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Reel Talk Arkansas, a podcast from the Arkansas Cinema Society, features filmmakers and creatives from around the state discussing craft, resources, events, and the state of the arts and film production in Arkansas.

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    • May 30, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 36m AVG DURATION
    • 66 EPISODES


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    EP 65: Gabe Mayhan on SOUTHERN FRIED LIES + More

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 37:42


    Southern Fried Lies previewSmall Isles music videoThe Grotto trailer Reel Talk Arkansas is a production of the Arkansas Cinema Society + Little Rock Public Radio. Theme music by Princeaus. Follow ACS on Instagram, Facebook or our website.

    EP 64: Shakey Grounds

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 20:44


    Synopsis:  An aspiring musician coping with the death of his best friend finds purpose when a disgraced record label executive unexpectedly visits his hometown.Shakey Grounds trailerIMDB page Reel Talk Arkansas is a production of the Arkansas Cinema Society + Little Rock Public Radio. Theme music by Princeaus. Follow ACS on Instagram, Facebook or our website.

    EP 63: MaryIlene Blondell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 45:13


    In this episode, long-time producer MaryIlene Blondell discusses her first time in the director's chair and her experience making the documentary RISE ABOVE: THE CARL JACKSON STORY.Reel Talk Arkansas is a production of the Arkansas Cinema Society + Little Rock Public Radio. Theme music by Princeaus. Follow ACS on Instagram, Facebook or our website.

    EP 62: Acting for Film + TV at ACS Night School

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 27:18


    Raeden Greer IMDBACS Night School Reel Talk Arkansas is a production of the Arkansas Cinema Society + Little Rock Public Radio. Theme music by Princeaus. Follow ACS on Instagram, Facebook or our website.

    EP 61: Show Pub Queen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 40:25


    "Show Pub Queen" trailerRen Tsukamoto IG: @i_am_just_ren / YT: @uzupictures9959Javion Lee IG: @roccstarjayy_Nikolett Kovács IG: @nikolett.photography / @nikikovax Reel Talk Arkansas is a production of the Arkansas Cinema Society + Little Rock Public Radio. Theme music by Princeaus. Follow ACS on Instagram, Facebook or our website.

    EP 60: Lisa Marie Evans - IN HER WORDS

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 42:30


    Instagram: @lisamariefilm Reel Talk Arkansas is a production of the Arkansas Cinema Society + Little Rock Public Radio. Theme music by Princeaus. Follow ACS on Instagram, Facebook or our website.

    EP 59: Larry Foley on CRIES FROM THE COTTON FIELD

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 31:17


    Watch CRIES FROM THE COTTON FIELD on TubiLarry Foley's websiteLarry Foley's filmography Reel Talk Arkansas is a production of the Arkansas Cinema Society + Little Rock Public Radio. Theme music by Princeaus. Follow ACS on Instagram, Facebook or our website.

    EP 58: Leaping Dog Films talks "The Tickle Monster" + "That One Little Thing"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 38:36


    Instagram: @leapingdogfilms

    EP 57: Daniel Hanna on SUCCUBUS

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 20:32


    SUCCUBUS IMDB page Succubus Film Instagram RJ Daniel Hanna's Instagram 

    EP 55: Jason Miller on GHOSTS OF THE VOID

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 27:23


    GHOSTS OF THE VOID TrailerTubi TVJason Miller on InstagramJason Miller on Blue Sky

    EP 54: Road Trip to Totality

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 23:46


    Road Trip to Totality landing pageBurnt Sugar Productions (Emily Railsback)TaraSheffer.com

    EP 53: RAEDEN GREER ON ACTING

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 19:35


    IMDB pageInstagram page

    EP 52: Big Piph + Kenneth Bell on DELTA TRUES

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 30:19


    Big Piph's YouTube ChannelBig Piph's InstagramWalton Family Foundation

    EP 51: The El Dorado Film Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 26:29


    EP 50: Brooks Tipton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 47:01


    BrooksTipton.comPapaw Land trailerMerry Good Enough TrailerBrooks Tipton Instagram: @boarhoof

    EP 49: Jennica Schwartzman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 45:43


    https://www.littlesisterent.com/IG / @jennicareneeIMDB.com

    Cassie Keet on Buffy, screenwriting & Scream Therapy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 27:33


    Cassie's websiteCassie's InstagramScream Therapy Instagram

    LazRael Lison on "Christmas Angel"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 15:31


    Christmas Angel trailerChristmas Angel InstagramLazRael Lison Instagram

    Producer Kristin Mann on WHAT HAPPENS LATER

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 0:31


    What Happens Later trailer Instagram:@whathappenslatermovie@wilde_woman_ 

    Spade Robinson talks LATE BLOOMERS

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 15:05


    Instagram: @latebloomersmovieEmail: teamlatebloomers@gmail.comAbout Spade RobinsonSpade Robinson is an award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter and actress with experience that spans feature film, documentary, television, commercial and stage. Spade is a master's alumnus of USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where she emphasized writing and directing, completing her MFA in Film and Television Production. Since then, she's been commissioned to direct and produce commercial content for clients ranging from Time Warner and Sundance Institute to Peculiar People and Finding Charlie. Her original works include award winning films such as Seen Also In Men, The Wedding and The Love Life of A Black Girl as well as a host of feature screenplays and television pilots. After a host of award-winning shorts, Spade is mounting her first feature, Late Bloomers.

