Corona Chronicles

We are talking about the elephant in the room! Coronavirus! Specifically the affect that quarantine has had on creative communities and who is shifting gears and creating from a social distance. This week we are joined by Eden Martinez, a Queer Puerto Rican-American filmmaker, creator and host of the podcast Corona Chronicles. Follow Pink Among Men @pinkamongmen and rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts 3 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support

About the Ladies of the Indoor Outfit Jenny Lester is a Los Angeles born and raised actress, writer, director, & producer, and co-founder of the film & theatre production company Shallow Graves. With SG, she produced, wrote, & starred in What She Said, an independent feature "traumedy," currently in post-production. Jenny has worked across the industry in a variety of roles including as the writer's assistant to Steven Sater (Broadway's Spring Awakening), Literary Manager for the acclaimed off-broadway theatre company, Bedlam, as a freelance production coordinator for various independent and commercial projects, and as a director for many theatrical productions, workshops, & new play readings. This fall, she will be adapting and directing a production for The Tribe Theatre Co in NYC. Favorite acting credits include; Daphna in Bad Jews (Best of the Bay & Theatre Tampa Bay Award Winner), Mary in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberely (American Stage), Happy (US/Canadian English language premiere), workshops of Hester Street (MTC w/ Jackie Hoffman), The Magiker (w/ Bryan Cranston), Alexis Scheer's You're Never Fully Dressed (Boston Playwrights' Theatre), and La Ronde (Bedlam). Film & TV: The Other Two (Comedy Central), Tahara (Slamdance feature premiere), Soon By You (Web Series), and the Shallow Graves produced Platonics, a single camera comedy pilot that she also wrote. Jorie is a Minneapolis-based actor, costume designer, stylist and bartender. Also unemployed. Last seen in the premiere restaging of Smokey Joe's Cafe, directed and choreographed by Joshua Bergasse. As a costumer, she recently closed St. Joan with The Orchard Theater collective, featuring an ensemble of 5 actors playing all 20+ roles. You can also see her wardrobe design in the upcoming feature, What She Said, or the short film, Potential, or look for the (formerly touring) four part bluegrass phenom, Barbaro and tell em they look cute. I might have picked out their outfits ;) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support

STACEY MALTIN Stacey wrote, produced, and starred in her first feature film “Landing Up” through her production company Bold Compass Films. It premiered at Dances With Films in Los Angeles and she picked up a Best Actress as well as Best Feature nomination. Her short film "Stronger Together" was recently acquired by Shoreline Entertainment after having it's world premiere at NewFest and her short film "Head" is streaming on REVRY. Her work has further screened at Cinequest Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Flicker's Rhode Island, ITVfest, and more. The script she penned, “The Other Side” was selected by the screenwriting website THE BLACK LIST as a Top 10 Finalist in the Hasty Pudding Fellowship for a screenwriter focusing on satire and social commentary. That script was further selected to be a part of the Black List Table Reads series and was produced as a podcast starring Darren Criss, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Jerry Adler. She is currently creating a new provocative series called LINKED (Cinequest 19') and is in the midst of filming "Triple Threat" her first feature as a director. She is also in development on the feature film version of HEAD (Outfest Screenwriting Lab finalist). She is the co-founder of production company Besties Make Movies with close collaborator Magarita Zhitnikova and WIWU Productions with her husband and partner Dani Tenenbaum. https://www.staceylmaltin.com/ MARGARITA ZHITNIKOVA I was born in Stalingrad, Russia and I'm fluent in my native language. My family came over to the states as Jewish refugees when I was six. We moved to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, of course, & I've been stomping the streets of NYC ever since. I love to take on roles that break societal norms, help expose new points of view, & make difficult subjects approachable. I started the company Besties Make Movies with my bestie. We've got a pilot along with several short films coming out of post production, two of which I wrote & star in. I'm currently in an ongoing class at The Studio Act under the instruction of Brad Calcaterra - who also plays a role in my film 2 WEEKS! I love the usual bad ass things like archery, walking a lot because I hate the subway, giving my dogs strange haircuts and pretending that I'm Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Currently, I'm filming the lead role of Maggie in the feature film TRIPLE THREAT, judging films for the Revolution Me Film Festival, & doing the festival circuit with my film JONES. http://marzyhart.com/ Have a story? Email coronachronicles.ny@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support

