Rick
Aguar (camera) and Debra followed Nicholas around one morning,
filming his unique book dance. His brother Sam played the piano.
On a second morning, we followed Nicholas outside, doing the
things he loves to do. His mother Joan was occasionally present,
supporting Nicholas and helping us out. When we reviewed the
footage in the pre-editing session, we realized that there were
moments between Nicholas and his mother that were so potently
loving, so deeply expressive of the kind of love that has allowed
Nicholas to bloom so strongly as himself, that we couldn’t do
the Pearl without including some of these moments too. This
wasn’t planned - their relationship felt like a special kind
of grace that we were privileged to witness. We are extremely
grateful to Nicholas and his family for consenting to support
the making of this Pearl.
As
a footnote, we selected Bach’s Italian Concerto in F Major
for the soundtrack of this piece because it is one of Nicholas’
current favorites. His other is Frank Sinatra’s Luck Be a
Lady Tonight. The former seemed to fit this piece better.
We think Einstein would be delighted.
CREDITS
Camera:
Rick Aguar
Editing:
Daniel Barber—New Context Video Productions
Debra
Roberts
Music:
"Italian Concerto in F Major"
Written by J.S. Bach
Performed by Glenn Gould
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
