>> COMING UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON," A BREAKDOWN OF NEW ELECTION CHANGES THAT WILL IMPACT ARIZONA VOTERS.

>> WHY RISING RENT PRICES ARE CONSIDERED A HEALTH CRISIS.

>>> WE'LL PREVIEW THE GREATEST PREVIEW JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL OPENING THIS WEEKEND.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE ARE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> Ted: REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE PUSHING A BILL TO MAKE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION A STATE CRIME AND IN DOING SO AUTHORIZE STATE AND LOCAL POLICE TO ENFORCE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS.

THE JOINT HOUSE AND SENATE BILL ALLOW JUDGES TO DECIDE IMMIGRATION AND THE LEGISLATION WOULD GIVE CIVIL IMMUNITY TO POLICE AND AMENDMENTS FOR DAMAGES THAT OCCUR WHILE ENFORCING THE LAW.

OPPONENTS OF THE BILL SAY THAT THE LEGISLATION WOULD RESULT IN THE KIND OF DIVISION AND ANGER THAT HURT THE STATE IN THE DAYS OF SB1070.

>>> REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, KARI LAKE, HAS RECEIVED THE ENDORSEMENT OF A PROMINENT NATIONAL G.O.P SENATE CAMPAIGN GROUP ACCORDING TO POLITCO RECORDING IT'S THE SAME GROUP THAT CRITICIZED FOR GOVERNOR AND THE SAME GROUP PUSHING FOR LIKE TO PUSH OFF HER PERSISTED CLAIMS OF ELECTION RIGGING.

THEY'RE TOUTING LAKE AS, QUOTE, ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED CANDIDATES IN THE COUNTRY.

>>> THE WIFE OF CONGRESSMAN, ANDY BIGGS, A CANDIDATE CHALLENGING FELLOW REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN CISCOMANI.

HE NEARLILY DEFEATED KIRSTEN ENGLE IN 2022 BUT BIGGS AND HIS WIFE ARE PUSHING FOR CONSERVATIVE KATHLEEN WYNNE.

>>> THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WAS UP 3.1% FROM A YEAR AGO LOWER THAN THE 3.4% THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

TODAY'S NUMBERS SHOOK WALL TREAT WITH THE DOW AND S&P FALLING 1.4% AS INVESTORS WORRY INTEREST RATES WILL STAY HIGHER MONTHS LONGER THAN EXPECTED.

>>> SATURDAY'S CHAOS AT THE WASTE MANAGEMENT PHOENIX OPEN HAS PROMPTED OFFICIALS TO MAKE CHANGES FOR NEXT YEAR.

MASSIVE OVERCROWDING, FIGHTS AND PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS AND INCIDENTS INVOLVING FANS AND GOLFERS LEAD TO TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS AND TWICE THE EJECTIONS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

NO WORD ON WHAT CHANGES COULD BE IN STORE, BUT AHEAD OF THE THUNDERBIRDS, TOLD THE GOLF CHANNEL, QUOTE, NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE.

>>> THE CDC IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT COVID-19 ISOLATION THIS SPRING AND THAT PEOPLE WILL NO LONGER BE ADVISED TO ISOLATE ONCE THEY'VE BEEN FEVER FREE FOR 24 HOURS AND THEIR SYMPTOMS ARE MILD OR IMPROVING.

THE CDC RECOMMENDED FIVE DAYS AFTER A POSITIVE TEST.

IT WOULD RING IN LINE FOR OTHER REQUIREMENT GUIDANCES INCLUDING THE FLU.

>>> THE GOVERNORS AND STATE LAWMAKERS CAME TOGETHER TO ATTEMPT TO FIX PROBLEMS WITH ARIZONA'S NEW RECOUNT LAW AND PROBABLIES THAT COULD DELAY THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

SO WHAT HAS CHANGED AND HOW DO THE CHANGES ADDRESS ELECTION TIMING ISSUES?

WE ASK MARICOPA COUNTY RECORDER, STEPHEN RICHER.

I GUESS THE BIGGEST THING IS MOVING THAT PRIMARY ELECTION DATE UP.

TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

>> THAT'S WHAT VOTERS NEED TO KNOW AND THE NORMAL AUGUST PRIMARY AND THE PRIMARY IN WHICH YOU CAN VOTE FOR THE U.S. HOUSE CANDIDATES AND STATE LEGISLATURE CANDIDATES AS OPPOSED TO THE PRESIDENTIAL IN MARCH AND THAT AUGUST 6th PRIMARY HAS BEEN MOVED TO JULY 30th.

