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Happy Friday folks! I'm back after a brief rest from the 2018 DC Black Film Festival. (Which was dope) This week on the show, I’ve got the director of “Are You Glad I’m Here” Noor Gharzeddine on the show to talk about the film with an unlikely pairing. Ramaa Mosley, writer/director/producer of “Tatterdamelion”, drops in to talk about her mystery/thriller! If you know any beauty influencers, you’re going to want to listen to my chat with director Tiffany Bartok of “Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story” which highlights the life of the man who was giving beauty tips before Instaglam was a thing! Finally, I talk with producer/director Juliet Lammers about her film “Studios, Lofts, and Jam Spaces” which portrays said locations and what they mean to Montreal based artists. Plus, your Picture Lock Question of The Week from a couple weeks ago is read on the show. Find out more about Noor here: https://noorgharzeddine.com/ Check out Tatterdemalion here: http://tatterdemalionfilm.com/ Get Larger Than Life here: http://www.kevynaucoinfilm.com/ Follow Studios, Lofts, and Jam Spaces here: https://www.facebook.com/studiosmtl/ Picture Lock Links: Take my PR For The Indie Filmmaker online course here: https://indiefilmpr.thinkific.com/ Get a partner as passionate as you in your film or film event's publicity: www.picturelockpr.com Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kevin-sampsons-picture-lock/id639359584?mt=2 Be sure to visit www.picturelockshow.com for everything Picture Lock! Please give us a review on whatever platform you listen to this podcast on. Thanks so much for your continued support. Drop a line a picturelockshow@gmail.com to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/picturelockshow SNAPCHAT: https://www.snapchat.com/add/picturelockshow YouTube CHANNEL: http://www.youtube.com/picturelockshow TWITTER: https://twitter.com/picturelockshow INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/picturelockshow PINTEREST: http://pinterest.com/picturelockshow
My podcast coverage of Louisiana International Film Festival 2018 continues with director Maya Washington. She's the filmmaker behind Through the Banks of the Red Cedar and the daughter of Gene Washington, the wide receiver who played for Michigan State and then the Minnesota Vikings and the Denver Broncos. Gene's storied football career led to an induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, two Pro Bowl appearances and one Super Bowl game. He was also one of 23 African Americans who were brought onto the Michigan State team in 1963 by Coach Duffy Daugherty. That was an unprecedented move in college football that helped to turn fully integrated football teams into the norm. Some of the things that Maya and I discuss in our interview include The way segregation affected college football and the transition past that How her relationship with her dad became the emotional hook of her documentary What making the documentary taught her about football and how it brought her closer to her dad What it takes to include footage from NCAA College Football and NFL events in a documentary How one considerate gesture from a competitor changed the life of Gene Washington, his family, and countless others. My podcast interview for #LIFF2018 continues with filmmaker Maya Washington: [spp-player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/nsavides/Tiffany-Bartok-director-of-larger-than-life-Kevyn-Aucoin-story-podcast-interview.mp3"] Maya will be attending LIFF 2018, so if you plan to attend then you can continue the conversation there. Through the Banks of the Red Cedar will be playing at #LIFF2018 on Friday, April 20 at 6:45 PM and on Saturday, April 21 at 11:45 AM, and Maya will be participating in the filmmaker meet and greet on that Saturday, from 3:30 - 3:45 PM. Tickets are available through LIFF's website. Want to hear another interview about filming football? Then you might appreciate this podcast interview with Patrick Moreau, a co-founder of Stillmotion, a production company in Portland that has shot a couple of project for the NFL and has won an Emmy for a documentary they did about the Army-Navy college football game, Game of Honor # Sponsor for this Episode nsavides productions – I make videos and tell stories. My new video portfolio is here! # My short film Mixed Signals premieres at LIFF 2018 on April 21. # Say hello: podcast@nsavides.com # Related Things LIFF 2018 Maya Washingon on IMDb Through the Banks of the Red Cedar Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Shortcut for the podcast: nicksav.show Additional music for the show provided by Rob Costlow. # Films Mentioned It’s a Wonderful Life Police Academy films Through the Banks of the Red Cedar If You Liked the Show Sign up for The nsavides Newsletter. Subscribe or leave an honest review: Apple Podcasts Spotify Say hello on Twitter: @nsavidesPRO Thank you for visiting!
My #LIFF2018 coverage continues with makeup artist and documentary filmmaker Tiffany Bartok. She's the director behind Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story. Prior to seeing the documentary and doing the interview, I wasn't aware of Kevyn, but then the few makeup artists I'm aware of tend to be special-effects luminaries like Jack Pierce (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein) or Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London, Hellboy). It turns out that Kevyn was quite the makeup trailblazer and one of the early makeup artists who was on a first-name basis with a number of celebrities. He would eventually become a celebrity in his own right during an era when just a handful of people were making a living as professional makeup artists. Some of the big names Kevyn worked with include Cindy Crawford, Janet Jackson, Liza Minnelli, Naomi Campbell, and Winona Ryder. As Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story reveals, sometimes those high-profile collaborations would cause ripples throughout the fashion industry that would reverberate for years. Tiffany's documentary doesn't just highlight Kevyn's achievements and put them in historical perspective though. It also reveals some of the struggles Kevyn faced as an adopted child who would come to feel twice rejected by his biological mother, once because she put him up for adoption and then later in life when he reunited with her and discovered that she had reservations about his sexual identity. Some of the things that Tiffany and I discuss in our interview include What she learned about filmmaking as a makeup artist How to deal with celebrities ready to throw a tantrum Some of the ways that Kevyn changed the dynamic between celebrities and their makeup artists How she was able to get a number of high-profile people to participate in the documentary and share honest perspectives about Kevyn The way that Kevyn redefined how we think about and perceive beauty Below, my podcast coverage of #LIFF2018 continues with director Tiffany Bartok: [spp-player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/nsavides/director-Vincent-Grashaw-and-then-I-go-filmmaking-podcast.mp3"] Tiffany will be attending LIFF 2018, so if you plan to attend then you can continue the conversation there. Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story will be playing at #LIFF2018 on Saturday, April 21 at 5:00 PM, and Tiffany will be participating in a filmmaking discussion earlier in the day, from 3:30 - 3:45 PM. Tickets are available through LIFF's website. Makeup artists are often paired with hair stylists on films, so if you enjoyed this episode, you might also appreciate hearing from film stylist Dana Boisseau, who has worked on projects including Ray, Django Unchained, and The Butler. As it happens, I also met Dana through LIFF, and my podcast started as a result. Sponsor for this Episode nsavides productions – I make videos and tell stories. My new video portfolio is here! # My short film Mixed Signals premieres at LIFF 2018 on April 21. # Say hello: podcast@nsavides.com # Related Things LIFF 2018 Tiffany Bartok On IMDb, Instagram, Twitter Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story Shortcut for the podcast: nicksav.show Additional music for the show provided by Rob Costlow. # If You Liked the Show Sign up for The nsavides Newsletter. Subscribe or leave an honest review: Apple Podcasts Spotify Say hello on Twitter: @nsavidesPRO Thank you for visiting!