    EP 44: The Fitzgerald Film Memorabilia Collection

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2023 38:46


    SOARK History WebsiteDocumentary on the Fitzgerald Collection

    EP 43: Will A.I. Destroy Filmmaking?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 52:20


    Intercut ProductionsBentonville StudiosLate Bloomers

    EP 42: Dustin Solomon + Mutiny FX

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 32:07


    Mutiny FX websiteDustin Solomon IMDB

    Blood, Guts + Makeup with Sahlah Tepes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 27:08


    Sahlah Tepes is an SFX artist, located in Northwest Arkansas.  A lifelong curiosity about how movie monsters are made and working in a haunted house in 2014 were the spark that ignited the flame.  A forever-student with the Stan Winston School of Character Arts, Sahlah has been making costumes and creatures for both individuals, as well as movies which include Voorhees: Night of the Beast, Voorhees: After the Beast, Rotten and Inthralled.  Sahlah has her personal company, Spellbinding FX and is half of another company with her partner, Paris Richardson, Cryptic Sisters FX, also based in NWA. Instagram: Spellbinding FXCryptic Sisters FXMovies:Voorhees, Night of the BeastVoorhees, After the BeastStan Winston School of Character Arts 

    Diana Michelle + Paul Summerlin on IT'S NO SECRET

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 24:22


    IT'S NO SECRET trailer 

    Tony Tost

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2023 78:31


    Tony TostAmericana

    Big Piph is Far From Finished

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 18:03


    BigPiph.comFFFSeries.comThe Glow on Arkansas PBS

    film hip hop producing web series far from finished big piph
    Nancy Pop

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 62:51


    Interview with Nancy Pop on Revryhttps://watch.revry.tv/details/39391Instagram / @pancynopTwo Bimbos

    Magic the Magician + Johnny Johns

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 15:22


    Instagram

    LazRael Lison talks "A Miracle Before Christmas"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 24:37


    TrailerIMDB.comLazRael on InstagramSummerhouse Pictures website

    Corbin Pitts

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 27:20


    WebsiteWatch "Salad Days"IMDB.com

    DeWayne Adcock

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 31:59


    DeWayne Adcock's websiteOther notes:  www.rhymezone.com

    2022 Arts Advocacy Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 13:02


    Arkansans for the ArtsArkansas State Capitol

    Clayton Henderson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 21:35


    Clayton Henderson InstagramNew York Film Academy in Florence

    2022 Fort Smith International Film Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 25:12


    FortSmithFilm.comInstagramFacebook

    Jordan Mears on his film "New West"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2022 35:21


    "New West" Trailer"New West" InstagramTickets for Aug. 25, 2022, Arkansas Filmmaker Spotlight Premiere

    "54 Years Late" with Dr. Michele + Terry Wright

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 21:39


    Tickets to the screening of "54 Years Late" on Aug. 20, 2022 at CALS Ron Robinson Theater Make a donation to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation"54 Years Late" website

    Zach Kennedy of Prisma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 28:36


