Podcasts about Tribeca Film Institute

Welcome to Media in the Mix, the only podcast produced and hosted by the School of Communication at American University. Join us as we create a safe space to explore topics and communication at the intersection of social justice, tech, innovation & pop culture. This week on Media in the Mix, we're joined by none other than, Jamie Sisley! Jamie Sisley is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who recently wrote and directed "Stay Awake," a narrative feature film that premiered at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival, where it won the AG Kino Gilde Auteur Award and was Honorable Mention for the Crystal Bear. Starring Chrissy Metz ("This Is Us"), Wyatt Oleff (“IT," Netflix's “I Am Not Okay With This," Apple's “City on Fire”), and Fin Argus (Max's “Queer As Folk,” “The Other Two”), "Stay Awake" is a personal exploration of the roller coaster ride that families go on while trying to help their loved ones battle addiction. The feature is based off a short film of the same name that Jamie also wrote and directed. The short film premiered at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, won both the National Board of Review Film Prize and Slamdance Grand Jury Prize, and played over 120 film festivals around the world.In addition, Jamie received an Emmy Nomination for his feature documentary, "Farewell Ferris Wheel." Shot over the course of six years, "Farewell Ferris Wheel" explores how the U.S. Carnival industry fights to keep itself alive by legally employing Mexican migrant workers with the controversial H-2B guestworker visa. The film won the Creative Promise Award from the Tribeca Film Institute, received an Imagen Award Nomination for the positive portrayal of Latinos in entertainment, and was nationally broadcast on PBS and Netflix.Jamie's work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, SFFILM, Tribeca Film Institute, Film Independent, ITVS, and The Smithsonian Institute. Prior to film, Jamie was an artist manager in the music industry at Red Light Management.Learn more about SOC in the links below. Graduate Admissions:http://www.american.edu/soc/admissions/index.cfmUndergraduate Admission:https://www.american.edu/admissions/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ausoc/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/au_socFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ausoc/?hl=en

In this episode, Ingrid Kopp, co-founder of Electric South, returns to the show to explore the dynamic evolution of immersive storytelling. With a particular focus on Africa, Ingrid reveals the shifting landscape of virtual reality (VR) and immersive narratives, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities within the XR space. In a discussion that shines a light on Electric South's pioneering work in bringing African stories into the space, Ingrid also examines the influence of AI on storytelling and the importance of process in artistic creation. The conversation also touches on defining immersive storytelling and its future trajectory, the role of artists in shaping forthcoming narratives, monetisation strategies for XR projects (still!), trends in VR and AR, and avenues for aspiring filmmakers in Africa. IN a conversation that was presnted as part of Future of Film Africa 2024, the dialogue highlights the necessity for innovation and investment in Africa's creative industries while addressing the challenges artists face in accessing technology and funding. More about Ingrid Kopp Ingrid Kopp is a co-founder and co-director of Electric South in South Africa, a non-profit organisation working with interdisciplinary artists across Africa to develop, produce and distribute immersive work. She also co-founded Immerse, a monthly publication on emerging nonfiction storytelling which ran from 2016 until 2023 in partnership with MIT Open Doc Lab and Dot Connector Studio. She is currently co-chair of the World Economic Forum Global Council on the Future of Metaverse. Previously, Ingrid curated the Tribeca Storyscapes programme for interactive and immersive work at the Tribeca Film Festival and was director of the Interactive Department at the Tribeca Film Institute in NYC. She started her career at Channel 4 Television in the UK.

BRYCE NORBITZ is currently the Director of Artist Programs at Tribeca Studios, where they oversee filmmaker development programming. Prior to this, they served as the Director of the Stowe Launch Program at Stowe Story Labs. Bryce also has extensive experience at the Tribeca Film Institute, where they held various roles including Director of Scripted Programs, Manager of Artist Programs, and Coordinator of Artist Programs. Bryce supported both scripted and documentary programming, executed events, reviewed submissions, and provided creative feedback and mentorship to filmmakers. In this episode, we discuss: Kickstart with Canva: A Creative Program in collaboration with Tribeca Session #1 (June 10th, 4pm at Tribeca Festival, max 90 creators - ⁠Register Here⁠) - Creating a Dynamic Pitch Deck with Canva Session #2 (July, remotely, max 300 creators) - DETAILS COMING SOON Session #3 (August, remotely, max 300 creators) - DETAILS COMING SOON THROUGH HER LENS THL Submissions email:  THLSubmissions@tribecafilm.com AT&T Untold Stories Pitch Attendee program The 2023 winner's premiere Guest: LinkedIn Host: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MentorsontheMic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MichelleSimoneMiller⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MentorsontheMic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MichelleSimoneM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook page:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.michellesimonemiller.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.mentorsonthemic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michelle-miller4/support

On Season 5, Episode 8 of The Art Career Podcast, Emily sits down with gallerist, Dominique Clayton. In this episode Dominique shares what it is to be a black woman in the art world. Dominique Clayton is an arts consultant, writer, gallerist born and raised in Los Angeles. Clayton is the founder and director of Dominique Gallery, a store front turned pop-up exhibition and online program which showcases and advises emerging artists with a focus on marginalized artists and artists raising families. In addition to the gallery, Dominique also serves on the curatorial and programming committee of Destination Crenshaw, a forthcoming outdoor art museum and arts program based in the historic Crenshaw community of Los Angeles. Dominique previously worked as Manager of the Founding Director's office at The Broad and later as an interim director at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery. In her arts management role, she has provided logistical, curatorial, and production management for exhibitions and productions for arts organizations and media companies including The Broad, ARRAY, WACO Theater Center and Wearable Art Gala, Venice Family Clinic Art Walk and Auction, Fashion Mamas, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dance Africa Festival, Black Entertainment Television, Lee Daniels Entertainment, and the Tribeca Film Institute. Clayton was also a 2019-2020 participant in the Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation Art Writer Workshop under the mentorship of the late Maurice Berger. Her arts writing has been featured on several platforms and publications including Cultured Magazine, LALA Magazine, Artsy, Sugarcane Magazine, Blavity, 21Ninety, and her own forthcoming Black Arts Diary. Clayton holds a masters degree in Business Design and Arts Leadership from Savannah College of Art and Design as well as an undergraduate degree from Columbia University. @lookatdominique @dominique.gallery https://www.dominiquegallery.com/ Black owned galleries to support: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-black-owned-galleries-support-united-states

Brian Newman is one of the more trenchant observers on the documentary scene. He's worn many hats in the industry: as an indie film producer, as the CEO of the Tribeca Film Institute, as a programmer for the Atlanta Film Festival, and much more. He currently leads a consultancy called Sub-Genre, doing content, strategy, development, distribution and marketing, for which he writes the Sub-Genre newsletter that a lot of media folks read. He has, as you'll hear in this conversation, some hope for the independent documentary world, even in the face of recent media consolidation, as we talk about how an ecosystem friendly to independent documentary once sprung up, and also how it might be sustained in the world of commercial media. More about Brian here.Note: In this episode, we mention that one of my favorite films of 2022, Reid Davenport's “I Didn't See You There,” is not streaming. Reid says he hopes to have it available on iTunes and Amazon on 1/10/24. Highly recommended!Films mentioned:Shored Up (2013), Ben KalinaI Didn't See You There (2022), Reid DavenportOther mentions:Atlanta Film FestivalTribeca Film InstituteTed SarandosCara MertesFrontlinePOVIndependent LensCamden International Film FestivalThe D-WordInternational Documentary Association (IDA)Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF)Sundance Film FeFollow us on Instagram! @ThousandRoadsPodSpecial thanks for helping make this series happen: Sara Archambault, Florence Barrau-Adams, Jon Berman, Ben Cuomo (music), Jax Deluca, Pallavi Deshpande, Nancy Gibbs, Kathleen Hughes, Caroline Kracunas, Laura Manley, Alexis Pancrazi, Liz Schwartz, Jeff Seelbach, Lindsay Underwood (logo/graphics)This episode was supported by a fellowship at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.

Where do film festivals stand in a transformed and often fragmented film landscape? What is the underlying value that they can provide and how can we measure and capture that value? In a film ecosystem that often feels siloed, how can festivals become more robust and connected to other parts of the value chain, particularly with distribution? Is there an argument for festivals to work across the year to deliver that value and are there innovative business models or funding venues that can help sustain this activity? These are some of the topics that our expert panel discussed in this discussion as part of the Screenovators Reimagining the Ecosystem series. Screenovators is the free online community dedicated to innovation in the screen industries. Discover more and sign up today here: https://screenovators.com/ Speakers: Marcin Pieńkowski Director New Horizons Film Festival. Festival director (since 2021) and former artistic director (2016-2021) of the New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland. Head of distribution of New Horizons Association. Co-founder of New Horizons VOD platform devoted to arthouse cinema. He is a lecturer, film historian, editor and co-author of several books about films. Member of European Film Academy. Sarah Mosses Sarah is the Founder & CEO of Together Films, a marketing, distribution, and technology company serving the international film community from our offices in London & NYC. She has acted as the Head of Marketing for leading Film Festivals including Sheffield DocFest (Sheffield, UK), DOC NYC (NYC, US), Human Rights Watch Film Festival (London, UK & NYC, US), and the Athena Film Festival (NYC, US). She is passionate about serving filmmakers to increase their social impact, reach, and revenue for multi-award-winning titles like For Sama, Unrest, The Tale & Roll Red Roll. She also helps a variety of industry and brand clients to optimize their business performance through technology and operational support, such as Sony & Patagonia. Sarah recently graduated from the prestigious Inside Pictures film leadership course and was selected for the Mayor of London's International Growth Programme (including trade visits to NYC & LA). Together Films are expanding into international sales in Brian Newman Brian Newman, founder of Sub-Genre, consults on content strategy, distribution and marketing for some of the top brands in the world. Current and former clients include: The Climate Pledge (Amazon), GoDaddy John Deere, Oatly, Patagonia, Publicis Sapient, Purina, REI, Stripe, Sundance, Tazo, Unilever, and Yeti Coolers. Brian has served as CEO of the Tribeca Film Institute, produces independent films, and writes a popular weekly newsletter on film.

