WHERE?s MOLLY & OPENING CEREMONIES

6:15 pm Welcome of Salem Film Festival Filmmakers on Stage at The Elsinore followed by Where?s Molly

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Friday 6:15 pm | The Historic Elsinore Theatre

HOSTED BY KGW's LAURAL PORTER
Followed by Q & A with filmmakers Jeff & Cindy Daly

Directed by Jeff Daly
United States [ 75 mins. ] 2007
Documentary

“Rendered in truly gorgeous photography, it never stops wringing your heart.” – THE OREGONIAN

In this extraordinary and moving documentary, Jeff Daly delves into his own family's secrets and lies to provide a microcosm of our treatment of the mentally ill. In 1957, when Jeff was 6, his severely retarded younger sister Molly was institutionalized by their parents and excised from the family memory. While his parents refused to talk about Molly, Jeff was left to wonder and to mourn the sudden and mystifying loss of his only sister. Now, 47 years later, Jeff finally learns the truth to the family secret that kept him from his sister in a reunion that will warm your heart and give you hope for the future of “less than perfect” people like Molly. A handsome and overwhelmingly emotional film, WHERE?s MOLLY pulls you in close. It's the rare movie that makes you want to rush out and hug everyone you love.

Additional Information

Filmography: First Feature

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Filmmakers Present
		JEFF DALY is President of SFO Productions based in San Francisco, CA. For more than 25 years he filmed news and sporting events worldwide including the Olympic Games, Super Bowl, Masters Golf Tournament, and 60 Minutes feature segments. A 1999 Peabody Award winner, Daly began his career with a degree from Pacific University in Oregon and worked in broadcast television for many years and Portland and San Francisco. Born in Seattle, he spent the next 18 years in Astoria, Oregon and currently lives in California with a second home in Seaside, Oregon.
		CINDY DALY, writer and producer of WHERE?s MOLLY, was born and raised in Astoria, Oregon and is part of a large Scandinavian family that migrated to Astoria in the early 1900’s. After attending Pacific University, Daly earned an MBA at California State University and spent 20 years in the utility sector including nuclear power, mass transit and cable television. Daly most recently was National Vice President, External Affairs for AT&T and was responsible for lobbying and public policy in the wireless division. She ended her career in telecommunications to join her husband Jeff at SFO Productions in creating WHERE?s MOLLY.
		LAURAL PORTER can be seen weeknights anchoring KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8. She started her broadcasting career on radio in San Diego, doing local events and reporting the news before moving onto television and eventually joining KGW's news team in 2000. Laural has been honored with numerous awards including the National Award from the Mental Health Association for coverage of mental health Issues. She is a three-time Northwest Regional Emmy award winner, recognized in 2006 for her exclusive story "Where's Molly?" about Jeff Daly's search for his sister. In her spare time, Laural enjoys skiing, running and spending time with her husband and their four kids.