IT'S UP ONE WEEK.

THE REASON FOR THAT WAS CHANGES TO STATE LAW AND FEDERAL LAW, THE CALENDAR AND I'M SURE TAYLOR SWIFT WAS INVOLVED SOMEHOW.

BECAUSE OF THOSE REASONS, THEY NEEDED TO EXPAND THEM OUT.

>> Ted: DOES THAT TIME GIVE YOU GUYS ENOUGH TIME FOR RECOUNTS?

>> RIGHT.

SO THE TWO IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE WERE WORRIED WOULD BE IMPERILED TO SEND OVERSEAS VOTERS THEIR BALLOTS 45 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION AND TWO, SENDING ARIZONA'S DELEGATES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTESTS IN EARLY DECEMBER.

BOTH WERE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC WITH THE NEW RECOUNT LAW THAT WOULD TRIGGER MORE RECOUNTS AND MAKE US DO MORE OF THIS AFTER THE ELECTION.

SO THIS ALLOWS US TO MEET THOSE DEADLINES AND SO THAT'S WHY ALL 15 COUNTIES CAME TOGETHER WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WITH THE GOVERNOR AND PUT TOGETHER THIS PACKAGE.

>> Ted: AND IT SOUNDS LIKE JULY 30th WAS THE DATE FOR THE PRIMARY AND MOVED IT UP.

WAS AUGUST 6th.

>> IT GOES BACK.

>> Ted: WHAT IS THE POINT OF GOING BACK?

>> I THINK THEY'LL LOOK AT A LONGER-TERM SOLUTION, WHETHER THEY JUST WANT TO MOVE IT UP ONE WEEK OR MOVE THE PRIMARY TO MAY.

>> Ted: BALLOTS MAILED TO EARLY VOTERS, DID THAT CHANGE?

>> THAT MOVES, SO 27 DAYS BEFORE.

FOR MOST, THEY'LL KNOW IT'S ELECTION TIME AND KNOW THEY HAVE TO GET IT BACK WITHIN 27 DAYS.

OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE THE RIGHT DATES ON THE ELECTION MATERIAL AND SAY, YOU MUST DROP THIS OFF NO LATER THAN 7:00 P.M. ON JULY 30th.

>> Ted: SIGNATURE VERIFICATION FOR THOSE HELPING THOSE WITH DISABILITIES.

THIS SEEMS LIKE THIS WAS IN HERE, TOO.

HOW DOES THIS PROCESS WORK?

WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> SO THERE WERE A FEW CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO THAT, BUT THE IMPORTANT PART IS THAT IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE, CONTACT OUR OFFICE NOW AND WE CAN SEND A BIPARTISAN TEAM OUT TO YOUR NURSING FACILITY, OUT TO THE HOSPITAL.

THIS IS IF YOU CAN'T MARK THE BALLOT YOURSELF.

YOU CAN RELAY THAT TO A REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT SITTING THERE TOGETHER WHO WILL PUT THAT DOWN.

YES, WE'LL BE REGISTERED VOTERS AND HAVE THESE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND BE ABLE TO SERVICE VOTERS.

>> Ted: DOES THAT CHANGE MUCH?

>> A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S ON THE ADMINISTRATOR'S SIDE AND WE WANT YOUR EXPERIENCE TO BE POSITIVE.

>> Ted: WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CURING VOTES AND THEY CHANGE THAT FOR FIVE BUSINESS DAYS AND THAT'S INTERESTING.

WHAT'S CURING VOTES?

WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> SO THIS IS WHEN YOUR SIGNATURE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE SIGNATURES ON FILE.

AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU VOTED IN ARIZONA, YOU HAVE THAT GREEN ENVELOPE AND SIGN IN THE BOX.

WE TAKE THAT SIGNATURE AND COMPARE IT TO PAST SIGNATURES TO CONFIRM IT WAS YOU.

IF WE CANNOT MAKE THAT COMPARISON SOUNDLY, THEN WE WILL CALL YOU, WE WILL TEXT YOU AND EMAIL YOU AND NOW WE HAVE FIVE CALENDAR DAYS TO DO THAT.

>> Ted: DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

>> WE PUT MORE HOURS INTO THE FIVE-CALENDAR DAYS AND MARICOPA COUNTY, IN THE NOVEMBER 2022 GENERAL ELECTION, THERE WERE MORE.

