happens and it's truthful. But I think sometimes it's almost too easy to go there. But it was very liberating in a weird , in a weird way to just find ways that they could develop without having to react to the death of one of them.
S5: So just over 20 years ago , possibly , right. When you first started thinking about this story , you founded the nonprofit 826 Valencia , which has since grown into 826 National. This is a writing lab and a creative studio for youth.
S4: We would just talk all the time , just talk about their work and the difficulties of it. And again and again they kept saying , if , you know , they might have 120 different students in a given day and they couldn't reach or couldn't give all the one on one time to each one of the students , especially those struggling with the written word or with or English language learners. And they said , if I had , you know , four hours a week with each one of these students , I might be able to keep them interested and at grade level and inspired. But don't just if only I could clone myself. And I sort of took that idea and thought of all of the freelance writers I knew , copy editors , advertising writers , you know , technical writers , people that had expertise in that , and also for some free time , some flexibility with their day. And I sort of sought to make that clone army of teachers , teacher helpers that could take the teachers lesson plans and then after school , give those students that one on one attention so that they felt confident the next day and it expanded from homework help to publishing programs to public events to , you know , in school , helped teacher professional training to , you know , you name it. It kept growing in all of these different directions. But most of it is based on community members who volunteer their time to sit side by side with students and shine a light on their written work. To say , that is really interesting and let's make it even better. So at this point , I think we've published maybe 5000 books nationwide in the last 20 years. It's grown in so many different ways. And the idea is. Been adopted all over the world. There's about 72 centers now that are based on the same model. Up here , our theme is , is a pirate store. All of them have sort of like , you know , they. Instead of it being a place for kids that need extra help , it's a pirate store. And so you walk through an active actual business that sells supplies to the working buccaneer , and then behind that is a tutoring center and writing center. And so the kids all come in. There's no stigma , there's no power , there's no nothing. It's a neutral space for kids that want to work on their writing. That's simple.
S5: So I'm curious how working with youth for so long has shaped your own writing.
S4: These books that they write are so unhinged and so ludicrous. And we try to affirm their weirdest ideas. Weird is always celebrated and always accepted. We always say , Yeah , yeah , keep going. Yeah , what else ? And I think that when you can introduce the idea of just totally liberated writing , that's about fun. We teach story , we teach character development , we teach all the terminology that and that's all baked in. But subject matter , you've got to let the kids drive that and be as weird as they possibly can. Childhood should be a time where creativity is seen as totally untethered.
S1: That was Kpbs arts producer and editor Julia Dixon Evans speaking with writer Dave Eggers about his latest book , The Eyes and the Impossible. He'll have a book event at the San Diego Central Library on Monday , October 9th at 7 p.m.. Coming up , Beth Accomando has a preview of the Italian Film Festival. You're listening to Kpbs Midday Edition. Welcome back to Midday Edition. I'm Jade Hindman. The San Diego Italian Film Festival returns to the Museum of Photographic Arts tonight for its 17th edition. The film festival showcases an Italian perspective through shorts , features and documentaries , even animated films. Kpbs film critic Beth Accomando previews the festival with its artistic director , Antonio Ian Nota.
S6: Antonio , you are on the eve of a new San Diego Italian film festival. And one thing that you do every year is you pick a theme. So tell us what this year's theme is going to be.
S7: This year's theme is going to be forward because this is going to be the first year that we had to choose our theme without our president and founder Victor LaRocca. So we didn't have any doubt with my partners in crime , that forward would have been the right theme to do that. This is the 17th edition We know , and we promise Victor to move on and to go on with our San Diego Italian Film Festival. So forward had to be the theme. And so now we really look forward to start the new edition of Festival.
S6: And Victor's passing was a big impact on the festival.
S7: And it's been it's it's been very painful. It's been very painful , very difficult. But also we are now , with time passing by , we are realizing how proud also we are for all of what Victor , you know , started. And now we are able to continue this. Of course , we continue this because there is a community , there is a community of film lovers. There is a community of people that love Italian culture. And more importantly , there is a community of people that think that watching these movies can really foster conversations and dialogue around topics that are very relevant for our society here in San Diego , here in the United States with an Italian perspective.
