Getting personal: My independent film, Lost In Sunshine, and indie documentary, What I Know For Sure

With eight hundred dollars in hand, I once took off alone to NY at the age of 19. Growing up in a small town (no, no, really small - population 300!) I somehow left with this fearless attitude that I could do anything I wanted. Call it naivety, call it good parenting. I had the will to shoot for my dreams, and I was off!!

It was two whole weeks before I returned back to Texas. :)

What I learned from that experience is what I didn't want to do. Very important. And that I wasn't so fearless. NY scared the shit out of me. I didn't know how to get around, talked the nice person at the closest convenience store into cashing my MO's when I needed them, and ate a lot of muffins for dinner. :)

By the time I was 21, I had lost a lot of what had once made me feel whole as a child - a real home to go home to, a long-term relationship, and a cohesive family that was stable and healthy.

In addition, I had shamefully dropped out of school, worked endless minimum wage jobs, and found my friends in less than desirable places. Yes, I was playing out a role that was full of insecurities, heartache, drugs, dishonest people, and a little hope... just barely hanging on to a valuable existence. There was even a time when I lived out of my car. I wasn't sleeping in it, which would've been very different, but I didn't have a home address. I stayed with friends, and worked as much as I had to - just to pay my car payment and for pizza.

Working on my current documentary, What I Know For Sure, and giving the audience an honest portrayal of me and my beliefs has been more challenging than I'd hoped. Consequently, it's forcing me to look into my past, and face what should've perhaps been faced long ago. Could this be the best therapy?

As I write, I realize this has become a bit of a dumping ground, too. But perhaps that's where my doubt, questions, and quest for the cosmos first arose - though those challenges.

Writing has always been an imperative tool for my sanity, too. I can't imagine my life without it, just as you wouldn't imagine living without air. And filmmaking is what brings everything and everyone together. Once it's created, it's like an imprint of your soul - waiting to be relived by others who are intrigued by the journey (or trailer!) enough to watch it.

As I move forward in my 30's, I find all of my hardships, past and present, to be highly beneficial! Mostly, because hard times are accompanied by something we can at least look back on and laugh about. Especially in writing Lost In Sunshine, my sweet disheartened baby, who also hangs on to hope... even when it feels hopeless.

And just look where we are now. :)

Thank you, Lyn and Bob, for making my life seem so flawless.
:)
Jentri

"What I Know For Sure is Nothing."
-Story Musgrave

Official Press Release for Independent film, Lost In Sunshine, via filmmakers, Jentri Chancey & Lorie Marsh with executive producer, Cynthia Litman

As you all know, we've been working our butts off the last two years to make Lost In Sunshine happen. With all that we're doing, and all that we've done, I feel a sense of peace, wave of excitement, and openness to how and when the universe wants us to fully manifest it.

This past year, it seems that our direction has been towards building an online community. It's been a labor of LOVE, and real eye-opener for me personally, as I never imagined all that could be accomplished so joyfully when you've got the right people on your side (thank you, Lorie, hubby, & loyal teammates!)

So, with gratitude and love, we enter the next phase of our film's journey.

Here's a PRESS RELEASE I'd like to share with you, my devoted friends and supporters.

Cheers to 2011! I think it's going to be a GOOD one for all of us... so let's first suspend any disbelief we have that it will not be everything we want, and imagine that whatever we want, feel, desire, and dream - we can accomplish. Even if it takes years to get there, we will always have a head start if we can just begin. Embrace the vulnerability, open your heart, and live NOW.

With love and hope! Jentri

READ PRESS RELEASE HERE
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/01/prweb4961974.htm

Press Release: Aether Paranormal on Travel Channel (again!) our NEW investigation details, and Ask Dino Show!

My team, Aether Paranormal, will be on the Travel Channel today, Friday, October 15, 2010. It will be airing at 3:00pm CST, and again on Saturday, October 16th at 7:00pm CST on the "Most Terrifying Places in America, 5" series. Aether’s Presidio La Bahia episode is the very last segment of the hour. Aether’s personal footage of the mysterious bell tower incident filmed back in 2008 at the fortress, along with Travel Channel’s exclusive footage of the team’s second investigation there, is what you can expect to see in this episode.

NEW IN: We will film our next full-length documentary this November at an undisclosed famous musician’s ranch, located just outside of Austin, TX. The team will investigate claims of animal mutilations, and reoccurring supernatural occurrences associated with the property.

Aether will be guest artists on the Ask Dino Show, a fast paced TV/NET talk show featuring "Record Producer of the Year" host, Dino Maddalone, and televised on Time Warner Cable in Orange County, and in Washington DC the last week of October 2010 - Halloween Special.

To view Aether’s full-length documentaries online for free visit:
www.aetherparanormal.com

CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN THIS YEAR - AETHER STYLE!