Chapter 10

There was much applause as Marcus walked up the steps two at a time and greeted the crowd before shaking hands with Prado.

“Thank you all for this warm welcome,” he said as soon as he picked up the microphone. “And thank you, Michael, for your incredible compliments. As you may have noticed,” he continued, turning to face the audience without turning his back on the director, “a documentary like the one Michael has directed is a tremendously invasive beast. And I say that with the greatest respect and love,” he added as everyone burst out laughing.

“He’s trying to say I got in his way,” Michael joked.

“Or that I got in his way,” Marcus added, handling the crowd with undeniable skill. “But seriously, I owe a great debt to this man. He proposed the documentary to me even before the board of the Coalition for Contemporary Arts and Sciences chose my project for their museum. And while I can’t say I was prepared for my proces