In this episode, I talk to José F. Rodriguez, programmer at the Tribeca Festival. José unveils the process and challenges of programming for one of America's most prestigious film festivals, his background leading documentary funding at the Tribeca Film Institute, and his own work as a filmmaker.Tribeca: www.tribecafilm.comJosé on Twitter: www.twitter.com/thejoferJosé on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thejoferThank you for listening. Please subscribe to keep up to date with new episodes. If you enjoy this podcast, please leave a review.“On Documentary” podcast page: www.adamjamessmithfilm.com/on-documentaryAdam James Smith's Instagram: www.instagram.com/ajsfilmContact: ajsfilm@alumni.stanford.edu

Artist, filmmaker, and Assistant Professor for the School of Contemporary Arts, Nadia Shihab, sits down with Am Johal to explore her path as a filmmaker. Nadia begins by sharing her university days as an Iraqi student at the University of Texas, feeling a personal sense of loss from the war, and burnout from her student activism within a conservative state. She speaks of this as the inspiration for her first film, I Come from Iraq. Nadia also explores the inspirations and meanings of her other films, such as Amal's Garden and Jaddoland. She and Am also explore her urban planning background, and Nadia shares some advice for aspiring student filmmakers. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/205-nadia-shihab.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/205-nadia-shihab.html Resources: Nadia's website: https://www.nadiashihab.com/ I Come from Iraq: https://vimeo.com/59374843 Amal's Garden: https://www.nadiashihab.com/amalsgarden-archived Jaddoland: https://www.nadiashihab.com/jaddoland Echolocation: https://www.nadiashihab.com/echolocation 57 Manchester: https://www.nadiashihab.com/57manchester Bio: Nadia Shihab is an artist and filmmaker whose work explores the personal, the relational, and the diasporic. Her studio practice includes film, collage and sound. She is the director of several short films and the feature-length film JADDOLAND, which was awarded five festival jury awards, including the Independent Spirit "Truer than Fiction" Award, and went on to broadcast for two seasons on US public television. Her work has shown in exhibitions and festivals internationally, including at the Centre Pompidou, Walker Art Center, Berkeley Art Museum, Dubai International Film Festival, DOXA, CAAMFest, and New Orleans Film Festival. She is the recipient of fellowships and support from the Sundance Institute, Center for Asian American Media, Firelight Media, and Tribeca Film Institute, and has been an artist-in-residency at the MacDowell Colony and Djerassi Residency. Her creative practice is bolstered by over a decade of experience as a community practitioner. She holds an MFA in Art Practice (UC Berkeley, 2021), as well as a Master in City & Regional Planning (UC Berkeley, 2009) – a degree which grounds her art practice within critical understandings of urban space and practical training in ethnography. Her community-based work includes Fulbright research in southeastern Turkey, and facilitating projects spanning affordable housing preservation, refugee youth mentorship, and community-guided philanthropy. She was raised in west Texas by immigrant parents from Iraq & Yemen. Cite this episode: Chicago Style Johal, Am. “Film and the Political — with Nadia Shihab.” Below the Radar, SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, March 14, 2023. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/205-nadia-shihab.html.

Join us as we chat with two Austin-based filmmakers about their success stories in financing short film projects. Jessica Wolfson is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. She began her career working as an executive at IFCtv Originals where she produced films by many renowned filmmakers including Kirby Dick, Steve James, John Landis, and Jon Favreau. Jessica has directed several films including HOT GREASE (Discovery Channel) and RADIO UNNAMEABLE (Kino Lorber). And produced many feature and short documentaries including LIFE & LIFE, SACRED, REVENGE OF THE MEKONS and A GIRL AND A GUN. She has created content for PBS, Discovery, History Channel, ESPN, CBS All Access, MTV, & Wall Street Journal. Her most recent projects include KINDERLAND and THE PAINT WIZZARD (New Yorker). Jessica was named “20 Under 40” by DOC NYC in 2010. She has acted as consultant for many documentary projects, a mentor for the Gotham and Tribeca Film Institute and teaches documentary production at New York Film Academy. Kelli Horan is an independent filmmaker and artist in Austin, TX. Since moving from Tucson, AZ, she has written, directed, and produced feature and short films that have been featured in festivals such as Boston SciFi Film Festival, SXSW, Other Worlds Film Festival, Arizona International Film Festival, and more. Active in the filmmaking community, Kelli was previously the Screenwriting Co-Director and Programmer at Other Worlds Film Festival (2020), a member of Women Communicators of Austin, and the current development Chair for Women in Film & Television Austin. Movie Review: Hellion Showrunner: Chantelle James Hosts & Producers: Ai Vuong, Chantelle James & Samantha Rae Lopez Editors: Shannon Stefan, Valerie Torres, and Karla Rivera Movie Reviews: Summer Heart Marketing: Karla Rivera & Tori Rose Follow us: @wift_austin https://www.wiftaustin.com podcast@wiftaustin.org

Brian Newman is Founder of Sub-Genre and one of the world's leading experts on brand-funded films. He consults on content strategy, distribution and marketing for some of the top brands in the world. Current and former clients include: The Climate Pledge (Amazon), GoDaddy, Oatly, Patagonia, REI, Stripe, Sundance, Tazo, and Yeti Coolers. As well as being film's leading 'brand whisperer', Brian is a bonafide feature film producer in his own right and has an impressive film track record across festivals and production - including as CEO of the Tribeca Film Institute. His free weekly newsletter on the industry is simply essential reading and is available at www.sub-genre.com. In this conversation Brian outlines the opportunities for filmmakers to tap into brand money, sharing the latest case studies and strategies for success in this still emerging area.

Today we have filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman to discuss her film Roll Red Roll about the rape of an underage Ohio girl, and the unbelievable events that transpired on social media afterward. Links from the show:* Roll Red Roll documentary* Roll Red Roll book* Connect with Nancy* Subscribe to the newsletter* Sins of our Mother episode* Anonymous Comes to TownAbout my guest:Nancy Schwartzman is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a member of the Directors Guild of America. Nominated for a Peabody Award, her debut documentary Roll Red Roll (Netflix/POV/BBC) exposed the notorious Steubenville, Ohio high school sexual assault case and uncovered the social-media fueled "boys will be boys" culture that let it happen. Roll Red Roll garnered 7 best documentary awards, premiered in 2018 at the Tribeca Film Festival and Hot Docs, and has screened at over 40 film festivals worldwide. The film opened theatrically with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. It was a Critic's Pick in The New York Times and reviewed in The New Yorker, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times amongst others. Her short films including One Shot One Kill, for Mother Jones (2020) and Anonymous Comes To Town (2019), co-produced with the Tribeca Film Institute and Gucci's Chime for Change, have garnered over 5 million views.She recently finished a Netflix Original documentary feature with the Center for Investigative Reporting and Motto Pictures slated for release in 2023. She is in pre-production on a 6-part original series for Freeform/Hulu with XTR. She is also in development for a series with NBC Universal and Peacock.She is the author of a recent non-fiction book Roll Red Roll: Rape, Power and Football in the American Heartland released in July 2022 with Hachette and received stellar reviews from the New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus and Library Journal. She is developing a scripted series from the storyworld of the documentary and book with Producers Darren Dean and Jed Mellick.For her human rights filmmaking and technology development to prevent sexual violence, she is the winner of awards from the Obama/Biden White House, the United Nations and the Avon Foundation.She is represented by UTA, a graduate of Columbia University and newly based in Los Angeles. Get full access to Dispatches from the War Room at dispatchesfromthewarroom.substack.com/subscribe

Let's talk branding! I'm so excited to soak up all the information, my guest Jayme Markus, is sharing. Why? Your girl's in need of a re-brand, a makeover so-to-speak. Have you ever thought about how a brand makes you feel? It's not just about the visuals, color pallets, and typography. A humanized brand knows their why and their impact. So the questions is... do you know yours? If not, don't worry, we got you. Jayme shares tips and tricks on how to really step into humanizing your brand + how to talk about tough topics. Connect: Instagram - @missjaymemarkus Instagram - @pageless.studio About Jayme: Jayme Markus is a digital and print designer, who is passionate about designing things that help people learn. Markus has designed for organizations such as the Tribeca Film Institute, Sesame Workshop, Rock the Vote, and UNC-Chapel Hill. Currently she is designing educational products at McGraw Hill for K-12 social studies students and educators. When she's not designing you can find her embroidering, hiking, or hanging out with her partner, Josh, and cat, Douglas. “Over and over again I have experienced how design humanizes knowledge to make a positive impact on the world. Our world could use more of this right now, and that's what my work is here to help with.”" Don't forget to subscribe + show some love in the reviews! Instagram @alexi.mckinley | Facebook @heyalexi | Questions, Comments, Feedback? Email me: alexi@upwestsocial.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unperfect/message

This week my guest is Gordon Skinner, Co-Founder and Executive Producer of [Re]-Frame Media, LLC. His films include: Save Out Seaport; Cornelia Street Café; The Kunas of San Blas; Sitting in the Fire; Strategic Omissions; Lost Innocents. Skinner is a UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program 2017 Associate, and has held fellowships among which include: Tribeca Film Institute, Independent Film Project and Lincoln Center Institute. Skinner was filmmaker-in-residence with the South Street Seaport Museum/The New York Harbor School where he designed and implemented a media literacy and documentary filmmaking curriculum. Commissioned work include: Skinner has produced projects for MTV, TV-Japan, NHK, ESPN and Sony Music's Automatic Films. Prior to co-founding [Re]-Frame Media in May 2015, Skinner worked as an International dispute mediator with several Non-Governmental Organizations including: Seeds of Peace; the Andreas Papandreou Foundation and the Youth Peace Initiative. Skinner was the Director of Educational Outreach for Columbia University's Middle East Institute where he designed diversity sensitivity curricula. Skinner has created alternative dispute resolution systems for: Law Enforcement Agencies; New York University; Teachers College and the New York City Dept. of Education. https://www.re-framemedia.com/This podcast is sponsored byMichigan ArtShareColdPlunge RecordsTo become a sponsor for this podcast, go to the Patreon link below.https://www.patreon.com/TiaTime1Produced by Green Bow Music

Hi Creators!Welcome back to the club! This week we are joined by Beverley Gordon, an award-winning producer who is the CEO and founder of independent production company BrownBag Pictures based in Los Angeles. Bev's accolades include being a Sundance Producer Intensive Lab fellow, a Producer Guild Create Lab fellow, an alum of Tribeca Film Institute's All Access Program, the Producers Guild Power of Diversity Workshop, and 1 of 10 global participants in the Producers Guild Pro Show Competition. WOOOOW! GAME: Name That ShowWe are going to name a few log lines from some of 2021 most popular films (and one other you might know well) and you have to guess the name of the show, podcast or pop culture show!Keep up with us!@TheBlackCreatorsClub@AkilahFfriend@EboneChatman12And our guest@brownbagpicturesSupport us by buying our merch featured in the episode!https://www.theblackcreatorsclub.com/shopThank you for supporting our independently-funded content!Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theblackcreatorsclubPaypal: https://paypal.me/blackcreatorsclub?locale.x=en_USVenmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/theblackcreatorsclub

Jenny Halper is EVP of Film at Maven Screen Media, where her credits include THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, DRIVEWAYS, AMERICAN HONEY, SKIN, and A MOUTHFUL OF AIR. As a screenwriter her scripts have placed three times on the Black List, on the Athena List, received grants from Film Independent and the Tribeca Film Institute, and been selected for New York Stage and Film's Workshop (in association with Powerhouse Theater). She is currently developing an anthology series with Freida Pinto and Emily Verellen Strom's Freebird Films and Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi's Significant Productions, a limited series with Michael Dinner's Rooney McP Productions, and adapting a non-fiction book for Social Construct Films (THE MAURITANIAN). In this episode, we talk about: • Her first “real” job at Plum Pictures led her directly to where she is now developing at Mandalay Vision • How working at a small indie production company allowed for her a lot of responsibilities very quickly• Why We Are the best thing she's ever worked on and how she didn't hold back at all • Why she only looked at companies that made movies that she loved • Working on The Kindergarden Teacher with Maggie Gyllenhaal • How often do you need the actors attached • Why you can't have everything in one basket in development because some things never cross the finish line • Maven finds financing for some projects and for some, they provide financing • What advice she would give people to who are attached to making only projects • Taking on A Mouthful of Air with Amanda Seyfried, Paul Giamatti, and Finn Wittrock. Written and directed by Mentor Amy Koppelman and produced by Michael Harrop (Showtime's Billions) • Would you rather have a big director or big actor attached? • Which cds she loves working with • Some things she looks for in deciding to develop projects Guest: IMDb Linkedin Instagram Maven Screen Media Host: Instagram: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneMiller Twitter: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneM Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic Website: www.michellesimonemiller.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle Favorite Quotes from the Episode: “To get a movie made, there's a lot of different stumbling blocks along the way. And a lot of it is who you know and who you can get into the hands of that is going to help you reach the next hurdle.” “That's the thing that I think is great about creating is… you can do it and no one has to give you permission.” Resources: To sign up for classes with Jenny, visit (www.stowestorylabs.org) or (www.stowestorylabs.org/writers-room) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