Jessica Wolfson is an award winning director/producer with over 15 years of experience in the documentary realm. Her work has broadcast on Discovery Channel, TLC, PBS, IFC and played film festivals such as Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, DocNYC, Full Frame and more. Jessica has created critically acclaimed media content for ESPN, PBS, MTV, Wall Street Journal, Conde Nast, Canon and many nonprofit organizations. At IFCtv Original Programming, Jessica developed and produced documentaries with renowned filmmakers including Kirby Dick, Steve James, John Landis, Rory Kennedy, Liz Garbus, and Jon Favreau. In 2012, Jessica directed and produced the critically acclaimed RADIO UNNAMEABLE, named "Top 10 Films of 2012" by the New York Daily News. Her film HOT GREASE premiered on the Discovery Channel in 2017. She has acted as a consultant for many documentary projects, as a mentor for the IFP and Tribeca Film Institute and teaches documentary production at New York Film Academy. http://lostfootagefilms.com/about/ Craig T. Williams is a writer/producer/editor at Red Wall Productions, a film production company he runs with his wife and partner, Rosalyn Coleman Williams. Craig has produced over 50 film projects including documentaries, narrative short films, and web series. He has empowered artists, assisting writers, actors and filmmakers develop their craft through classes, workshops, scholarships, internships, and professional opportunities. Providing them with the tools and confidence to create their own work and share their individual stories with the world. http://www.redwallproductions.com/ Richa is an award-winning NYC-based filmmaker. Films were not a big part of Richa's childhood growing up in India, but it wasn't until pursuing a statistics graduate degree in the U.S that she discovered independent and foreign cinema and fell in love with the medium. Her first short film, "TAAZA KHOON" (FRESH BLOOD), screened at Nashville Film Festival and won 7 awards across 27 film festivals eventually picking up distribution by Shorts TV India. Her latest short film THE SEAL won the 2019 Future of Film is Female grant and is currently enjoying a successful run on the festival circuit with screenings at Vail Film Festival, HollyShorts and Seattle South Asian Film Festival, among others. She directed the short poetry film INDIAN-AMERICAN sponsored by the 2019 Visible Poetry Project and has another directing project in the works. FERMENT, a one-act play she wrote & directed, was a semi-finalist in the 2017 New York New Works Theater Festival. Richa is currently developing a TV series about dream-based matchmaking. http://richarudola.com/ DAVID GAYNES | I believe that there is an essential truth to every story that exists independently of those who shape it. I try to hear the quiet voice, the heart of the work, to understand how it intends to be revealed. This is the guiding principle for my own artistic productions as well as my collaborations with others. My defining aesthetic is a commitment to elemental, reasoned storytelling and an earnest, non-judgmental point of view. As a director, cinematographer and editor I have embraced a variety of storytelling techniques throughout my career. Increasingly, I find myself drawn stylistically to a spareness that speaks clearly and without pretense. If ever there was a time to present meaningful content plainly, without judgement or undue analysis, it is now. http://dgfilmworks.com/ This episode was produced and edited by Ash Knowlton. Got a story? Let's connect! Email coronachronicles.ny@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support

Chris is a constant student of the world, enamored with achieving goals and conquering new skills. He has had a successful career as an educator and is the host of "The Dance Coach Podcast." Alongside Pushing Progress Director Calen Kurka, Chris helmed the Pushing Progress Contemporary Training Program. Their methods were inspired by the works of Eckhart Tolle, Brené Brown, Oprah, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Marianne Williamson. They have successfully trained dancers that have gone on to dance for some of NYC's top emerging artists and companies. Over his 20+ years of teaching, Chris has trained dancers at some of the East Coasts' top competitive studios. For the past ten years, he has called Westchester Dance Academy home. His dancers have gone on to train at top tier universities, and conservatories around the country be featured in Dance Magazine and participate in both So You Think You Can Dance, and World of Dance. Upon falling in love with the fitness phenomenon SoulCycle, he auditioned for a highly coveted spot in their training program and fulfilled a personal goal of becoming an instructor. In 2017 he had the honor of being adjunct faculty at Montclair State University, teaching their prestigious BFA program. Chris is a collection of all of his varied experiences, whether dancing back up at Madison Square Garden, working opposite Kim Catrall in the Emmy Award-Winning HBO series 'Sex and the City' or teaching at the ABT NYC Summer Intensive, he brings that knowledge into every session. With a deeply rooted belief that personal development and healthy striving are the keys to success, he inspires clients to take the reins of their education, life, or career into their own hands. This episode was produced by Ash Knowlton with sound editing by Nicole Maupin. Have a story? Email coronachronicles.ny@gmail.com if you're interested in being featured. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support

Elaine is an ER manager in one of New York's oldest hospitals. She has also served as a trauma nurse and paramedic and has worked in the medical field for over fifteen years. www.who.com www.cdc.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support

Simon Ulyses is either a moron or a genius, the verdict is still out on the matter. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, he is a stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and director who now takes up space in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. https://www.instagram.com/simonufunny/ https://www.simonubryant.com/ Sound Editing by Ash Knowlton & Nicole Maupin --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support