S6: And tell us what you have for opening night of the festival.
S7: We have an extraordinary film by Palo Verde. Chita translates as in drought and is a dark comedy , a very a movie with many , many characters in a dystopic near-future. We're in Rome. It's not been raining for months. The Tiber is completely dry.
S8: Purified desalinization.
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S7: But this is not a movie about sociology or about just about climate change. It's a movie rooted in the dramas of the everyday life of many , many characters that have their lives. Yes. Affected by this climate crisis ? Yes. Affected by an epidemic. Many , many problems. But then they are humans. So they cope with the situation. They get used to the situation and they move on with their life.
S6: And what's also interesting about that film is Italy was was one of the countries hit the hardest by the pandemic. And you feel a layer of that in the film as a means of kind of working through it and moving forward past that.
S7: Yes , exactly. That's why we all also decided to open with that movie , because it's a way to deal with the situation that deeply affected Italy. And also , you know , Italians were also of for a certain amount of time , very good in trying to observe certain rules and try to figure out a way to to move to move forward. But then we're humans. So I don't know if we learned our lesson. Some of us did probably , but many others didn't. And so , you know , that's also a metaphor , an allegory of what we as human never learn , never want to learn. But still we find ways to move forward.
S6: And it's also an interesting film because there is also a layer of science fiction to it. Not a heavy dose , but there have been a few films at your festival that kind of have that same sort of feel , a sense of dealing with the future , but not in a totally farfetched , unrealistic way.
S7: Yes , science fiction is one of my favorite genre in in literature and also in film , of course. So wherever I can feel. That nuance that that it also interests me. But you're totally right. It's not in general that Italian movies today deal with the rules of the genre , but it's more like in the background. It's more like in a possible dystopic future. But it has to be very realistic in a way , and the movie really plays with that. It's going to be gorgeous on the big screen to see and to be in a room that has been so deeply affected by such a catastrophe. It's going to be very interesting. But we know that Rome is the eternal city. So in a way , you know , we know that it's going to survive.
S6: Now that film looks to the future , but you have a film that looks to the past as well. Primadonna , which shed a light on something I did not know about in Italy.
S7: Yes , Primadonna is based on the real story of Frank Viola. That was the first Sicilian in the 60s to say no to her abductor and rapist. At that time , you could have the matrimonial reporter. That was a brutal law so that if a man would , you know , abuse of you , if you get married with that man , all the charges would drop to the man and the community would restore a sort of order , a sort of balance. Frank Viola said , No. No.
S11: No. No.
S12: No.
S7: No , thanks. I don't want to do that. First , her family was opposing her decision , but that in particular , her father really helped her to carry on. And she became and she is still a symbol for the power of women to go against this brutal form of patriarchy that is still on in societies everywhere. Also here in the States. Let's think about the difficulties and the attack towards women rights. A larger and still in Italy. So , you know , Marta Savina , the director of this movie , wants to again put a spotlight on women's rights. And so we were super happy to to welcome this new movie , this very recent movie in our festival.
S6: And one of your short films also deals with Italian law and sheds a light on how people who are born there to foreign parents don't necessarily have a right to citizenship immediately.
S13: Giovanna or I. Computer Yeah.
S7: That's another very bad law of Italy. But that's also a way to talk about Italy as as a country that is very traditional and we need to push to change it. La Italiana The shorter that you mentioned in Beth , it's called Italian. In Italian , a million of Italians are not still Italians. And that's because if you come to Italy and you're not Italian , you're an immigrant and you have children in Italy. So children that are born in Italy , their only country has been Italy. They speak Italian , they speak the local dialects. They go to school. Well , they're not Italians , They're not Italians. They can apply for citizenship when they turn 18 , but it's not the right. So they have one year window of time to have that application go go through. And if they're not successful , they're going to have many , many difficulties to become a citizen. And that's just plain wrong. Most of Italians want to change this law. We have a very conservative government right now in Italy , so it's not going to happen today , but it will happen eventually. And this number , 1 million , a million , it's not just a symbolic number. It's really close to 1 million of people that today in Italy , they are Italians by all means , but they don't have the Italian citizenship , the Italian passport.
