Arlingtonian Debuts Second Act as Filmmaker
After decades in TV news, Mike Kravinsky will premiere 'The Nextnik' this weekend at the Alexandria Film Festival.
After decades working in television news, Arlingtonian Mike Kravinsky wanted to tell a more personal story through shooting his own film. "I realized that a feature dramedy about reinvention is something that would make a great fictional story," Kravinsky said. The semi-autobiographical movie “The Nextnik” was filmed earlier this year in various restaurants in the Clarendon area, including The Silver Diner, Eventide and Boccato. “The Clarendon area was wonderful, they helped me out so much,” Kravinsky said. “The Silver Diner people were fantastic. They closed a whole section of the restaurant for us and one of their servers was an extra.” The movie was initially a six-part web series Kravinsky released in January. “I realized that there …