*Republishing an old favorite*Chloe Gbai is the director of If/Then, a Tribeca Film Institute initiative that gives grants and provides mentorship to filmmakers creating short documentaries. She was previously a programmer at PBS POV Shorts. In this episode, Chloe gives advice on how to put together a strong grant application, and shares her insight on what makes a good shot doc. She is based in NYC.Mentioned in the episode:The Balloonfest That Went Horribly WrongFor more info visit https://www.roughcutpodcast.com/Find Chloe on InstagramFind Rough Cut on InstagramFind Host Jennie Butler on InstagramFind Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins on Instagram

Ryan Knighton is an internationally acclaimed blind author, screenwriter, journalist and performer . His two memoirs, Cockeyed and C'mon Papa, received numerous award nominations, including the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor. He has contributed to the American radio programs This American Life and The Moth, and has written for The New York Times, Outside, Esquire, The globe and Mail, Popular Mechanics, The Observer, The Believer, Men's Health, Afar, Vancouver, Vice, The Sunday Telegraph, The National Post and Salon, among other newspapers and magazines.  His travel writing has taken him around the world and earned him two Thomas Lowell Awards, an Eddie/Aussie Award and a James Beard Media Award nomination. He is also a Sundance Screenwriting Lab fellow and the recipient of the 2009 Alfred Sloan Prize from the Tribeca Film Institute for the feature adaptation of his memoir Cockeyed, which Ryan Reynolds is attached to direct.   As a screenwriter, Knighton has written for Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox, and has created several original pilots for FX. Most recently he has served as a producer writer for three seasons on the network drama In the Dark. Knighton is a sought after public speaker and storyteller who has performed at theaters, conferences and universities around the world, including NASA, the University of London, UCLA and MIT. He lives on Vancouver Island in the village of Ucluelet. Surfing is his preoccupation. @ryanknighton

https://www.instagram.com/thefawz/ Meet DIRECTOR Fawzia Mirza (she/they) is a queer, South Asian Muslim director/writer who believes in the power of comedy to tackle divisive topics and breakdown stereotypes. They were named a White House ‘Champion of Change' in Asian American Art & Storytelling, a ‘Top 10 Creative' (Indiewire), '10 Filmmakers to Watch' (Independent Magazine), and an alum of Tribeca Film Institute's All Access Program. She co-wrote/produced/starred in SIGNATURE MOVE, wrote on CBS series THE RED LINE, from Greg Berlanti & Ava Duvernay, wrote and directed on the award-winning TikTok series HIDDEN CANYONS, and wrote/the CBC produced short, NOOR & LAYLA. Mirza wrote/will direct the feature film ME, MY MOM & SHARMILA in 2022, and is part of the 2021/2022 cohort of the Canadian Academy Directors Program for Women. https://www.syedfamilymovie.com/ AND: Kausar Mohammed ACTOR, WRITER AND PRODUCER https://www.instagram.com/kausartheperson/ Kausar Mohammed (she/her) is a Bengali-Pakistani writer, actress, and comedian born in San Jose, California. She is a writer/performer in the distinguished all-South Asian comedy troupe, The Get Brown, and in the 2021 CBS Diversity Showcase. Kausar plays series lead in Paul Feig's (“Bridesmaids”) dramedy, “East of La Brea”. She also has worked alongside Taraji P. Henson on the film “What Men Want” (Paramount), Issa Rae on the film “Little” (Universal), and has additional credits on shows such as “Silicon Valley” (HBO), “Black Lightning” (CW), and “Carol's Second Act” (CBS). Kausar also voices series lead characters on both Spielberg's Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous and the hit anime show, Great Pretender.⁣​ Currently, you can see her starring as a recurring character on the CW's 4400. https://www.instagram.com/syedfamilyxmasevegamenight/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bravemaker/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bravemaker/support

When did sex become so serious? Artist and filmmaker Numa Perrier asks this question not because she doesn't know the answer, but because she wants to engage in the power of the erotic to encompass a fuller human experience, with not only a seriousness of vision but also intentional and inherent playfulness. Her first feature-length film, Jezebel, premiered last year at SXSW to glowing reviews after developing the script through the Tribeca Film Institute's Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women's Filmmaker Program. Shot in just 10 days, her semi-autobiographical film follows 19-year-old Tiffany as she starts to work as a cam girl. Perrier joined Dr. Terri Francis in the studio during her campus visit for the film series Numa Perrier: The Politics of Pleasure in September of 2019, to discuss Perrier's early artistic beginnings, the legitimacy of sex work as work, Audre Lorde, Paris, and how art is borne out of memory and lived experiences. Topics Discussed: 0:00-8:10 – Introductions with a reading from Audre Lorde's essay, “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power” and a trailer for Numa's Perrier's Jezebel 8:10-11:20 – “When did sex become so serious?” and reclaiming the playfulness and intimacy of sex. 11:30-15:45 - "anti-artistic upbringing", her history in the adoptive care system, and coming into herself as an artist. 15:55-27:45 - Relationship with adoptive mother, questioning her own femininity, processing grief through her art, reconnecting with her sister through filmmaking, and being artistically vulnerable. 28:00-32:40 - Life in Paris, Louise Bourgeoise, and Nicola L. 32:40-39:30 - Early Internet, life as sex worker, and the pornography tech boom, criminalization of digital sex work. 39:50-45:10 - Conversation on Spike Lee and Suzan Lori Park's Girl 6 and how it relates to her experience as a sex worker. Audre Lorde and her quote “The power you are not using, is being used against you” and how it relates to her own firsthand experiences. 45:10-54:25 - The shifting climate in the film industry for black women, Black and Sexy TV, her own independent path as a creative, mentorship, the commitment to writing Jezebel, the fear of standing behind her own branding. 54:50-1:04:40 - Jezebel, the zero tolerance and transgressive attitude amongst her and her peers breaking into mainstream institutions and supporting each other and “fucking it up”. Frame By Frame is hosted by Dr. Terri Francis Theme music provided by BRZ with additional music from André Seewood and Deija Lighon Production by David Carter, Deonna Weatherly and Bria McCarty Notes and episode descriptions were written by Yeeseon Chae with additional assistance from David Carter The views, information, or opinions expressed on the Black Film Center & Archive audio series are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of The Trustees of Indiana University ("IU") and/or its employees. IU is not responsible for and does not verify the accuracy of the content contained in this podcast. This podcast and its content are available for private, non-commercial use only. You may not reproduce, display, distribute, modify, or perform any of the content contained in this blog without the prior express written approval of the Black Film Center & and Archive.”

Today Randi is sitting down with Tamir Muhammad, producer of film & television, and Founder of Populace. Tamir discusses his fascinating career while also talking about his love for working with new stories and artists.Tamir previously oversaw OneFifty at Warner Media (formerly Time Warner Inc.), including developing & producing the original slate. Under his direction, OneFifty incubated several boundary-pushing projects before positioning them in the company's divisions (Warner Bros., HBO, & Turner). Prior to joining Warner Media, Muhammad was VP, Content Development, for Tribeca Enterprise's Digital Studios, overseeing development. He also previously served as VP of Film, TV and Online Programming at the Tribeca Film Institute, overseeing funding and development.  Current credits include the critically acclaimed HBO series Random Acts of Flyness as well as the graphic novel The New World which he's developing as a feature with Warner Bros. Pictures.

The Fall Film Festival season has begun! And to kick things off, we invited Milton Guillén, a programmer from the Camden International Film Festival, to take us through the 17th edition of the festival lineup, featuring over 70 documentary films (features and shorts). In this episode, Milton provides a peek into how the program came together and adds texture to some of the films in the different sections. This year, the festival will take place both physically (September 16 - 19th) as well as virtually. An online edition of the program will be available to stream for North American audiences from September 16 - 26th. It's a truly excellent curation of films and for folks who are unable to attend in person, please do consider streaming via their online platform as it is a wonderful way to support a festival that has long had a tremendous impact on advancing the documentary film genre.FILMS DISCUSSED INCLUDE:SPIRITS AND ROCKS AN AZOREAN MYTH by Aylin GökmenMOTORCYCLIST'S HAPPINESS WON'T FIT INTO HIS SUIT by Gabriel HerreraDATURA'S AUBADE by Jean-Jacques Martinod and Bretta C. Walker A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING by Payal KapadiaFAYA DAYI by Jessica BeshirOSTROV - LOST ISLAND by Svetlana Rodina and Laurent Stoop PROCESSION by Robert GreenMAGALUF GHOST TOWN by Miguel Ángel BlancaNORTH BY CURRENT by Angelo Madsen MinaxLAST DAYS AT SEA by Venice AtienzaROOTS by Tea LukačTERRA FEMME by Courtney Stephensand others! We covered a lot of ground! https://pointsnorthinstitute.org/ciff/ABOUT MILTON GUILLÉNMilton Guillén is an award-winning Nicaraguan filmmaker and programmer whose work centers on the cinematic intersections of de-colonial ethnographic research and affect. Milton's films have screened globally at CPH: DOX, Hot Docs, DOK Leipzig, Rooftop Films, and more. In 2017, his debut feature, The Maribor Uprisings, co-directed with Maple Razsa, received the Society for Visual Anthropology's Best Feature Award. Milton recently received support from the Tribeca Film Institute and ITVS for his project, On the Move. He also was named a North Star fellow at the Points North Institute, a MediaMaker Fellow at Bay Area Video Coalition, a Kartemquin Diverse Voices in Documentary, and is the recipient of several international artists' residencies and grants.

