Benjamin Eckstein

I recently completed a project for Rosie’s Place, a homeless women’s shelter in Boston, for their annual “Funny Women, Serious Business” fundraising event.  This was the fourth video I had created for them (including this piece that I did last year).  Earlier this year, Kip Tiernan, the founder of Rosie’s Place, passed away, so they wanted this year’s video to be a tribute to Kip.  I had met (and filmed Kip) on a few occasions in the past, and she was a very interesting woman, with a long history of social activism.  I felt pretty honored and inspired working on this project, knowing that I needed it to feel worthy of Kip. Read more…