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Albany, NY – Conventional wisdom often discourages women from working with or for their husbands...after all, when lines blur between home and work, there's twice the opportunity for conflict, right? But Maggie Renzi and husband John Sayles have always worked together. She says their shared passion for film is a big part of their relationship.
Starting with their indie hit The Return of the Secaucus Seven in 1980, which inspired the film The Big Chill, Renzi and Sayles have worked together on almost all of their projects. Over the years, their roles have evolved. These days, Sayles' credit usually reads: Writer, Director and Editore. Renzi's usually reads: Executive Producer. Their latest work is called Honeydripper. It's set in Alabama, exploring the evolution of Rock N' Roll in blues clubs. Danny Glover stars in the film.
Since Renzi and Sayles are distributing Honeydripper themselves, they're travelling with it to opening events across the country. Julia sat down with Renzi when she stopped off in Albany to promote the film.
Silda Wall met her husband-to-be, Eliot Spitzer, when they were both students at Harvard Law School. While Silda Wall Spitzer elected to go into private practice at high-powered firms in Manhattan, her husband chose public service-oriented jobs. He worked his way up from the New York City District Attorney's office to New York State attorney general, and was elected as the state's governor last year.
Wall Spitzer was happy in her own career, brokering mergers and acquisitions. But when her husband became attorney general, she downscaled her work commitments to raise their three daughters and help her husband campaign. Wall Spitzer has expressed some regret in press interviews about giving up her job as an attorney. But when we spoke about her work with her husband as First Lady, she says that offers its own rewards.