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LOS ANGELES GETS A SHOT OF ESTROFEST

By | October 2002

The Chaplin Theater at Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles was completely packed Wednesday night, October 16th and we were all there for this thing called Estrofest – a screening of two short films geared towards the female sensibility. Being informed of this ahead of time, I did my best to stoke my feminine side to the surface…

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