WE'LL THROW MORE BODIES IN IT RATHER THAN THE FIVE BUSINESS DAYS.

>> Ted: THERE WERE CHANGES WITH PLOTS IN ON ELECTION DAY, WHICH IS ALWAYS A FAVORITE.

THEY LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT.

>> YES!

>> Ted: SO YOU CAN RETURN THEM NOW ON ELECTION DAY, BUT WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> SO YOU CAN RETURN THEM ON ELECTION DAY.

SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING FOR HOW YOU ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE.

HOWEVER, IT WILL GIVE YOU AN ADDED OPTION OF BEING ABLE TO SHOW YOUR IDENTIFICATION SUCH THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SIGNATURE VERIFICATION PROCESS IF YOU SHOW UP WITH THAT EARLY GREEN RETURN ENVELOPE ON ELECTION DAY.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO WHAT MY HOUSEHOLD DOES, WE CAN ALL THOSE RESULTS READY AT 8:00 P.M. ON ELECTION NIGHT BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THE SIGNATURE VERIFICATION AND SECURELY REMOVED IT AND SENT IT TO TABULATION.

>> Ted: WOULD THIS SPEED UP THE VOTE AS FAR AS EARLY BALLOTS ON ELECTION DAY?

>> I PROPOSED A LOT OF THINGS TO HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THE BALLOTS TABULATED AND WHAT THIS IS INTENDED TO DO IS ADDRESS THAT RECOUNT AND CHANGE OF STATE STATUTE THAT WILL HAVE MORE RECOUNTS.

SO THIS ISN'T ABOUT SPEEDING UP THE TABULATION PROCESS.

>> Ted: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR POLLING PLACES?

YOU CAN GET CROWDS AND DIFFERENT LINES FORMING OUT THERE?

>> IF YOU'RE SHOWING YOUR IDENTIFICATION, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL WORK THROUGH.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATE THROUGH JUST DROPPING IT OFF IN A BUCKET AND IN A SECURED BALLOT DROP-BOX OR SHOWING UP AND GETTING A NEW BALLOT OR VOTING IN-PERSON.

>> Ted: THE PRESIDENT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT BEAST AND HAPPENING IN MARCH.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

MARCH 19th AND JUST FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, SO IF YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN, THIS IS CHOOSING BETWEEN, SAY, DONALD TRUMP AND NIKKI HALEY OR ANY OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES.

YOU HAVE TO BE A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN OR REGISTERED DEMOCRAT TO PARTICIPATE.

THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER PRIMARY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN WHICH YOU CAN BE AN INDEPENDENT AND CHOOSE A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT BALLOT.

GO TO BBALLOTREADY.VOTE.

>> Ted: IF YOU'RE AN INDEPENDENT?

>> WHILE YOUR FRIENDS ARE GETTING BALLOTS, YEAH >> THERE ARE LOCAL RACES ON THE BALLOT AND IF YOU'RE A MAIL VOTE AND IF YOU'RE VOTING IN THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND PUT THE RIGHT BALLOT IN THE RIGHT RETURN.

>> Ted: THANK YOU.

>> HERE TO HELP.

CONTACT OUR OFFICE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND REACH OUT TO US BECAUSE WE CAN SOLVE MORE PROBLEMS IF YOU GIVE US MORE TIME.

>> Ted: THANKS FOR JOINING US.

UP NEXT, HOW SKYROCKETING RENT PRICES COULD BE LINKED TO A VARIETY OF HEALTH PROBLEMS.

>> ANYWHERE YOU ARE IN ARIZONA, YOU CAN ATTRACT HUMMING BIRDS TO YOUR YARD.

>> JOIN US WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 ON ARIZONA PBS.

>> AT A TIME IN HISTORY WHEN THE EYES WERE LOOKING TO THE STARS, ONE MAN WAS LOOKING AT OUR NATION'S NATURAL BEAUTY.

HE HAD THE VISION AND THE FORESITE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT AMERICA'S NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL WONDERS AND SPAREHEAD THE NATION'S FIRST NATIONAL MOVEMENT.

THE POLITICS OF BEAUTY, WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 8:30 ON ARIZONA PBS.

>> Ted: A RECENT STUDY SUGGESTS THAT INCREASING RENT PRICES LIKE THE KIND SEEN HERE IN THE PHOENIX METRO AREA CAN BE A RISK FACTOR FOR A VARIETY OF HEALTH PROBLEMS INCLUDING A RISK OF PREMATURE DEATH.

