Chapter 54
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Eve went to the big barbeque on July 4th. Some had already celebrated, but it was good to celebrate the actual 4th. Eve saw Zoey Allen with colonel Sadler and the film crew. Zoey wasn't the director, but was studying to be one. Right now they were filming some of the people at the party, the director aid they would add a voice-over later. Zoey was interviewing some workers with her camera. Eve asked if Zoey wanted to interview her. Zoey decided to ask Eve a few questions with the camera. Zoey asked why Eve was here, she said she wanted to help. It was better than sitting around all summer in fear. Zoey then asked if Eve considered it her patriotic duty to do this. Eve said it was, she had awkwardly forgotten aout that aspect during the first question. When Zoey asked about Eve's head scarf Eve said she was a muslim, had converted almost a month ago. After this interview Eve realized she wasn't very good in front of the camera. It seemed unlikely they would use her interview for any newsreels. After this Eve talked to some of the film crew, including Zoey. Zoey seemed pretty cool, very down to Earth. Although Zoey had a silver ciggatette case she didn't seem like a snob. They talked about movies. Zoey believed movies had gotten somewhat darker lately, they would get darker still over the next few years. There was a re-make of "fail-safe" scheduled for next month. A movie with a doomsday scenario like this might help people adjust, mentally, to ELE. On the other hand outlaw movies would become more popular. Things like food ration cards and wage-freezing made people angry. They needed some escapism, there was also a re-make of "Thelma and Louise" scheduled for september. Little newsreels like this one were also neccessary to recruit more volunteers. Eve went to the barbeque and tried to adjust. This place wasn't so bad, just another story to tell her grandchildren in 50 years. It was at the barbeque that colonel Sadler made the big announcement.