S6: Now , one of the things about this film that reflects the festival is , although it's very specifically Italian , it also reflects issues that are going on here in San Diego and the United States. Absolutely.
S7: Absolutely. That's the reason why we have this festival. And our festival has been successful. Exactly for this reason , even though it's an Italian film festival and we have Italian features , shorts , dramas , comedies that are very specifically rooted in Italian culture , but there is always a possibility to create a dialogue about the topics. Issues , problems , questions that are relevant here. Here in San Diego , in a city that is on the border with Mexico , here in California , here in the United States. So most of our movies have introductions that provide a cultural , historical context , but even more important , and dialogues , opportunities for everybody in the audience to ask a question , to make a comment , and to see if we can use movies not just for our entertainment , that it's already great and beautiful , but also to to think about something that is relevant today.
S6: Since we brought up the shorts once again , I've been fortunate enough to be on the jury for judging the Ristretto shorts. But tell us about this program and why it's important to you to get this collection of short films.
S7: This was another program that with Victor , Victor and I talked about. We started talking about this program maybe seven , eight years ago , ten years ago. And then , you know , all of a sudden we decided , okay , we don't have sponsors , we don't have money , but we want to do it. And so this is our fifth edition. Every year is more successful. We received more than 100 submissions. An amazing selection committee that I coordinate have a pool of finalists , ten , 15 shorts , and then we hand them out to to the jury that you and other fabulous experts have to give the awards. And this is the first year that we have decided to screen all the finalists , all the 13 finalists , not only online so people can buy a pass and also vote for their favorite movie for the audience , the Restricted Audience award , but also in a theater , also on a big screen here at the digital gym , because the production values of these shorts are just amazing. And during our last event , the Festa , the Big Party , Saturday , October the 14th at the Museum of Photographic Arts , we're going to announce and screen again the winners of the of the retreat. And the competition is open to everybody. It's open to Italian directors , of course , but to also directors from all over the world that deal with an Italian topic. And we want more of those movies coming from all around the world. But I would say so far , so good.
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S7: People that know me know that one of my favorite cities in the world is Napoli is Naples. And this year we we have another extraordinary film set in Naples called Nostalgia or Nostalgia in Italian , directed by Mario Martone. We already screened several movies by Mario Martone to our festival. And also this movie is just amazing. It's set in the Ryan Sanita in one of the many hearts of the city.
UU: Yeah , that's what I feel good like my mother died from so.
S7: And deals with many , many topics. One is does nostalgia really exist ? What is what we think about nostalgic thoughts ? Our childhood was really happy not just for the characters of the movie , for everybody. And you know , the cinematography is just stunning. The story is very compelling and the actors are just amazing. So I really hope that everybody can come and watch nostalgia together.
S6: All right. Well , I want to thank you very much for talking about this year's San Diego Italian Film Festival.
S7: Thank you , Beth. Thank you , everybody. And we'll see you at the movies.
S1: That was Beth Accomando speaking with Antonio Ian Noto of the San Diego Italian Film Festival. The 17th edition runs through October 14th with both in-person and online film screenings. That's our show for the week. Don't forget to watch Evening Edition tonight at five. The roundtable is here tomorrow at noon. And if you ever miss a show , you can find the Midday Edition podcast on all platforms before we go. Earlier this week , we had a show about zero emission vehicles and you all had a lot to say about them. Here are some of the comments.
S14: I think it's really important that the state legislature goes forward with impasses. SB 299 bill that will provide for reverse charging of electric vehicles.
S15: I know for me , ever since the pandemic , I've been working from home and my usage fuel usage by not commuting daily has dropped by two thirds. So if you really want to hit those goals , we need to really encourage telecommuting and things like that.
S1: We really appreciate you all sharing your thoughts. Keep them coming. Midday Edition is produced by Giuliana Domingo , Andrew Bracken , Brooke Ruth , Laura McCaffrey and Ariana Clay. Art segment contributors are Beth Accomando and Julia Dixon Evans Our technical producers are Adrian Villalobos and Rebecca Chacon. I'm Jade Hindman. Thanks for listening and enjoy the weekend , everyone.
