With “A Nightmare in Tuscany,” I feel like I’ve come full circle and married my early love of experimental filmmaking with storytelling that is accessible to doc lovers with a variety of tastes. This film marks a few firsts for me. It’s the first time I’ve shot the majority of a film on a cell phone because in the midst of this emergency, that’s all I had with me. I shot vertically in Tuscany because that’s the way I was seeing reality. I was so afraid that Mom was going to have a stroke or fall that my gaze was almost always focused on her despite our beautiful surroundings. I was also sending most of those videos back to family and friends' cell phones so they could follow Mom's progress. In addition, this is also the first time I’ve narrated my story, turned the camera on myself, and punctuated funny moments with unexpected imagery for comic relief. I'm excited to see audiences respond to this film and for the discussions we will have around senior health care and travel as well as acquired disabilities and adult caretaking.
