BlogLive@Sundance 2008 Podcast: Anywhere, USA Director Chusy Haney-Jardine

Jan 18, 2008 12:00 PM

Anywhere, USA Director Chusy Haney-Jardine

Sundance wouldn’t be Sundance without firmly keeping its foot in independent cinema. When the festival is literally overrun by Hollywood each January, and mainstream fare such as a Barry Levinson film has its premiere there, it is gratifying to see a film shot on video with no actors (save a 10-year-old) and edited in a garage competing in the Dramatic Competition.

Such is the case with Anthony (Chusy) Haney-Jardine’s Anywhere, USA, co-written with his wife, Jennifer MacDonald, starring their daughter, and shot in their hometown. Chusy, who is Venezuelan-American (his name rhymes with juicy), set out to make a subjective portrait of what he saw as his America. To listen to millimeter Contributing Writer Darroch Greer's conversation with Chusy, click here