“Suddenly the world opens up - you meet people living a completely different life. So we picked up everything, left everything behind and moved.” Minjae Ormes is a digital, tech, and entertainment veteran - she's the CMO of Visible - one of Fast Company’s most innovative companies. Minjae's worked for YouTube and Ogilvy - working on campaigns for Disney, National Geographic, and the Tribeca Film Institute. But before all that, she moved to the other side of the world (from Korea) when she was just 13 - having to adapt to a new language, new community, and even new holidays (Halloween is the best). As we unpack our tensions of today - you’ll appreciate Minjae’s unique empathy, curiosity, and understanding - born out of sometimes having to see the world from two very different perspectives. And on top of it all, Minjae’s a rad mom, has a rad haircut, and is a big fan of the Colorado Stock Show. So of course we talked a lot about Korean food, Korean donuts, and H-Mart, obviously. LEARN ABOUT MINJAE instagram.com/minjaeormes twitter.com/minjae thecut.com/2019/11/in-her-shoes-visible-minjae-ormes.html MENTIONS Colorado Stock Show: nationalwestern.com H-Mart (Korean grocery chain): nytimes.com/2021/05/11/dining/h-mart.html MOVIE: Black Swan (2010): imdb.com/title/tt0947798

The 2021 Canadian Screen Awards — featuring a curated selection of prominent awards — took place on Thursday, May 20 at 8:00 PM ET, streamed live on Academy.ca along with the Academy's YouTube and Twitter channels.  The awards were presented documentary-style, with narration by Karine Vanasse and Stephan James, to allow the nominated work to speak for itself and be the centerpiece of our presentations. The show also honoured a selection of 2020 Special Award recipients, all of whom were unfortunately unable to be awarded last year due to the cancellation of all in-person events:  Earle Grey Award recipient Tina Keeper Radius Award (presented by MADE | NOUS) recipient Dan Levy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient David Suzuki Margaret Collier Award recipient David Shore Academy Icon Award recipient Alex Trebek   Beth Janson is the Chief Executive Officer of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. With over two decades of experience in the film, television and cultural sectors in both Canada and the United States, Beth has been the creative force behind some of the most innovative and meaningful developmental programs in the industry today. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is the largest non-profit professional arts organization in Canada. We are dedicated to recognizing, advocating for, and celebrating Canadian talent in the film, television, and digital media sectors. Our more than 4,000 members encompass industry icons and professionals, emerging artists, and students. Collectively, we deliver professional development programs and networking opportunities that foster industry growth, inclusion, and mentorship.  The Canadian Academy produces the Canadian Screen Awards, bringing together the screen-based industry annually to celebrate the country's top talent in the film, television, and digital sectors at Canadian Screen Week. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television proudly acknowledges the support of its Premier Partner, Telefilm Canada; Platinum Partners, CBC and CTV; Principal Partner, Netflix; and its Lead Partners, the Canada Media Fund, Cineplex, and the Cogeco Fund. - - - - - Catherine: Welcome everyone to the WestVancouver.com podcast. We are back, and today we are going glam with a salute to the Canadian way. In this case, it means television, cinema, film, and digital arts. We have somebody very sparkly and very spectacular on the phone with us. It is the CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. It is Beth Jansen. Welcome, Beth. Beth Jansen: Thank you for having me. Catherine: Well, it is a delight to have you here because our association with the Academy goes back a long, long way. Needless to say, we are massive fans of television, cinema, and film. Everybody loves the glamour and seeing our favourite actors, but for me, it goes deeper than that, and I'm guessing that is the case with you as well. So, Beth, lead us off. Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got involved with the Academy. Beth Jansen: I believe it's relevant, so I will start by telling you that I did a year of university at UBC in the mid-'90s. I've always had family living in Vancouver, so I feel like I'm an honorary West Coaster. I grew up in Montreal, and after university, moved down to New York City. I spent 20 years in New York, working in theatre, then in television, and helping launch the Tribeca Film Institute, which is the non-profit arm of the Tribeca Film Festival. I got married, had three kids, and decided that I would like my kids to have some Canadian culture. We moved back in 2016, before the election, but needless to say, we were very relieved to be in Canada during that crazy era. The opportunity at the Academy was really interesting for me because I felt like there was so much talent in Canada that was on par with the talent that I was seeing in the US. I felt like there was an opportunity to have a real impact,

In the this episode, I speak with Firelight Media’s Manager of Artists Programs, Chloë Walters-Wallace. In our conversation, we chat about what got her started in the documentary field, her work at the Tribeca Film Institute and the New Orleans Film Society, and some of Firelight’s new initiatives for BIPOC filmmakers. Because she is originally from Jamaica, this episode’s song is Toots & the Maytals, “Take Me Home, Country Road/West Jamaica.”

Like many film hopefuls, Ronni started making films at about 9 years old when his father bought one of the first camcorder backpack units that had come on the market. He remade classics such as Faces of Death and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with his Brooklyn neighborhood friends. Since then, his films have screed at festivals around the world as well as museums and institutions ranging from Carnegie Hall and The MET in NY to the Horniman Museum in the UK. They've been Honored by BAFTA, Tribeca Film Institute, Raindance Film UK, The British Independent Film Awards and many other prestigious venues. Ronni got his official start in film at Troma in 2000, producing DVD content for the legendary horror outfit. From there, he teamed up with underground maverick Lech Kowlaski (DOA, The Boot Factory) and together they made Hey Is Dee Dee Home with Punk icon Dee Dee Ramone. Eventually he found his place in short film and digital content working heavily with Morbid Anatomy and the now defunct Brooklyn Observatory. His award winning short narrative Radio Girl featured collaboration with long time composer and friend Stephen Coates (The Real Tuesday Weld) and The Witch director, Robert Eggers. His Midnight Archive web series went on to critical acclaim both on the small and big screens, garnering praise from Time.com to boingboing and io9, to Forbes magazine, before being co-opted for Discovery Channel's digital network. His short doc Walter Potter : The Man Who Married Kittens, would be nominated for best short at the prestigious Tribeca Film festival, Raindance Film Fest, and Hot Springs International and wind honors at Morbido fest Puebla, Mexico. His AMC digital series ‘The Broken and the Bad’ is a 6 film docu-series on the real-life themes of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and features Giancarlo Esposito.

Pete Chatmon was first noticed as a director coming out of the NYU Film school with his short film, “3D”, starring Kerry Washington. This short film was a Sundance Film Festival selection in 2001. Since 2017 he has developed a name as a episodic television series director with credits including HBO's "Silicon Valley" and "Insecure", ABC's "Grey's Anatomy", "Black-ish", "A Million Little Things", "Station 19", "Mixed-ish" and "Single Parents", Netflix's "Atypical", FX's "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", FreeForm's "Grown-ish", TBS's "The Last OG", OWN's "Greenleaf", and the Apple TV+ series "Mythic Quest" from Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day. His debut feature as writer/director, "Premium", starred Dorian Missick, Zoe Saldana, and Hill Harper and premiered on Showtime after a limited theatrical run. Chatmon also wrote, produced, and directed "761st", a documentary on the first black tank battalion in WWII, narrated by Andre Braugher. He received the Tribeca Film Institute "All Access" Program's Creative Promise Narrative Award for the heist screenplay "$FREE.99". Pete also host his own podcast, "Let's Shoot! with Pete Chatmon", released every Wednesday on YouTube, iTunes, and all podcast platforms. In this episode we talked about his journey from his NYU film school days to becoming an episodic television director.  CONVERSATIONS WITH CHARLIE https://linktr.ee/thepodmatrix YOUTUBE: https://tinyurl.com/vrtzr64 SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/wvjfav4 APPLE PODCASTS: https://tinyurl.com/w7n8br2 WEBSITE: www.thepodmatrix.com www.conversationswithcharlie.com Support this podcast

Hao Wu and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his beautiful, brilliant and important new film 76 Days, similarity through difference, united healthcare workers and hope, community and commonality that lead to understanding and personal, powerful, human stories.TrailerWebsiteWatch in a Virtual CinemaSynopsis:On January 23rd, 2020, China locked down Wuhan, a city of 11 million, to combat the emerging COVID-19 outbreak. Set deep inside the frontlines of the crisis in four hospitals, 76 DAYS tells indelible human stories at the center of this pandemic—from a woman begging in vain to bid a final farewell to her father, a grandfather with dementia searching for his way home, a couple anxious to meet their newborn, to a nurse determined to return personal items to families of the deceased. These raw and intimate stories bear witness to the death and rebirth of a city under a 76-day lockdown, and to the human resilience that persists in times of profound tragedy.About Hao:Hao Wu’s documentary films have received funding support from The Ford Foundation JustFilms, ITVS, Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, NYSCA and international broadcasters. His previous feature documentary, People’s Republic of Desire, about China’s live-streaming phenomenon, won the Grand Jury Award at the 2018 SXSW festival, among many other awards. It has screened at over 40 film festivals worldwide and broadcasted nationally on PBS Independent Lens. The New York Times calls the film “hypercharged,” while The Los Angeles Times says it’s “invariably surprising and never less than compelling.” His latest short, All in My Family, is a Netflix Original Documentary and launched globally in May 2019.Born and raised in China, Wu now travels between the US and China. From 2008-2011, he was a fellow at New America, a D.C.-based think tank. His writing has appeared on Time.com, Slate.com, Marketplace Radio, Strait Times, China Newsweek, and China Daily. He is a member of the Documentary branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Image Copyright and Credit: MTV Films and Hao WuF2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Four years ago, Lisa Lucas became the first African American to lead the National Book Foundation, the organization that runs the National Book Awards and promotes reading and writing. Lucas will move into a new job in January as senior vice president at Penguin Random House. As she wraps up her current role, she has called on the book industry to take more risks, publish and advocate for more writers of color, and in general, “do better.” She joined the foundation after serving as publisher of arts magazine Guernica and director of education at the Tribeca Film Institute. We’ll talk with her about her career, diversity in the publishing industry and her holiday book picks.

Jacqueline Olive is an independent filmmaker and immersive media producer with more than fifteen years of experience in journalism and film. Her debut feature documentary, Always in Season, premiered in competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was awarded the Special Jury Prize for Moral Urgency. Always in Season has received nominations for Best Writing from IDA Documentary Awards 2019 and the Spotlight Award from Cinema Eye Honors 2019, and the film will broadcast on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series, Independent Lens in February 2020. Jackie also co-directed and co-produced the award-winning hour-long thesis film, Black to Our Roots, which broadcast on PBS WORLD in 2009. Jackie has received artist grants and industry funding from Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, Independent Television Service (ITVS), Ford Foundation, Firelight Media, Chicken & Egg Pictures, International Documentary Association, Kendeda Fund, Catapult Film Fund, Southern Documentary Fund, Alternate ROOTS, and more. She was recently awarded the Emerging Filmmakers of Color Award from International Documentary Association (IDA) and the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation and profiled one of Variety's "10 Filmmakers To Watch."Learn more about Jacqueline at tellitmedia.org.Listen to Jacqueline's lecture at chapman.edu/wilkinson.Engaging the World: Leading the Conversation on the Significance of Race is a ten-part podcast series of informed and enriching dialogues to help us better understand our world – how we got here, who we are, and where we are going as a society. This series engages in conversations with scholars, artists, filmmakers, and activists to investigate racial inequality, systemic racism, racial terrorism, and racial justice and reconciliation. Through education, art, and storytelling, we can all learn to be allies and engage the world to help evolve to a place of compassion and social equity.Guest: Jacqueline OliveHost: Jon-Barrett IngelsProduced by Public Podcasting in partnership with Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Chapman University.