WE'RE JOINED BY WILL HUMBOLDT OF THE HEALTH ASSOCIATION.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> Ted: RENTAL PRICES AS A HEALTH ISSUE, EXPLAIN, PLEASE.

>> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT YOU LEARN, IF YOU WANT A GOOD PREDICTER OF A FAMILY'S HEALTH STATUS, THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO KNOW, WHAT'S THE INCOME?

AND SO, HAVING INCOME, ESPECIALLY DISPOSABLE INCOME IS A KEY FACTOR IN FIGURING OUT HOW HEALTHY THE FAMILY IS GOING TO BE.

WELL, IF YOU'RE MAKING A GOOD SALARY AND MAYBE YOU HAVE AN INCREASE IN YOUR SALARY, BUT IF YOUR RENT IS OUTPACING THE INCREASES AT WORK OR MAYBE YOU'RE NOT GETTING AN INCREASE AT WORK, THAT CUTS INTO THE DISPOSABLE INCOME THAT YOU HAVE FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT KEEP YOUR FAMILY HEALTHY.

>> Ted: THAT GOES BACK TO ZIP CODES BEING INDICATORS OF HEALTH.

>> AND IT'S INDICATORS OF INCOME IT'S AN INDICATER, YEAH WHEN RENTS OUTPACE WHAT YOU'RE MAKING, IT'S HARDER TO BUY HEALTHIER FOODS AND YOU'RE MORE STRESSED OUT AND NOT SLEEPING AS WELL.

YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GET A SECOND JOB, WHICH MEANS YOU'LL LOSE YOUR SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS BECAUSE YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR TIME TRYING TO KEEP THE WHEELS ON INSTEAD OF HAVING FUN.

HAVING FUN, THAT'S A KEY DETERMINANT IN LIFE EXPECTANCY.

IT'S AN UNDERREPORTED PART OF LIFE EXPECTANCY.

>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT STRESS AND WHAT IT DOES TO THE BODY.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EVICTION EVERY MONTH, THAT STRESS ADDS UP, BUT WHAT DOES IT DO TO THE BODY?

>> IT CREATES AN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN YOUR ORGANS AND YOU CAN'T SLEEP AS WELL.

THAT COMPOUNDS THE ISSUE AND YOU'RE WORRIED AT WORK.

SO IT'S A COMPOUNDING FACTOR.

IT'S NOT JUST A SINGLE ORGAN SYSTEM BUT AFFECTS A LOT OF THE PIECES OF HOW YOUR BODY WORKS.

>> Ted: A SPECIAL FOCUS ON HEART DISEASE, HYPERTENSION.

>> AND HYPERTENSION AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE, ISSUES WITH THE KIDNEYS AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.

>> Ted: IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS AND THE RESOURCES TO DO X, Y, AND Z, THAT INCLUDES TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND SEEING A DOCTOR AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, EVERYONE, MOST PEOPLE, HIERARCHY, THAT'S THE FOUNDATION.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE HOUSING, LIKE, THAT REALLY PANICS PEOPLE.

SO WHEN YOUR RENT KEEPS GOING UP AND YOUR FAMILY'S INCOME ISN'T KEEPING PACE WITH THAT, YOU START TAKING IT FROM THE REST OF WHAT YOU NEED.

THERE'S TRANSPORTATION, STUFF FOR YOUR KIDS, HEALTHIER FOODS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF AND IT KIND OF COMPOUNDS.

MONEY ISN'T JUST -- IT'S PART OF HEALTH, WHICH IS WHY THE STUDY FOUND THESE THINGS.

>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED FUN AND A MITIGATING FACTOR AND ANOTHER FACTOR IS RECEIVING MENTAL ASSISTANCE.

>> IT RELIEVES STRESS.

>> Ted: YES.

>> SO IF YOU'RE GETTING ASSISTANCE, YOU'RE CUTTING BACK AND NOW INSTEAD OF TAKING HALF OF MY INCOME, IT TAKES 25% OF ANY INCOME WHICH ALLOWS ME TO THEN GO OUT AND BE MORE ACTIVE.

I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT SECOND JOB AND I HAVE TO GO OUT AND EXERCISE.

