“So, we’re making a documentary about crowdsourcing living organ donors. Or maybe I should say we’re making a movie about the seven people seeking donor matches. Or, I guess, maybe I should just say we’re documenting what happens over the next 30 days... Who knows what will happen?” - Documentary Director Benjamin Beal at The CrowdSource7 Kickoff Press Conference Benjamin Beal is having a bad day. Who gets the blame this time? Insulting entertainment reporters who only want to provoke him? His overbearing mentor who won’t leave him alone? His personal assistant who’d rather argue with him? Benjamin Beal doesn’t have time or patience for any of them, amid The CrowdSource7’s bright light, press junkets and amorous star-struck fans. As the biggest documentary of his career surges into production, another story challenges Benjamin, deflecting him onto an unexpected spiritual journey through a remote area of the Texas Hill Country. In his debut novel Dying Light, Donald Griswold unveils a man’s journey toward redemption through interwoven stories. Documentary filmmaker Benjamin Beal lives a life of observation and aesthetic distance. Surrounded by broken relationships and uneasy alliances, Benjamin’s single-minded drive for achievement strikes a nagging, disillusioned chord. With wry humor and touching dialogue, Griswold offers insight into a consummate artist’s warming to awareness.

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