By BetteAndTinaForever

I know I’m not the only one who miss The L Word, especially now when the show is over. I still get Google alerts, informing me when The L Word or any of the cast members’ names are mentioned on the Internet. Sometimes even the tiniest bit of information is enough to keep fans talking about it for days on the threads of many TLW-related boards.

My favorite bits of information are Angela Robinson’s twitters about eating Fig Newtons or having lunch with Laurel Holloman in Malibu. Laurel sort of disappeared from everyone’s radar after she attended the Farewell party in Los Angeles early in March and her fans are eager to learn anything even remotely new about her life and career.

We know that Angela Robinson, who was a writer and a director on The L Word, is working on a few movies and shows. I hope that her meetings with Laurel are not just about two friends hanging out together but maybe about two people discussing a possibility of working together.

Jennifer Beals had been more visible in the public eye after the show ended. She attended the GLAAD Awards in Los Angeles and TimeTalks in New York (you can find my reports about both events posted in the news section). The latest that we’ve heard about Jennifer was her participation in the fundraiser for the DOXA Documentary Film Festival in Vancouver.

This is another good reason that I like to check out my Google alerts because I always learn something new. I’ve never heard about the DOXA Festival before and it turned out to be a very extraordinary venture. Here’s some information about the Festival that you might find interesting, as well.

DOXA in Greek means “opinion”. This name for the Festival was chosen to “acknowledge that public opinion is an important component of community and to encourage dialogue on issues occurring locally and globally.”

The DOXA Festival is run by the Documentary Media Society that was established in response to the rapidly increasing public interest in documentary and independent films. This annual Festival offers public screenings, workshops, panel discussions and forums, and master classes. DOXA mission statement outlines its cultural values that include diversity of culture, age, class and sexuality.

The first DOXA Festival was held in 2000 and has now grown from a 6-day festival to a 10-day festival and in May of 2009, record numbers viewed over 70 remarkable documentaries from Canada and around the world.

The most important thing about the Festival is that it celebrates documentary as an art form and keeps the audience invigorated, informed, entertained and challenged by the festival programming.

Like the United States and other countries around the world, Canada has also been affected by the economic crisis and the art sector has seen a decrease in funding and sponsorships. That’s why the DOXA organizers are running Exposed! DOXA’s Celebrity Camera Auction.

Several celebrities, mostly Canadians, have offered to raise money for the Festival by using disposable cameras to shoot whatever their hearts desired. The cameras were then put on e-bay for the highest bidder to “own a unique set of undeveloped snapshots, exposing the remarkable lives and extraordinary visions of some of today’s most celebrated public figures.”

Jennifer Beals was one of those celebrity figures that participated in the auction and not surprisingly, her camera attracted the most attention. Jennifer took those photos on the set of her latest movie, the Book of Eli.

Each celebrity provided a note with their cameras and here’s what Jennifer’s note said: “Helloooooooo!!! These photos were taken between March 9 and March 12 in New Mexico while I was working on a film called The Book of Eli. The film stars Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Tom Waits. Enjoy. Best, Jennifer. P.S. If you could find it in your heart to make duplicates for me I would appreciate it. ?”

Out of curiosity, I was watching the bidding war that was going on, especially in the last few minutes and my jaw dropped when I saw the last bid going up to $17,100! I hope the photos will turn out good.

If any publisher out there needs any proof that Jennifer’s unique photos from the set of The L Word are worth publishing, they should really take a good look at the final bid for the un-seen photos of unknown quality, taken by the single-use camera. If some un-seen images generates so much interest and money, I can only imagine what a book of well-known photographs would bring.

I really hope that someone in the publishing world will take a notice of this auction and soon we will see Jennifer Beals’ photography book being published. If you remember my GLAAD interview with her, Jennifer is really interested in publishing her book and going on a book tour so she can raise money for her beloved charities.

By the way, bidding on the first batch of cameras, including such celebrities as Martin Sheen, Michael Hogan (who played Dana’s father on The L Word) and Tegan Quin (whose music was featured on The L Word), ended on Monday, June 1. More cameras are being added daily and are open for bidding for 10 days, so if any of you are interested in other disposable cameras, check it out here.