Two years ago South Side Projections founder Michael W. Phillips Jr. (no relation) got curious about Macdonald when he screened a documentary on the Attica prison rebellion. Researching the subject, Phillips learned that Macdonald had made his own Attica cine-essay. "I was frustrated and intrigued about how little information was available on Nick's films," he says. So he looked him up in the NYC White Pages, got his address, and wrote him a letter asking, in his words: "Are you this guy? Can I see your films?"