Sara Faith Alterman is a regular feature writer for NewEnglandFilm.com, and is the associate director of distribution of BuyIndies.com, an independent film catalog. Since studying film theory at the University of Rochester and comedy writing with Second City, Sara has written sketch comedy for ImprovBostson and has had her work featured in publications, including The Independent, Carolina Woman magazine, and the Discovery Network s Great Chefs magazine. Sara lives in Boston, is working on her next novel, and hates writing about herself in the third person.