On episode 105 of The Quarantine Tapes, Paul Holdengräber is joined by Lisa Lucas. As the incoming senior vice president of Pantheon and Schocken Books, Lisa talks about her experiences in publishing and her excitement about the potential of her new position. Their conversation covers equity in publishing for people of color and other marginalized groups and how Lisa has found herself feeling newly comfortable in her anger in recent months. Lisa offers up a thoughtful perspective on what needs to change in publishing and what role she hopes to play in that change. She and Paul discuss the importance of publishing more translations in the US and Lisa’s commitment to increasing access to books for all.Lisa Lucas is the incoming Senior Vice President & Publisher of Pantheon and Schocken Books at Penguin Random House, and the current Executive Director of the National Book Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, she served as the Publisher of Guernica, a non-profit online magazine focusing on writing that explores the intersection of art and politics with an international and diverse focus. Prior to that, she served as Director of Education at the Tribeca Film Institute, on the development team at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and as a consultant for the Sundance Institute, San Francisco Film Society, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and ReelWorks Teen Filmmaking. Lucas also serves on the literary council of the Brooklyn Book Festival. Find her on Twitter at @likaluca.

Leah Meyerhoff is an award winning independent filmmaker who wrote and directed the narrative feature film I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS starring Natalia Dyer and Peter Vack, which was released theatrically after premiering at SXSW, winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Atlanta Film Festival and additional awards from Tribeca Film Institute, San Francisco Film Society, Woodstock Film Festival, and the Adrienne Shelly Foundation. Leah is the founder of FILM FATALES, a non-profit organization which advocates for parity in the film industry and supports hundreds of women feature film and television directors around the world. Over the past five years, she has produced over one hundred panel discussions, educational workshops and networking events for marginalized filmmakers in collaboration with organizations such as Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, Hot Docs, and Toronto International Film Festival. In an entertainment industry where women direct less than 5% of the top box office films and less than 20% of episodic television shows, Film Fatales provides a structure that enables women directors to get their films made and seen. By offering space for mentorship, peer networking and direct participation, Film Fatales is expanding the landscape of storytelling to bring exciting new films to the screen.

Rodrigo Reyes and Face2Face host David Peck talk about 499, time travel, Colonialism, the importance of listening, trauma and systemic violence, the destruction of knowledge and the beauty of cinema.TrailerGet tickets here at Hot Docs online.And learn more about the film here.Synopsis:The year 2021 marks the 500-year anniversary of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico. To commemorate the historical occasion, director Rodrigo Reyes offers a bold, hybrid cinema experience, mixing non-fictional and narrative elements with components of a road movie.Through the eyes of a ghostly conquistador, Reyes recreates Hernán Cortez’s epic journey from the coasts of Veracruz to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, the site of contemporary Mexico City.As the anachronistic fictional character interacts with real victims and subjects of Mexico’s failed drug wars, the filmmaker portrays the country’s current humanitarian crisis as part of a brutal and unfinished colonial project, still in motion, 499 years later.About Rodrigo:Mexican-born American director Rodrigo Reyes has screened his award-winning work worldwide, at festivals such as Morelia International Film Festival, BFI London and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, garnering highly positive reviews in Variety and the New York Times. Rodrigo has received significant support for his work from the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute and more; his work has been featured on America ReFramed and Netflix.He is a recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship and the Creative Capital Award.Image Copyright and Credit: LaMaroma Productions and Rodrigo Reyes. Used with permission.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ahmed Kabil—writer, speaker, multimedia storyteller—joins us to have a discussion about both long-term thinking (he's a writer for The Long Now Foundation) while being in the moment. This conversation was recorded on April 4th. Ahmed's background is in digital media, journalism, and the humanities. Currently, he is an Editor at The Long Now Foundation, a nonprofit fostering long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years; and writes about counterculture, technology and mysticism. As a multimedia storyteller, Ahmed helped launch three award-winning digital media apps and platforms: Zeega, GoPop (acquired by BuzzFeed), and Timeline. He has pioneered new forms of social and news storytelling that have since become ubiquitous on the web. At Timeline, he founded a video team that achieved 100+ million video views. His multimedia storytelling work has been shown at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Tribeca Film Institute. Ahmed has spoken about interactive storytelling, technology, and counterculture at Harvard, MIT, UC-Berkeley, the Poynter Institute, ZebraCon, Makers of Barcelona, and more. His written work has appeared in the Museum of Old and New Art's book Eat The Problem, The Integral Review, OneZero, Gen, Level, and Timeline; and his projects have been noted in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and more. He was a Fellow at metaLAB (at) Harvard, and is an alum of Reed College. Music is Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba copyright © 2011. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza.

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

Join us this episode as we speak with Katherine “Kat” Cheairs, a filmmaker, educator, curator, activist and community artist. Kat’s areas of interest and research include: HIV & AIDS; visual culture; media arts therapy; community arts; and, critical race theory in art education. Ms. Cheairs is a co-curator of Metanoia: Transformation Through AIDS Archives and Activism, an archival exhibition focusing on the contributions of Black women, transwomen of color, and women of color HIV/AIDS activists from the early 1990s to the present. Ms Cheairs is the producer and director of the documentary, Ending Silence, Shame & Stigma: HIV/AIDS in the African American Family. Kat’s new project in development, In This House, is a video installation exploring HIV/AIDS narratives through the Black body. Kat has appeared and presented on panels at the Tribeca Film Institute, BAM, Pratt Institute, The New School, New York University, The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Aperture Foundation, and UnionDocs. Kat shares her memories of visiting her maternal grandparent's home in the summer time in Memphis, Tennessee. To listen to more podcasts, visit Nomadic Archivists Project. Original music by Sean Bempong.

Filmmaker, Rashaad Ernesto Green. His recent feature film, PREMATURE starring Zora Howard and Joshua Boone premiered at last year's Sundance Film Festival and has been released by IFC Films.   He was honored with the 2020 Independent Spirit’s Someone to Watch Award and is also nominated for the John Cassavetes Award.  In his work, Rashaad encourages people to have an active emotional experience by telling stories that are deeply rooted within the universal human experience.  His films have screened on Netflix, HBO, and at festivals internationally. He’s been supported by Cinereach, Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, IFP, HBO, NBC, Time Warner, and Warner Bros. www.prematurefilm.com Hosted by Zef Cota    

Chloe Gbai is the director of If/Then, a Tribeca Film Institute initiative that gives grants and provides mentorship to filmmakers creating short documentaries. She was previously a programmer at PBS POV Shorts. In this episode, Chloe gives advice on how to put together a strong grant application, and shares her insight on what makes a good shot doc. She is based in NYC.Mentioned in the episode:The Balloonfest That Went Horribly WrongFor more info visit https://www.roughcutpodcast.com/Find Chloe on InstagramFind Rough Cut on InstagramFind Host Jennie Butler on InstagramFind Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins on Instagram

Sami Khan and Face2Face host David Peck talk about the new film St. Louis Superman, reconciliation and battle rapping, solidarity and our shared history and being seduced by the outrage of the moment.TrailerSynopsis:Bruce Franks Jr. is a 34-year-old battle rapper, Ferguson activist and state representative from St. Louis, Missouri. Known as Superman to his constituents, he is a political figure the likes of which you've never seen - full of contradictions and deep insights, who has overcome unspeakable loss to become one of the most exciting and unapologetic young leaders in the country.This short verité documentary follows Bruce at a critical juncture in his life, when he is forced to deal with the mental trauma he's been carrying for the nearly 30 years since his 9-year-old brother was shot and killed in front of him, in order to find peace and truly fulfill his destiny as a leader for his community.Canadian filmmaker Sami Khan is going to the Academy Awards along with his American co-director Smriti Mundhra, as their acclaimed short documentary St. Louis Superman has been nominated in the Short Documentary Category.‘We share this honor with Bruce and our whole filmmaking team including our champions at MTV Documentary Films and AJE Witness,’ adds Mundhra. ‘At a critical moment for democracy worldwide, Bruce’s activism couldn’t be more urgent.’About our Guest: Sami Khan is a filmmaker based in New York City. His work has screened at leading festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival and the Mumbai Film Festival. He graduated from Columbia University with an MFA in film. Khoya, Sami's feature debut (as writer/director), was selected for the Tribeca Film Institute’s All Access fellowship and received financial backing from Spike Lee. The film tells the story of a man traveling to India to solve the decades-old mystery surrounding his adoption.Sami is an adjunct filmmaking lecturer at Columbia University and Brooklyn College where his teaching focuses on empowering young filmmakers of color.Image Copyright: Meralta Films and Sami Khan. Used with permission.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bruce Franks Jr. is a 34-year-old battle rapper, Ferguson activist and state representative from St. Louis, Missouri. Known as Superman to his constituents, he is a political figure the likes of which you've never seen - full of contradictions and deep insights, who has overcome unspeakable loss to become one of the most exciting and unapologetic young leaders in the country. This short verité documentary follows Bruce at a critical juncture in his life, when he is forced to deal with the mental trauma he's been carrying for the nearly 30 years since his 9-year-old brother was shot and killed in front of him, in order to find peace and truly fulfill his destiny as a leader for his community.  Co- director Smriti Mundhra  (Sami Khan) join us to talk about how a dynamic and charismatic man from a traumatized community took tragedy and turned into action. About the filmmakers: Smriti Mundhra’s A SUITABLE GIRL  premiered at Tribeca in 2017 and won the Albert Maysles Award for Best New Documentary Director. KHOYA, Sami Khan's feature debut, was selected for the Tribeca Film Institute’s Tribeca All Access® fellowship. Social Media: twitter.com/smritimundhra facebook.com/smriti.mundhra facebook.com/SamiKhan twitter.com/samikhanfilm

This is episode 6 with Leah Meyerhoff, whose debut feature film I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS premiered at SXSW 2014 and continues to travel the film festival circuit. Her previous short films have screened in over 200 film festivals, won a dozen awards, and aired on IFC, PBS and MTV. She has been shortlisted for the Student Academy Awards and Gotham Awards and received high profile grants from IFP, the Tribeca Film Institute and the Adrienne Shelly Foundation. She was honored with the Adrienne Shelly Director's Award and has been featured in Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and The New York Times. Leah also created in 2013 the acclaimed non-profit Film Fatales which advocates for an inclusive community of women feature film and television directors.

Brian Newman is founder of Sub-genre, the leading consultancy on connecting brands and filmmakers with audiences. A hugely respected veteran of the US Independent Film industry, Brian was previously CEO of the Tribeca Film Institute and serves on the advisory board of the Camden International Film Festival. In this episode, we discuss brand funding and discover how Brian is working with major brands like Patagonia and Stripe to successfully invest in feature films. We also talk about how filmmakers can succeed in the age of super abundance and how to get noticed in the Attention Economy - and Brian reveals the most common mistake he sees being made by filmmakers. This episode was recorded live at this year's Bogotá Audiovisual Market www.bogotamarket.com.

