In 2011, I was watching the Oscars (it used to be such an event) and when they mentioned Melissa Leo’s nomination, they said, “Not since Sally Kirkland has an actor taken out their own ads for their awards campaign.”
My friend Sally was a fighter, a survivor, a Build It Yourselfer, but I didn’t know her yet. That night, I set out on a mission to make a short film with her in it, and we were going to get nominated for an Academy Award. Sally had already won a Golden Globe and had been nominated for an Oscar alongside Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Holly Hunter and Cher (spoiler:…
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