Elizabeth S.

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• Posted Austin Film Festival Best Documentary Feature Winner: <em>Grown in Detroit</em> to Austinist
  However hard it was for you to make it to your high school each morning, the teen moms at Catherine Ferguson Academy in Detroit likely have it harder. In Grown in Detroit, the principal says that it takes some girls 2 hours and multiple bus routes to get to school (especially since the auto lobby held back any progress on Detroit's mass transit system). Catherine Ferguson Academy is unique in that it is only one of a few schools in the nation geared exclusively towards pregnant teens/teen moms. Another factor that makes this school unique: they have their own urban, organic farm.
• Favorited Former AMD Chief Tied to Insider Trading Case on Austinist
• Commented on Fun Fest Comedian Profile: Todd Barry (Is Icky?)
  Todd Barry was on an episode of "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist", so he's alright in my book. =)...
• Posted Austin Film Festival: Monday Film Picks to Austinist
  The Screenwriter's Conference is over and done with, so now it's just down to the films. Here are our picks for Monday at the Austin Film Festival, including some you may have missed the first time around...
• Posted Austin Film Festival Preview: <i>Myna Se Va</i> to Austinist
  In Myna Se Va (Myna Has Gone), the title character is an illegal immigrant who is trying to care for her charge, a young boy who has been seriously injured while his parents are away. Oh, and there's a dog whose leg has been lacerated by a tuna can . . . or so Myna tells the vet before she steals tranquilizers to then use on the boy.