Independent Lens
“The McCombie Way” was one of ten movies selected for the first ever Independent Lens Online Shorts Festival. It was directed and Nick and Kristina Higgins and edited my me.
Indie Wire News wrote:
However, if you only have time to sample one film online, the one to watch is Kristina and Nick Higgins' "The McCombie Way." The seven-minute long portrait of an eighty-one-year-old landscaper/philosopher is so unexpectedly moving that juror Mark Eitzel commented after viewing, "Damn that was kinda perfect. Thank you for that."
The filmmakers discovered their heroine when they moved to Wonder Valley in the California desert and stumbled across sombrero-wearing Ann McCombie, a one-woman dynamo who toils in 100 degree heat to beautify her little corner of the world while issuing such practical advice as "What is past is past...you've got now and if you're going to have a happy life, you enjoy all your nows."
To see the film, go to:
Wednesday, January 3, 2007