I CAN BUY HEALTHIER FOODS FOR MY FAMILY AND PLAN MY MEALS BETTER BECAUSE I'M NOT GETTING HOME TOO LATE ON MY SECOND JOB.

>> Ted: IT SOUNDS LIKE COMMON SENSE AND WE'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE AND THE ZIP CODE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER AND LOOK DETERMINED AS A LIFE EXPECTANCY AND WHAT DO WE TAKE FROM THESE STUDIES AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOCIETY?

>> WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.

IT'S WORSE IN ARIZONA THAN IT IS IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, BUT THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS IS NOT JUST INCONVENIENCE.

IT'S CAUSING PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES TO BE WORSE.

SO THESE POLICY DECISIONS THAT THE -- THERE'S A COUPLE BILLS IN THE LEGISLATURE AND I THINK THIS WEEK, THAT ARE GOING TO CHALLENGE THE CITIES WITH SOME OF THE ZONING THINGS THAT THEY DO THAT LIMIT APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND MORE HOUSES.

WE NEED POLICY MEASURES IN PLACE TO MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE IF WE'LL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

THAT'S THE TAKE HOME FOR ME.

>> Ted: ARIZONA PUB HEALTH ASSOCIATION, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> Ted: THE GREATER PHOENIX JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL BEGINS THIS SUNDAY WITH SCREENINGS IN THREE THEATERS ACROSS THE FAMILY AND AN OPENING NIGHT FILM THAT FEATURES SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS AND JOINING US NOW IS THE CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FESTIVAL, TRISHA BERAND.

>> GREAT TO MEET YOU.

>> Ted: THREE THEATERS ACROSS THE VALLEY.

>> PEORIA, CHANDLER AND SCOTTSDALE.

>> Ted: WHAT IS THE MISSION OF THE FESTIVAL?

>> TO PRESENT THEATER TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

>> Ted: IT'S A TOUGH TIME IN THE WORD, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND HAS THAT CHANGED WITH THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL?

>> WE JUST FEEL BEING BACK IN-PERSON, WHICH THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR BEING FULLY BACK IN-PERSON, CREATING THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION, WE'RE ADDING A LOT OF SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT THE FILMS SO THAT THERE'S AN EDUCATIONAL ELEMENT ALSO.

WE THINK ALL THOSE THINGS ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE DAY.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS PICKING FILMS TO SHOW IN THE FESTIVAL, HOW DO YOU DECIDE?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

IT TAKES ALL YEAR.

WE PROBABLY REVIEW OVER 150 FILMS DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND ONLY 21 FEATURE FILMS IN THE END AND WE HAVE OVER 40 PEOPLE REVIEWING FILMS AND FINDING THE BEST OF THE BEST FOR OUR AUDIENCE.

>> Ted: A LOT OF DEBATE, TOO?

>> YES.

WE ALL GET AN EQUAL VOTE.

>> Ted: THIS IS TITLE ONE LIFE AND YOU'VE GOT ANTHONY HOPKINS IN THIS THING.

>> AND HELEN CARTER.

WE'RE SO EXCITED.

IT'S SOLD OUT ALREADY, BUT IT'S AN INCREDIBLE FILM AND IT SHOULD BE OPENING IN THEATERS IN THE LATER SPRING SOME TIME.

IF YOU CAN'T GET INTO SEE "ONE LIFE," THERE'S "IRENA'S VOW," WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLY WELL-NEEDED VOW ABOUT A RIGHTEOUS PERSON WHO HELPED TO SAVE INDIVIDUALS.

>> Ted: BUT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW, ONE LIFE, THAT'S AN AMAZING STORY, ISN'T IT?

>> OH, IT IS.

SIR HOPKINS IS PLAYING SIR WINTON AND HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE MAN.

>> Ted: ANOTHER WIN AND I'M A HUGE FAN OF GENE WILDER AND THIS IS CALLED "REMEMBERING GENE WILDER" AND LOOKS WONDERFUL!

>> WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE?

>> Ted: I THINK IT'S "YOUNG FRANKENSTINE."

>> AND "WONKA."

IT'S A WONDERFUL FILM AND DOES A GREAT JOB OF PROVIDING A RETROSPECTIVE OF HIS LIFE.

>> Ted: IT'S A DOCUMENTARY, CORRECT?

>> YES.

>> Ted: THEY DO WELL AT FILM FESTIVALS, RIGHT?

>> WE HAVE 30%, OUR DOCUMENTARIES.

