Van Wert actor Jonathan Perkins and Rockford writer, producer and director Len Archibald will host a private screening of Archibald's "Beating Traffic" today. The film is being entered into several U.S. film festivals.

Rockford resident and award-winning playwright Len Archibald, 31, keeps a notebook and pen under his pillow to capture his fleeting, hypnagogic thoughts and ideas. Those ideas led to his first full-length feature film, "Beating . . .