Today we talk with three documentary filmmakers and the challenges they face in their industry and the mental health issues that come about from some rather stressful circumstances. Here are the wonderful people we were privileged to talk to on the podcast: Marjan Safinia is an award-winning Iranian documentary filmmaker based in LA. Her films examine issues of identity, community and social justice. Until 2018, Marjan was the longest-serving President of the Board of the International Documentary Association. She is one of five international co-hosts of the pre-eminent documentary community online, The D-Word. AndSheCouldBeNext.com   Brooklyn-based Heidi Reinberg has produced documentaries for such august US-based broadcasters as PBS, HBO, Cinemax, LOGO, and arte SWR in Germany and France.  Her work, which largely focuses on gray, weighty moral issues, has been supported by the Sundance Doc Fund with the support of Just Films | Ford Foundation; the IDA Enterprise and Pare Lorentz funds; the Hot Docs Forum and the Hot Docs first look Pitch Prize; XTR; the Tribeca Film Institute; the Oath Foundation; Fork Films; the New York State Council on the Arts; the Catapult Film Fund; the Economic Hardship Reporting Project; the Hartley Film Foundation; the Austin Film Society; Picture Motion; the Independent Filmmaker Project; and Women Make Movies. HeidiBigIdea.com   Rebecca Day is a qualified psychotherapist and freelance documentary producer. She founded Film In Mind in 2018 to advocate for positive mental health in the film industry and has spoken at festivals such as IDFA, Getting Real Documentary Conference and Sheffield DocFest on the issue. She offers consultancies, workshops and therapeutic support to filmmakers working in difficult situations and with vulnerable people. FilmInMind.co.uk   Thanks for listening! Support this show by subscribing to The Science of Psychotherapy Please leave an honest review on iTunes and please subscribe to our show.  You can also find our podcast at: The Science of Psychotherapy Podcast Homepage If you want more great science of Psychotherapy please visit our website thescienceofpsychotherapy.com

Celeste Chaney is a writer, filmmaker, and marketing consultant. Her first script, The Feed, is in development with Passage Pictures and was a finalist in the Tribeca Film Institute’s 2019 AT&T Untold Stories Competition, as well as the Alfred P. Sloan filmmaker fund. Her novel, In Absence of Fear, received Honorable Mention at Foreward’s 2015 Book of the Year Awards. She wrote, produced, and directed Cradle Song, her first short film in May 2019. https://www.celestechaney.com/

Brian Newman talks about producing independent films, transitioning to working with brands on distribution strategy for branded content films, how to be diversified as a producer and how basic analytics can help a film release. Brian Newman is the founder of Sub-Genre. He consults on content development, financing, distribution and marketing to help connect brands and filmmakers with audiences. Clients include: Patagonia, REI, Keen, Yeti Coolers, New York Times, Sonos, Sundance, Vulcan Productions and Zero Point Zero. Brian is also the producer of the upcoming The Ground Between Us, The Outside Story, and Love & Taxes. He also served as executive producer of Shored Up, The Invisible World and Remittance. Brian has served as CEO of the Tribeca Film Institute, president of Renew Media (known for the Rockefeller Fellowships) and executive director of IMAGE Film & Video (producers of the Atlanta Film Festival). Brian serves on the advisory board of the Camden International Film Festival. He was born in North Carolina and has an MA in Film Studies from Emory University. Brian is a frequent keynote speaker on branded content and the future of film and new media. He is known as a serial entrepreneur and leader in the film industry, having led: the merger of Renew Media and the Tribeca Film Institute, combining two nonprofits into a leading media center, the launch of the Reframe Project to digitize and make accessible thousands of “stuck on the shelf” films, the start-up, Flicklist, an app to help people find the best films to watch, and development of the Sundance Institute’s Transparency Project, an effort to aggregate and make available the financial data on hundreds of indie films. He has served on the boards of Grantmakers in Film & Electronic Media (GFEM, now Media Impact Funders, as Vice Chair and Treasurer); Muse Film & Television, Rooftop Films (Chair) and IndieCollect (Co-Founding Board Member). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/americanfilmmaker/support

This week’s episode features Derek Nguyen, an award-winning filmmaker writer, director, and independent producer. Derek wrote and directed The Housemaid, a Gothic Romance horror film based in Vietnam which was released by IFC Films in 2018 and in 22 different territories around the world. An American adaptation of the film is currently in development, written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher. He is currently producing A. Sayeeda Moreno’s I’m Not Down with Monique Gabriela Curnen. Derek was a fellow at the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriters Lab for the screenplay adaptation of his play, Monster, and a 2004 Screenwriting Fellow at the New York Foundation for the Arts. Derek’s short, The Potential Wives of Norman Mao narrated by George Takei, screened at the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival, among other film festivals. Over the last four years, he’s helped to develop and finance 10 films through his work at the Tribeca Film Institute and Gamechanger Films. Derek sees his writing as a form of activism and derives inspiration from his own experience as a Vietnamese American queer individual. In this episode, Derek shares personal stories about his family coming the country on a boat as Vietnamese refugees, his thoughts on Asian American identity and assimilation, and what it was like to break into the industry as a playwright. --- Relevant Links: Derek recently co-founded The Population, a film production company with Mynette Louie and Mollye Asher which focuses on producing feature films by or about women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, and other underrepresented groups. For more information, visit wethepopulation.com/ A list of community groups & resources for Asia American filmmakers, curated by Derek: https://www.asiancinevision.org/ https://vcmedia.org/ https://caamedia.org/ http://aaartsalliance.org/ http://a3-foundation.org/programs/ http://www.asianamericanfilmlab.com/ http://www.faaim.org/ https://www.tfiny.org/ https://www.ifp.org/ http://www.sundance.org/ Visit our revamped website gorocktheboat.com to join our community and subscribe to our monthly newsletter. On social media, you can follow our journey @rocktheboatnyc through Instagram and Twitter for behind the scenes content. And if you have suggestions for a future guest, email us at hello@gorocktheboat.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rocktheboat/message

On this episode Jose Rodriguez, Director of the Documentary Film Program at the Tribeca Film Institute talks about TFI and how they help filmmakers realize their vision. Show Theme by Christopher Gillard Created by Jason Godbey

Alejo Rodriguez works for the Exodus Transitional Community in New York and serves as the Mentor and Alumni Coordinator of John Jay College Prisoner Reentry Institute. Prior to joining the PRI community, Alejo’s previous criminal justice experience culminated into an extensive background of peer educating, organizing and mentoring. He was also a founding teaching artist member of Tribeca Film Institute’s Community Screening Series for incarcerated men. He enjoys the opportunity of Mentor Alumni Coordinator to support the success of formerly incarcerated college students and looking for creative ways to engage students in community building relationships. Alejo received his Masters of Professional Studies degree from New York Theological Seminary and a Bachelors of Liberal Arts degree from Syracuse University. http://www.etcny.org/ https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/prisoner-reentry-institute

Diane Bell’s first film as writer/director, Obselidia, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2010 in Dramatic Narrative Competition and won two awards, the Alfred P. Sloan Award and Excellence in Cinematography. She was selected for Sundance Screenwriting Lab 2011, with STEM, for which she was awarded the Sloan Development Fund at the Tribeca Film Institute. Her second film, Bleeding Heart (film), premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2015. It stars Jessica Biel and Zosia Mamet. On October 1, 2018, her guide to successful independent filmmaking, “Shoot from the Heart” was launched. Learn more about her at https://www.dianebell.com/ and on Instagram @dianebell, and find her book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Shoot-Heart-Succesful-Filmmaking-Sundance/dp/1615932887. For 10% off her Shoot from the Heart class visit tinyurl.com/shootfromtheheart and use the code powers10. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Diane Bell’s first film as writer/director, Obselidia, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2010 in Dramatic Narrative Competition and won two awards, the Alfred P. Sloan Award and Excellence in Cinematography. She was selected for Sundance Screenwriting Lab 2011, with STEM, for which she was awarded the Sloan Development Fund at the Tribeca Film Institute. Her second film, Bleeding Heart (film), premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2015. It stars Jessica Biel and Zosia Mamet. On October 1, 2018, her guide to successful independent filmmaking, “Shoot from the Heart” was launched. Learn more about her at https://www.dianebell.com/ and on Instagram @dianebell, and find her book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Shoot-Heart-Succesful-Filmmaking-Sundance/dp/1615932887. For 10% off her Shoot from the Heart class visit tinyurl.com/shootfromtheheart and use the code powers10. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Writer/Director Nikyatu Jusu's films have screened at festivals nationally and internationally garnering her NYU’s prestigious Spike Lee Fellowship Award, the Princess Grace Narrative film grant and Director’s Guild of America Honorable Mentions, to name a few.  Three of her shorts were acquired by and aired on HBO, her most recent being Flowers, which she co-wrote and co-directed.     Her latest short film Suicide By Sunlight: a project funded by the production grant THROUGH HER LENS sponsored by the Tribeca Film Institute and Chanel, will make its debut at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. This project was also awarded a Rooftop Films/ Adrienne Shelly Foundation Short Film Grant.

A native of Tupelo, Mississippi, Tina Mabry graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in Film Production in 2005. A true hyphenate, Tina is a writer, director, and producer for television and film. Tina is currently a writer and produce on FOX’s upcoming PROVEN INNOCENT.  She was a co-producer, writer, and director for the second season of USA’s hit drama QUEEN OF THE SOUTH. Tina was also a producer, writer, and director on OWN’s QUEEN SUGAR created by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey. Tina produced and directed MELODY 1963: LOVE HAS TO WIN, an American Girl special for Amazon Kids. The special earned Tina a DGA Award and a NAACP Award. Tina’s other television directing credits include Netflix’s DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, ABC’s THE MAYOR, HBO’s INSECURE, FX’s POSE and STARZ’s POWER. In film, Tina began her career co-writing the feature screenplay ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE directed by Jamie Babbit. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2007 and won Best Feature Narrative at South by Southwest Film and Music Festival. Tina went on to write and direct her first feature film, MISSISSIPPI DAMNED, which garnered an impressive thirteen awards for participation in fifteen film festivals including awards for Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay at the Chicago International Film Festival in 2009.The film premiered on Showtime Networks in February 2011. Tina has worked on a number of short films, including her first film, the award-winning BROOKLYN’S BRIDGE TO JORDAN, which screened at more than fifty film festivals worldwide and aired on Showtime Networks, LOGO and Centric. Most recently, Tina wrote revisions for George Tillman Jr.’s upcoming feature at FOX 2000’s, THE HATE U GIVE, based on the best-selling novel of the same name, written by Angie Thomas. She is also writing CODE OF SILENCE for Madison Wells Media Studios, formerly OddLot Entertainment.  Tina was named among the “25 New Faces of Independent Film” in Filmmaker Magazine in July of 2009 and was recognized by Out Magazine as one of the most inspirational and outstanding people of the year. She was featured in the Advocate magazine as part of their “Top Forty Under 40” issue, which features the top 40 individuals who are raising the bar in their respective fields. Tina has participated in several talent development programs including Film Independent’s Writers’ Lab, Tribeca Film Institute’s All Access, and Sundance’s Screenwriters Intensive. www.morgansmark.com twitter.com/TinaMabry www.instagram.com/tinamabry/ Photo Credit: Ashly Convington  

