SEATTLE — WHAT DO YOU DO--
Danielle: I did this one right here with scissors.
WHEN A CHILD TELLS YOU--
Jonathan: If I could have it any other way, I'd have a girlfriend. I HATE being gay.
THE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER HAS COLLABORATED WITH THE LIKES OF ROBERT REDFORD. BUT THE STARS IN HIS CURRENT, MOST ENDURING PROJECT ARE OTHERWISE ANONYMOUS KIDS.
Rick: I started interviewing kids once a year in hopes of helping them find their stories.
Danielle: I have high hopes for myself.
RICK TALKED ANNUALLY TO DOZENS OF KIDS LIKE "DANIELLE" OVER 13 YEARS
GETTING THEM TO EXAMINE WHO THEY ARE
Danielle: I really, really want to be a teacher for the mentally disabled. I think it would be the funnest thing on earth.
RICK SHOWED RESPECT, HE GOT CANDOR IN RETURN.
THE CHANGES HE WITNESSED EACH YEAR COULD BE DEVASTATING
AND HIS LENS IS THEIR PAPER AND INK.
Danielle: I'm graduating this year.
THE BENEFITS OF THE "SCHOOL OF LIFE" PROJECT WERE SO OBVIOUS TO EDUCATORS AND PARENTS-- MORE THAN 250 NEW KIDS HAVE SIGNED UP.
FROM GRADE SCHOOL --TO HIGH SCHOOL. ALL BENEFITING FROM THE "SCHOOL OF LIFE."
OR REDISCOVER THE SELVES THEY THOUGHT THEY LOST
Danielle: Now I'm a para-educator in the medically fragile students' classroom.
AND THIS FILMMAKER HAS DISCOVERED HIS MOST SATISFYING WORK --
Rick: You know when you hit your life's work - you just know it.
IT COMES WHEN HE HELPS SOMEONE ELSE WRITE THE SCRIPT
Rick: What are you grateful for?