This has been the longest we've spent out of the tiny beach town just south of Santa Barbara. As the days grow longer and warmer, we usually start making trips up the coast once or twice a month. However, due to an awfully long Winter coupled with the natural disasters that hit the area. We've been sort of stuck in a holding pattern as Summer approaches.
Wow. Well, it's been about 2 years since we initially shot and edited this short documentary about an amateur boxer named Cesar Rocha. Unfortunately I ran into a bit of a problem releasing this for public consumption over the last year or so. It's too bad, because I thought this was a pretty nice story on a young man that I've grown to know so well over the past 3 or 4 years.
When I look back on this piece now it feels dated and old. Mostly because my abilities have progressed over the past few years. I wish I would've been able to feel comfortable putting this out in the world earlier. Yet, that's the way it goes sometimes.
Either way, I hope you enjoy this piece I did just for the passion of story telling. We didn't make any money on this, in fact, I submitted it to about 10 film festivals, and it only got into one. Plus I had to pay for the usage of the gym. So, this is all about the passion for story telling.
Hope you enjoy.