    Website:  www.madebyprisma.org

    SQUEAKY CLEAN MYSTERIES

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 17:29


    Trash Panda EntertainmentSynopsisChristy Barritt - author

    The Society of the Hourglass

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 59:55


    --LINKS--SocietyoftheHourglass.comOpen SeaTwitterMedium

    Brooke Bierhaus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 22:26


    LINKS:www.vidbee.orgwww.bierhauscreative.comwww.theconnectedcup.comhttps://www.instagram.com/itsbrookebierhaus/BIO:Brooke Bierhaus is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, photographer, and visual storyteller. Creator of the feature length documentary, The Connected Cup, Brooke specializes in narrative driven storytelling with an immersive approach. The Connected Cup follows the global language of coffee and tea as a universal means of human connection, and how clean water plays a vital role in this fabric of the human experience. Filmed across 9 countries and in 9 languages to further the idea of a universal language. Brooke is a published National Geographic TopShot Photographer, and works on stories that bridge Anthropology and Journalism through effective visual storytelling.  From summiting Mount Kilimanjaro to reporting in a conflict zone on the outer border of Syria, Brooke handles stressful situations with care and purpose.Brooke was awarded a Women In Film & Television grant in 2019 to finish her short documentary "Women of the West Bank". She filmed and edited the short documentaries, "Regeneration of land and Culture", "Il Mundo in una Tazza", "The World in a Cup", "Boda Boda: Illegal Transportation of Bushmeat and Ivory in the Western Corridor of the Serengeti", and more. Her work has appeared in Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, NBC Sports, PBS, Vox Media, ABC Australia, NBC, FOX, and international film festivals. Brooke is a current board member of Women in Film Arkansas. Brooke is a recipient of Doc Society and Exposure Lab's Climate Story Lab - South 2021 social impact production cohort for her current documentary with Quapaw Nation: “Regeneration of Land and Culture”.Brooke is driven by creating work that makes people feel seen, heard, and valued. A graduate of the University of Iowa School of Journalism and currently finishing her Masters in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Arkansas. Brooke is certified in Hostile Environment First Aid through the Global Journalist Security 2019.

    Bentonville Film Festival 2022 Preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 31:52


    Bentonville Film Festival WebsiteMixtape TrilogyCat DaddiesCherokee Film Office MixerArt & Krimes by KrimesDeconstructing KarenCinema Talks with Sony: Where the Crawdad's Sing

    Ericck Jackson on color correction for film

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 30:59


    Summer 2022 Festival Season

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 30:51


    Delta Arts FestivalGreenwood Film Festival

    Ashlie Atkinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 82:04


    BIO:Ashlie Atkinson is an award-winning theatre, film, and television actress. A 2003 graduate of the Neightborhood Playhouse, in 2005 she received the Theatre World Award for Breakthrough Performance for originating the role of Helen in Neil Labute's "Fat Pig"(opposite Jeremy Piven) - which also garnered her Outer Critics' Circle and Lucille Lortel nominations. She has graced screens both big and small in Denis Leary's critically-acclaimed Rescue Me, 3lbs, Spike Lee's Inside Man, Another Gay Movie, Sex and The City Movie, Margot at The Wedding, Law & Order, Law &Order: Criminal Intent, Puccini for Beginners, and Filthy Gorgeous. MTV fans may recognize Ashlie as her hip-hop alter ego, "Chunky Pam", a plus-size rap diva - and YouTube viral phenomenon. After appearing opposite Debra Jo Rupp in SecondStage's "Butcher of Baraboo", she returned to Broadway in 2007 to play Vivian Proclo in Terrence McNally's The Ritz (starring Rosie Perez). Ashlie is a proud member of both the Bridge Theatre Commpany and Gotham Girls Roller Derby (where she skates under the name Margaret Thrasher, Prime Minister of Your Demise). Ashlie toured the world in Sam Mendes' The Bridge Project and continues to work in film opposite actors such as Jessica Alba, Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Ricky Gervais and Julia Roberts.SOCIAL MEDIA:TW: @ashlieatkinsonIG: @ashlie_atkinson

    Amos Cochran

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 55:13


    AmosCochran.comSpotifyApple MusicFacebookInstagramTwitter

    Rogers Short Film Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 10:40


    LazRael Lison

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 37:02


    SummerHousePictures.comIG / @lazrael_lisonBIO:Having produced and directed five successful feature film projects, a 15-episode comedy series, documentaries, commercials, music videos and a host of other film-related media, LazRael Lison leads the paramount team of imaginative and business savvy film professionals that make up Summer House Pictures.A Little Rock native, LazRael began writing and directing plays and short films in junior high school, demonstrating an early aptitude for success in the genre that has formed the foundation for his life-long career in film. After attending the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, he eventually relocated to Los Angeles where he has built his independent media support company in the heart of the entertainment industry.  He came out of the gate running, starting his company at age 21 where he began financing, writing and directing a wide range of film-based projects that gained creative notoriety.Since founding Summer House Pictures, LazRael and partner Tatiana Chekhova-Lison have expanded the reach of the company to include production of major motion picture projects, promotional media, brand enhancement and value-based marketing both globally and domestically. His passions for creating, writing, directing and managing exceptional film projects have established him as an emerging creative leader in the independent film industry.

    Jeff Nichols talks TAKE SHELTER

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 68:15


    Watch the trailer for Take ShelterFilm School Rejects interview with Jeff NicholsEMPIRE Magazine interview with Michael Shannon about Take ShelterJessica Chastain talks Take Shelter

    2021: Year-in-Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 34:14


    Randy Wilburn:https://iamnorthwestarkansas.comLauren McCullough:IG - @itslaurenmccullough IG - @mcculloughexpressions Cade Bethea:IG - @wcadebetheaTT - @cadebethea

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