>> Ted: ANOTHER DOCUMENTARY, BILL ABSA AND WHAT A FORCE.

THIS IS TITLED, "THIS WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE HOUSE" AND THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW YORKERS WITH A LOT OF MEMORIES AND WE'RE EXCITED.

IT'S GOTTEN A LOT OF TRACTION AND PEOPLE ARE EXCITED.

>> Ted: SHE WAS SUCH A PRESENCE ON THE POLITICAL AND JUST THE SCENE BACK THEN AND ALWAYS WEARING THAT HAT.

>> YES.

>> Ted: BIG VOICE, BIG PRESENCE, BIG HAT.

>> YES.

>> ONE MORE FILM AND THIS IS TITLED "LESS THAN KOSHER" AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND NOT A DOCUMENTARY.

>> NO, NO.

THE COWRITER, THE WOMAN WHO WROTE IT AND THE STAR OF THE SHOW IS COMING IN TO SPEAK WITH US.

SHE'S YOUNG, VIBRANT AND AN ACTRESS AS WELL AS A SINGER AND A FUN FILM.

ANOTHER REALLY FUN ONE WE HAVE IS CALLED "SEVEN BLESSINGS" AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE SITTING WITH THE FAMILY AROUND THE DINING TABLE.

IT'S RIGHT AFTER A WEDDING.

FOR SEVEN NIGHTS IN A ROW, THE WHOLE EXTENDED FAMILY GETS TOGETHER AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE AT THE TABLE WITH THEM AND YOU LAUGH A LOT.

>> Ted: IN TERMS OF FESTIVALS AND ATTENDANCE AND ENTHUSIASM AND ATTENTION, COMEDIES AND WE TALKED ABOUT DOCUMENTARIES, BUT WHAT WORKS BEST?

>> EVERYONE LOVES COMEDY AND YOU DON'T WANT SLAP STICK.

YOU WANT COMEDY AND THEN DRAMA, YOU WANT IT TO BE THE BEST DRAMA POSSIBLE, SO SHADOW OF THE DAY AT ALL THREE LOCATIONS.

IT'S AN INCREDIBLE DRAMA THAT TAKES PLACE IN ITALY DURING THE DAYS JUST WHEN MUSSOLINI COMES INTO OFFICE AND HIS RISE IN POWER AND THE IMPACT IT HAS IN THE SMALL TOWN IN ITALY.

SO DRAMA IS AMAZING!

>> Ted: THE BEGINNING OF FASCISM.

>> WE'RE FLYING THE COWRITER IN FROM ISRAEL AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK WITH US.

>> Ted: HOLY SMOKES!

>> WE HAVE AN AMAZING STORY OF SOME VERY GENEROUS PEOPLE WHO MADE A HUGE GIFT TOWARDS WATER PRESERVATION IN ISRAEL, BUT WE'VE GOT THAT DOCUMENTARY AND A WONDERFUL ONE ABOUT A FOSTER HOME RELATIONSHIP AND WE HAVE A FOSTER PARENT COMING TO TALK WITH US ABOUT IT.

SO A LOT AND A LOT OF DIVERSITY.

AND TRYING TO THINK -- >> Ted: YOU HAVE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE FILMS AND THAT'S WHAT FESTIVALS CAN DO, CORRECT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

BEING IN-PERSON IS SUCH A WONDERFUL ASSET BECAUSE IT'S FOR EVERYONE TO BE TALKING AND DEBATING THE FILM AFTER THEY HAVE SEEN IT.

SO YOU CAN'T DO THAT WHEN YOU WATCH FROM HOME, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED DURING COVID.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BACK.

12 DAYS, 21 FILMS AND THREE LOCATIONS.

>> Ted: QUICKLY HERE, GETTING BACK FROM COVID, WHAT A BIG DEAL THAT IS.

>> HUGE, HUGE.

WE ARE ENTIRELY VOLUNTEER RUN.

SO FOR ALL OF US PUTTING ALL THIS TIME AND EFFORT DURING COVID, WE'RE ALL THRILLED TO SEE EACH OTHER AND BE BACK TOGETHER.

>> Ted: WHERE DO YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S BEING SHOWN AND HOW TO HELP OUT IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER?

>> GPJFF.ORG.

>> Ted: GPJFF.ORG, SIMPLE ENOUGH.

GOOD LUCK WITH THE PROGRAM AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S QUITE THE LINEUP.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE INFORMATION.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> Ted: AND THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.