A native of Tupelo, Mississippi, Tina Mabry graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in Film Production in 2005. A true hyphenate, Tina is a writer, director, and producer for television and film. She is currently a writer and producer for Fox’s upcoming series, PROVEN INNOCENT. She was a co-producer, writer, and director for the second season of USA’s hit drama QUEEN OF THE SOUTH. Tina was also a producer, writer, and director on OWN’s QUEEN SUGAR created by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey. Tina produced and directed MELODY 1963: LOVE HAS TO WIN, an American Girl special for Amazon Kids. The special earned Tina a DGA Award and a NAACP Award. Tina’s other television directing credits include Netflix’s DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, ABC’s THE MAYOR, HBO’s INSECURE, FX’s POSE, and STARZ’s POWER. In film, Tina began her career co-writing the feature screenplay ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE directed by Jamie Babbit. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2007 and won Best Feature Narrative at South by Southwest Film and Music Festival. Tina went on to write and direct her first feature film, MISSISSIPPI DAMNED, which garnered an impressive thirteen awards for participation in fifteen film festivals including awards for Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay at the Chicago International Film Festival in 2009.The film premiered on Showtime Networks in February 2011. Tina was named among the “25 New Faces of Independent Film” in Filmmaker Magazine in July of 2009 and was recognized by Out Magazine as one of the most inspirational and outstanding people of the year. She was featured in the Advocate magazine as part of their “Top Forty Under 40” issue, which features the top 40 individuals who are raising the bar in their respective fields. Tina has participated in several talent development programs including Film Independent’s Writers’ Lab, Tribeca Film Institute’s All Access, and Sundance’s Screenwriters Intensive.   Key Questions answered by Tina Mabry: How to become a writer/producer/director in TV & Film Do you need an MFA to be successful? Advice for creative on their journey Tina’s definition of success? How has Tina’s race, gender, and sexuality impacted her career and how has she challenged it?  Tina Mabry discusses: Deciding to stop studying for law school and applying for film school Having a tribe to read your writing and keep you honest Developing well-rounded characters in your writing How Tina linked up with Ava DuVernay and got distribution via Netflix Navigating the film festival circuit and creating a strategy to sell your film and yourself What steps Tina took to become a writer/director for hit shows such as Power, Insecure, Queen of the South, Queen Sugar and Dear White People How Tina turned her idols into mentors: Gina Prince-Bythewood and Kimberly Peirce How to build your brand to get noticed How Tina’s keeps improving herself and her craft How Tina got the opportunity to be part of the movie The Hate U Give and her review of the movie Why women cry (love this!) Advice to be successful – importance of patience, finding someone to shadow, and much more!   Tina Mabry’s Memorable Quotes: Fear can hold you back or it can drive you. It’s how you respond. It doesn’t matter about the “no’s” you get. It’s the one “yes” you get. It’s ok not to feel 100% confident. You have to build that muscle.   Listen on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Spotify and Google Play   Links mentioned on this episode Mississippi Damned Queen Sugar The Hate U Give Film Independent   Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): https://funnybrowngirl.libsyn.com/rss   Announcements If you’re looking for a community of supportive creatives to elevate your journey to the next level, join me here: http://funnybrowngirl.com/subscribe Social Media Info Connect on Instagram: Tina Mabry – @TinaMabry FunnyBrownGirl – @funnybrowngirl   Connect on Twitter: Tina Mabry – @MorgansMark FunnyBrownGirl – @funnybrowngirl   #CreativeBreakthrough

Kelly Richmond Pope tells us about her documentary about small-town city comptroller who was accused of stealing $53 million dollars over twenty years. She produced and directed All the Queen's Horses which was a 2014 finalist for a Tribeca Film Institute grant and is available now online now. Kelly Richmond Pope is an associate professor in the School of Accountancy and MIS at DePaul University. She received her doctorate in accounting from Virginia Tech and she is a licensed certified public accountant She worked in the forensic accounting practice at KPMG, LLP on anti-money laundering engagements, insurance fraud investigations and fraud risk management. Her fraud research has been published in leading academic journals and she is a freelance writer for Forbes.com, The Daily Beast, and The Washington Post. https://www.allthequeenshorsesfilm.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-richmond-pope-cpa-83689a5

Craig M. Hatkoff is an American real estate investor and philanthropist from New York City. Along with wife Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, he co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Institute in 2002.[1] The three founders were recip

For several years, Clint Bowie has served as the programming director for the New Orleans Film Festival. In 2017 he was promoted to the role of artistic director, giving him more influence on the indie films and studio submissions that screen at the festival. Selecting what will get screened is a process that takes months and a great deal of discussion amidst the programming team. After the New Orleans Film Festival became an Oscar-qualifying festival for short films, the task load increased exponentially. This year they had to sift through over 5000 submissions to figure out which films would get included in the festival. The selection process often seems opaque and mysterious, but it might seem a little less so after hearing Clint's interview. He does into some detail about how the selection process works and some processes that they have in place to ensure that every film gets a fair shot. Some of the things that we discuss include The guiding philosophy behind the festival's selection process When it pays to get out there and dance What filmmakers can do to improve their chances of getting their films selected What, if any, supplemental materials should filmmakers include in their festival submissions How films can impact society for good or for ill, and whether there is such a thing as films that go too far How filmmakers can take advantage of the opportunities that film festivals offer to develop their careers This year New Orleans Film Festival happens on Oct 11-19, and Clint also shares some recommendations about what to check out. After the interview concludes, I mention some festival screenings and events that caught my attention. I then elaborate on some things that came up in the discussion and share my thoughts on what makes a film worth celebrating and how the films we embrace can influence society at large.     Sponsor for this Episode Instead of using this section for a promotional announcement, I would like to encourage you to donate to those affected by hurricane damage from Harvey, Irma, or Maria.   You can make a donation to the Red Cross for a specific region or just for general disaster relief. If you make a donation of at least $50 and want to be a good example to other, let me know and I'll give you a special shoutout on a future episode: podcast@nsavides.com # Related Things New Orleans Film Festival NOFF 2017 schedule and program NOFF on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Some of the festival highlights that Clint mentioned include Bangaologia - The Science of Style   Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise IF/Then Documentary Short Film Program, a partnership between NOFF, the Tribeca Film Institute, and the MacArthur Foundation. The winner of the competition will win a year of mentorship and  $20,000 to make their project. Love and Saucers Watermelon Women Some of the films that caught my eye include Current War Darkest Hour Last Flag Flying  the Louisiana short film blocks Mudbound  Power of the Glove  Other notable events at the festival include a conversation with Patricia Clarkson,  International Screenwriters Association table read and reception. New Orleans Video Access Center's Filmmakers Welcome Party, the tropical pool party at the Drifter Hotel,  and a Michael Jackson Thriller-themed party at the Art Garage Jordan B. Peterson's video message to millennials relates to a number of things I discuss in my concluding comments. Discovering it was an encouraging nudge to go forward with the episode. "The Art of Disagreement" from New York Times columnist Bret Stephens The Wired piece about the temp workers moderating content for companies like Google and Facebook and the trauma they experience after prolonged periods of watching extreme content PragerU on the downfall of Venezuela My blog post on John Ford and his films Past podcast episodes mentioned Larry Blake, the re-recording mixer and supervising sound editor who has worked on most of Steven Soderbergh’s films Bradley Greer, the colorist who has worked on films like 12 Years a Slave, Iceman, and The Looper Richard Matson from The Orchard, the distribution company behind Oscar-nominated films like Cartel Land and Life, Animated   Other Films & Shows Mentioned 12 Years a Slave Braveheart  Clockwork Orange  Forgotten Bayou  Gray Gardens, directed by the Maysles brothers. (Clint also singled out the Maysles brothers as some of the filmmakers that he admires. Other well-known films from them includ e Gimme Shelter and Salesman.) Leviathan (2012) Lost Bayou  Hari Kiri Irreversible Queen Sugar  Raging Bull Searchers  Thelma & Louise # If You Liked the Show Sign up for The nsavides Newsletter. Subscribe or leave a friendly review: bit.ly/nsavidesPodcast Stitcher Say hello on Twitter:  @nsavidesPRO Thank you for visiting!   SaveSave SaveSave

This week’s guests have heard over 10,000 pitches between them and, in this episode, they reveal what works and what doesn't when you're trying to raise money for your films. No Film School’s Liz Nord is joined by Molly O’Brien (Chief Business Development Officer of Fork Films), Daniel Chalfen (Co-founder of Naked Edge Films), and Jose Rodriguez (Director of Documentary Programs at the Tribeca Film Institute) to discuss the art of the pitch.

Brad Listi talks with Lisa Lucas, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, she served as the Publisher of Guernica, a non-profit online magazine focusing on writing that explores the intersection of art and politics with an international and diverse focus. She has also served as Director of Education at the Tribeca Film Institute, and on the development team at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. This year's National Book Awards will be held on November 15th in New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vaishali Sinha and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Ask The Sexpert, cultural context, “women as allies”, a Doctor as a 90-year-old pioneer and the latent effects of colonialism. IMDB Synopsis ASK THE SEXPERT is a feature length documentary about a highly popular 93-year-old sex advice columnist for a daily newspaper in Mumbai. Despite sex being a taboo topic in that country, the column’s brand of non-moralistic advice and humor has emboldened many to write in with their questions, the vast majority of whom seek basic information. The columnist gains popularity even while a ban on comprehensive sex education in schools is adopted by approximately one third of India’s states. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yRR1_VU1cQ  Biography Vaishali Sinha Co-Directed/Produced the feature documentary MADE IN INDIA about the personal stories behind the phenomenon of outsourcing surrogate mothers to India. The film premiered at Hot Docs Film Festival and aired on PBS in 2012. The film received several Jury awards at festivals and is currently a case study at Harvard Business School for their class on ethics. ASK THE SEXPERT is Vaishali’s second feature length documentary; a presentation by her company Coast to Coast Films. Vaishali has also produced numerous shorts. She has received support for her films from ITVS, the MacArthur Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute, Catapult Fund, Firelight Media, Playboy Foundation, Chicken & Egg Pictures, The Fledgling Fund, Center for Asian American Media, Mozilla, Ford Foundation, Nextpix and more. Vaishali also freelances at Videoline Productions founded by Peabody award-winning filmmaker Richard Wormser (Rise and Fall of Jim Crow). Vaishali speaks regularly at events and has acted as jury member at film festivals. In the past she has worked with women’s right group Point of View, in Mumbai. She is originally from Mumbai, and now resides in Brooklyn, NY with her husband Fred Lassen, a Music Director and their two-year-old son Luca. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

EPISODE 09 Beth Janson CEO Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television "There is great storytelling in this country that we are not talking about!" – Beth Janson providing an overview on what we need to do to elevate the profile of Canadian content. Canada Crush episode 09 is with Beth Janson, the CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. This is a feel good Canadian story on so many levels. Beth had spent close to 20 years in New York City where she rose to prominence as the Executive Director of the Tribeca Film Institute. But now she’s back in Canada leading the charge to revamp and revitalize the academy. We sat down in Beth’s offices and I start this interview talking to Beth about her work in the US and how she plans to use that experience in the development of new and exciting programing here in Canada. We then dive into topics around gender equality and expanding the opportunities for Canadians in all forms of media. This is an exciting time for Canadians in the arts as we drive for better recognition and more viewing of Canadian Content. And having Beth’s voice as a significant contributor is spectacular. Welcome home Beth! Here are some inspiring and informative moments from the Beth Janson interview: • What took Beth to New York City (4:30) • Business skills evolving (5:40) • Wants to apologize to all former bosses for impatience in wanting to make change (8:00) • Tribeca Film Festival was formed as a reaction to 9/11 (10:00) • How does it feel to be back in Canada (13:30) • How do we get people to watch more Canadian content (15:30) • Ideas for change and taking action (16:35) • Programming for mentorship is being looked at (21:40) • You wouldn’t have had a Weekend or Drake anywhere else in the world (23:00) • We are not doing well in diversity but positive change is happening (24:45) Keep Crushing it Canada, Dave Morris, Host HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? • Tell your friends and family • Share online • Subscribe on iTunes and Soundcloud • Rate and review this episode

