'Little Miss Dewie,' a duckumentary
In the mood for a duckumentary? Then Saturday night you can take in the film that Mira Tweti and J.P. Sarro made about Little Miss Dewie. That's her, above, striking a pose to show her good side.
Tweti is best known as a parrot expert, rescuer and owner of a rainbow lorikeet named ZaZu -- although it's debatable whether she owns her bird or her bird owns her. But she can't help rescuing other animals, particularly of the avian variety. "Little Miss Dewie" is the story of an abandoned duckling that waddled off the lagoon by her Playa del Rey apartment and into Tweti's life and home for a while. ("If I was this duck, where would I want to live?" Tweti muses at one point in the film.) The duck now lives contentedly in Highland Park on a half-acre with a companion duck and their people, Lani and Edward Colver. (He is the renowned photographer of the punk rock scene.)
The event is a fundraiser to pay license fees and other expenses including fees to enter film festivals. The place is the G2 Gallery in Venice. The time is 6:30 to 9 p.m. and the requested donation is $15 --but no one will be turned away. There will be a reception with music and vegan food. No word yet from Dewie's handlers on whether she will show.
-- Carla Hall
Photo credit: Mira Tweti