Grace Kim is a Korean-American filmmaker and writer who uses absurdist and surrealist premises in film as a vehicle for sowing empathy. Dropping audiences into the otherworldly circumstances of her characters, she seeks to reflect to viewers their own humanity. If one is able to resonate with the loneliness of say, a man desperate for love after hearing a woman's voice on the other side of a banana phone, could human empathy not transcend arbitrary boundaries of race, gender, class, and beyond? ​Currently, Grace is in development for an animated TV series about climate change, The Grand Tammy, which was a second rounder for the Sundance Episodic Lab. She is a Viacom Viewfinder Program fellow and recently shadowed director/executive producer Dime Davis on the Paramount TV series Boomerang, executive produced by Lena Waithe and Halle Berry. In addition to television, Grace is a Picture Farm Directing Program fellow for female commercial directors. Grace's award-winning short films have screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival, Tall Grass Film Festival, and Sidewalk Film Festival amongst others. Her debut short Loveseat was a finalist for the Horizon Award at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and the Loveseat script was a quarterfinalist for the Screen Craft Short Film Fund. The script for her latest project Fissura was a finalist for the Cascadia International Women's Film Festival Script Studio as well as one of the top 100 submissions for the Shift Creative Fund. Grace was also a part of Ghetto Film School's EMERGE8 semi-finalists for their inaugural emerging directors program. Her work has been supported by the NYC Women's Fund funded by the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and NYFA. Her upcoming projects include Heart Tick Kaboom, a short film commissioned by Atlanta Film Society for the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport which will screen on the 500 screens throughout the airport starting in April 2020 and a narrative dance film, Fissura, which is slated to shoot in September 2020 and is supported in part by the Brooklyn Arts Council. ​Grace currently splits her time between the brownstones of Brooklyn and the sunny shores of Los Angeles. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support

Ana lobo is a brand development manager for Altamar Brands and New York Bartender: My passion for hospitality stems from my cultural background and family. Growing up in the Midwest and the South as a first generation American from a Brazilian family, it was inherent that the best of times started with a conversation and sharing something good to eat and drink. Shortly after moving to New York to study international business and environmental conservation I became tied to hospitality and eventually started my first bar management position at the age of 21. Food and beverage ignited my curiosity to travel around the world, and so after 4 years in New York I spent the next 3 years traveling and working in Brazil, Australia, Southeast Asia and Europe. Returning to New York after my travels allowed me to see the city again with a new perspective. Working in some trailblazing and historical venues provided a closer relationship with products and ingredients, peaking my interest to move into brands. I am now proud to work with people and products that not only share my interest in quality and transparency but also mirror exciting times in the creative regeneration and environmentally conscious movements surrounding hospitality in New York. Instagram: @nalubo Corona Chronicles is hosted by Eden Martinez (@edenmart11). For more information on her work visit www.edenmartinez.com. If you're interested in being interviewed please e-mail coronachronicles.ny@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support

Ana lobo is a brand development manager for Altamar Brands and New York Bartender: My passion for hospitality stems from my cultural background and family. Growing up in the Midwest and the South as a first generation American from a Brazilian family, it was inherent that the best of times started with a conversation and sharing something good to eat and drink. Shortly after moving to New York to study international business and environmental conservation I became tied to hospitality and eventually started my first bar management position at the age of 21. Food and beverage ignited my curiosity to travel around the world, and so after 4 years in New York I spent the next 3 years traveling and working in Brazil, Australia, Southeast Asia and Europe. Returning to New York after my travels allowed me to see the city again with a new perspective. Working in some trailblazing and historical venues provided a closer relationship with products and ingredients, peaking my interest to move into brands. I am now proud to work with people and products that not only share my interest in quality and transparency but also mirror exciting times in the creative regeneration and environmentally conscious movements surrounding hospitality in New York. RESOURCES www.itsgoingdown.org https://www.usbg.org/home leveler.info (peer to peer wealth distribution) https://altamarbrands.com/ Instagram: @nalubo Corona Chronicles is hosted by Eden Martinez (@edenmart11). For more information on her work visit www.edenmartinez.com. If you're interested in being interviewed please e-mail coronachronicles.ny@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support

Rachel Morales is an entrepreneur born and raised in NY. She is married and has two amazing children. She works from home as an online ESL teacher to students in China. Rachel is also a blogger sharing her ketogenic lifestyle and recipes while encouraging others on their health and wellness journey. You can follow her on Instagram @Its_keto_sis and @TeacherRachelM FAVE RECIPE: https://www.instagram.com/p/ByRKbVagRld/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Featuring Royalty free music by Adventures by A Himatsu: https://soundcloud.com/therfmcompany/adventures-a-himitsu-soundcloud-no-copyright-music Corona Chronicles is hosted by New York based Filmmaker Eden Martinez (@edenmart11). For more information on her work visit www.edenmartinez.com. If you're interested in being interviewed please e-mail coronachronicles.ny@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support

The Corona Chronicles are collection of contemporary survival stories from the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic that isolated the Globe. Hear how ordinary people are choosing love over fear in the face of uncertainty. Here's a little bit of insight on what's to come. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support