In the 3rd episode of art Work, we gather round with Geoffrey Jackson Scott, Betty Yu, and Megan Marshall to talk about generosity! Generous labor? Laborious generosity? We talk Thank You emails, listening, compensation... and so much more! We have our first segment of "+1/-1", a lightning round segment where our guests get to literally '+1' or '-1' a statement (caveats a plenty). Pizza Rat, anyone? Betty Yu is an interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, educator and activist. She is a co-founder of the Chinatown Art Brigade, a cultural collective telling stories of Chinatown tenants fighting gentrification through public projections. Her documentary “Resilience” about her garment worker mother fighting against sweatshop conditions, screened at national and international film festivals including the Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival. Yu’s multi-media installation, “The Garment Worker” was featured at Tribeca Film Institute’s Interactive. She co-created "Monument to Anti-Displacement Organizing" in the Agitprop! show at Brooklyn Museum. Betty was a 2012 Public Artist-in-Resident with the Laundromat Project and is a 2015 Cultural Agent with the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture (USDAC) a people-powered social justice and art network. Ms. Yu is currently on the Board of Directors of Working Films, Deep Dish TV and Third World Newsreel, progressive media and film organizations.rnrnBetty received the 2016 SOAPBOX Artist Award from the Laundromat Project. She holds a BFA from NYU's TSOA and a MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College. Betty is a 2016 A Blade of Grass Fellow for Socially Engaged Art for her project with Chinatown Art Brigade. Ms. Yu's organizing recognitions include being the recipient of the Union Square Award for grassroots activism and a semi-finalist of the National Brick “Do Something” Award for community leadership in Chinatown.Website: www.bettyyu.netTwitter: @bettyyu21, @CtownArtBrigadeChinatown Art Brigade: www.chinatownartbrigade.org Geoffrey Jackson Scott is a Brooklyn-based creative producer, independent curator, engagement strategist, and cultural organizer. He is Co-Founder and Creative Director of the communications and engagement strategy firm Peoplmovr. Geoffrey is also often seen at the Public Theater and Museum of Moving Image, as part of his work with Peoplmovr.Instagram / Twitter; @peoplmovr Megan Marshall serves as the Director of Internal Operations at New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW). Prior to NYTW, Ms. Marshall served as the Controller at New York City Opera (NYCO) under George Steel and was on the team to through NYCO’s bankruptcy. Previously, she served as Payroll Manager for The Public Theater. Ms. Marshall has also worked in various capacities for Vineyard Arts Project on Martha’s Vineyard, Theatre for One with Tony-Award-Winning Set Designer Christine Jones, artist Soibhan Cronin who works/performs in San Francisco, Santa Fe, and New York, Brooklyn Academy of Music, P.S.122, and O&M Press Company. She received her MA in Performing Arts Administration from New York University and her BA in Theater Management from College of Santa Fe in New Mexico.Twitter: @meganemarshallNYTW:

There was literally too much ground to cover with Peter Singer. He was one of these interviews where you just have to let him run because he has so much to say. His knowledge and experience are too wide to cover in a short hour, but here are some key takeaways that you will learn when you listen. Major Take-Aways From This Episode: He is not a doomsday figure, but one that seeks to find alternatives, explain, and develop context to the changes that are impacting our lives. He was on a research project that asked 60 people what are the 5 trends that are of the same magnitude the release of computer in 1980: Hardware – Robots, autonomous vehicles Software – IoT, Big Data, AI Waveware – Energy Sources, solar, lasers Hardware – Additive printing and manufacturing, 3d, bits to atoms Wetware – human performance enhancing technology Bio science is impacting technological breakthroughs faster than Moore’s law on the computer side. These breakthroughs are coming in endurance, cognition, concentration and will impact everything from classrooms to high performance executive functioning. The Biological Metaphor for Security is huge. I have been using it for a while to compare tech security to how nature secures herself from threats. What can we learn from nature in order to defend our systems: Nature has designed resilient systems; Nature has natural defenses all working in unison; Public and private sector interaction; No one action can do it all; Attitude of The British =  “Keep Calm and Carry On” I have linked up all the show notes on redzonetech.net/podcast where you can get access to Peter Singer’s books and publications. About Peter W. Singer: Peter Warren Singer is a Strategist and Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, the author of multiple award-winning books, and a contributing editor at Popular Science. He has been named by the Smithsonian Institution-National Portrait Gallery as one of the 100 "leading innovators in the nation," by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people in defense issues, by Onalytica social media data analysis as one of the ten most influential voices in the world on cybersecurity, and by Foreign Policy to their Top 100 Global Thinkers List, of the people whose ideas most influenced the world that year. Described in the Wall Street Journal as "the premier futurist in the national-security environment," Dr. Singer is considered one of the world's leading experts on changes in 21st century warfare. He has consulted for the US Military, Defense Intelligence Agency, and FBI, as well as advised a range of entertainment programs, including for Warner Brothers, Dreamworks, Universal, HBO, Discovery, History Channel, and the video game series Call of Duty, the best-selling entertainment project in history. He served as coordinator of the Obama-08 campaign's defense policy task force and was named by the President to the US Military's Transformation Advisory Group. He has provided commentary on security issues for nearly every major TV and radio outlet, including ABC, Al Jazeera, BBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, NPR, and the NBC Today Show. In addition to his work on conflict issues, Singer is a member of the State Department's Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy. In the entertainment sector, he has received awards/support from the Tribeca Film Institute, Sloan Filmmakers Fund, Film Independent, and FAST Track at the L.A. Film Festival. Read full transcript here. How to get in touch with Peter W. Singer: Linkedin Website contact form Email Website: www.pwsinger.com Books: Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know? Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry Children at War Publications:  List of Published Articles Other Resources: DARPA Subnets Brain Gate This episode is sponsored by the CIO Scoreboard, a powerful tool that helps you communicate the status of your IT Security program visually in just a few minutes. Credits: * Outro music provided by Ben’s Sound Other Ways To Listen to the Podcast iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn Leave a Review If you enjoyed this episode, then please consider leaving an iTunes review here Click here for instructions on how to leave an iTunes review if you're doing this for the first time. About Bill Murphy Bill Murphy is a world renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Ingrid Kopp has been exploring the highest peaks and lowest valleys of independent film for the past 15 years and for the past 6 years has been island hopping to discover intersections between storytelling, social media and technology. As the Director of Interactive at the Tribeca Film Institute, Ingrid supports interactive and cross-platform projects through the TFI New Media Fund and TAA Interactive Prototype Fund. She is the creator of Tribeca Hacks, TFI Interactive and the curator of Storyscapes at the Tribeca Film Festival. All of these spaces invite story, tech and design into the same room to foster conversations and collaborations. In this episode of She Does, Ingrid talks about growing up in South Africa during apartheid, the balance between offline and online communities, lack of diversity in technology and curation, and her dreams to write a book and climb Mt. Kilimanjaro--at the same time. SHE DOES podcast, hosted by Elaine Sheldon and Sarah Ginsburg, showcases conversations with women making their mark in media. Going beyond their current career status, we explore each woman's past to understand how their personality, background and philosophy informs their work. Writers, producers, directors, technologists, designers, cinematographers, musicians and journalists share their knowledge and personal stories.

BuzzFeed's Alison Willmore and Indiewire's Eric Kohn chat about 2014 in movies and TV. TFI LIVE is the podcast of the non-profit arts organization Tribeca Film Institute, and hosted by TFI web editor Jason Guerrasio. Technician: Gavin Mevius Music: Mr. Simmonds (www.mrsimmondsmusic.com / @soundcloud.com/jamie-simmonds)

We chat with THE IMITATION GAME screenwriter Graham Moore about getting Alan Turing's story to the screen and Ravi Patel on his "romantic comedy documentary" MEET THE PATELS. TFI LIVE is the podcast of the non-profit arts organization Tribeca Film Institute, and hosted by TFI web editor Jason Guerrasio. Technician: Gavin Mevius Music: Mr. Simmonds (www.mrsimmondsmusic.com / @soundcloud.com/jamie-simmonds)

Guernica Annual Print Edition (Guerinca + Haymarket Press) Join us for the Los Angeles launch of the Guernica Annual at Skylight Books. This year Guernica celebrates ten years of award-winning, free online content. Guernica's first-ever print edition (published in partnership with Haymarket Books) contains fearless reportage, memoir, compelling interviews, and emerging and established poets and fiction writers. This special evening consists of readings from the Annual by local writers and a conversation with the staff and editors of Guernica. Readings from: Matthew Specktor (American Dream Machine, That Summertime Sound), Katherine Taylor (Rules for Saying Goodbye) Michael Archer (editor-in-chief and co-founder of Guernica), Lisa Lucas (publisher of Guernica) and Kima Jones (NPR, Pank, The Rumpus). This event is free and open to the public. All proceeds from the Guernica Annual will go towards compensating writers and editors, and maintaining Guernica's free online access. Matthew Specktor is the author of the novels American Dream Machine and That Summertime Sound, as well as a nonfiction book about the motion picture The Sting. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Paris Review, The Believer, Tin House, Black Clock, and Salon, among other publications. He is a senior editor and founding member of the Los Angeles Review of Books. Katherine Taylor is the author of the novel Valley Fever, a cross-generational tragicomedy set in California's wine-soaked Central Valley, to be published June 2015 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.  She is also the author ofRules for Saying Goodbye, a novel of a young woman's disassembling and reassembling herself, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in 2007. Katherine's stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Elle, Town & Country, and Ploughshares, among other publications. She has won a Pushcart Prize and the McGinnis Ritchie Award for Fiction. She has a B.A. from University of Southern California and an MFA from Columbia University, where she was a Graduate Writing Fellow. Katherine lives in Los Angeles. Michael Archer is the Editor-in-Chief and Co-founder of Guernica. His work has appeared in The Huffington Post, Publishers Weekly ,Biography, Daily Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Woman's Day, Men's Edge, and The New Yorker, among many others. His fiction has appeared in various journals. He has taught in the Czech Republic (Charles University), Costa Rica, and China. He currently teaches English and speech at the City University of New York. Lisa Lucas is the Publisher of Guernica. Previously, she served as the Director of Education at Tribeca Film Institute and consulted for various non-profit arts and cultural organizations, including Sundance Film Festival, San Francisco Film Society and the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Lucas is also co-chair of the non-fiction committee for the Brooklyn Book Festival. Kima Jones has received fellowships from PEN Center USA Emerging Voices, Kimbilio Center for African American Fiction and The MacDowell Colony. She has been published at NPR, PANK and The Rumpus among others. Kima lives in Los Angeles and is writing her first poetry collection, The Anatomy of Forgiveness.

Horror greats Larry Fessenden and Glenn McQuaid come by for our Halloween episode. TFI LIVE is the podcast of the non-profit arts organization Tribeca Film Institute, and hosted by TFI web editor Jason Guerrasio. Technician: Gavin Mevius Music: Mr. Simmonds (www.mrsimmondsmusic.com / @soundcloud.com/jamie-simmonds)