Podcasts about Woodstock Film Festival

This episode is about a story that needs to be heard. It's the tale of an amazing individual and jazz artist named René Marie.  Her story has been portrayed in an award - winning short documentary by Rachel Kessler, a Brooklyn-based director, screenwriter, and producer with over a decade of experience deeply rooted in her artistic and creative beliefs.  The beauty and soul of René Marie has been captured in this film called, ‘Tuning René Marie', that weaves you through the early life of this GRAMMY-nominated jazz vocalist. It premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Woodstock Film Festival in 2022 where it was nominated for Best Short Documentary;  it's now available for all to see on the prestigious short film channel, Omeleto.  It's an extraordinary story that we're honored to share as we speak to both women about how it came to be, and the impact it's had on them, and on everyone who's seen it.

We reviewed so many films in 2024. Here's part II of our collection of our reviews all in one place in ready to binge here on YouTube including: Dune Part II starring Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya, Out of My Mind, A Real Pain, written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, Rent Free from this year's Tribeca Festival, Saturday Night directed by Jason Reitman, Seeds from this year's Woodstock Film Festival, Thelma from this year's Sundance Film Festival, The Friend starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, and Things Will Be Different from this year's Overlook Film Festival.

In this super fun episode, Hilliard & guest co-host actor/writer/dir Denzel Whitaker sit down for an in-depth conversation with award-winning writer-dir-producer LISA FRANCE. If you ever had questions about how to become an Episodic Director, this might be the podcast for you!Lisa France is an entertainment vet with over 25+ years in the business as a writer, director and producer. She began her film and TV career from the ground up. PA, AD, set dec, camera operator, props, 2nd AD, driver, stand-in, extra, etc.  She attributes her extensive entertainment job resume to her ability to think quickly in difficult production situations.  Eventually she landed a stunt gig with Spike Lee in He Got Game and a stunt acting job on The Summer of Sam and did stunts on a variety of other TV shows and films, most notably, The Sopranos. France directed, co-wrote and produced her first feature film, "Anne B. Real" in 2003, which won more than 40 film festival awards and nominations around the world, including two Independent Spirit Award nominations.She then directed two more award-winning independent films in rapid succession, both were distributed on Netflix, Starz and AMC theaters. Her first documentary, "Roll with Me", also garnered numerous awards, debuted at The Woodstock Film Festival and was a 2018 Slamdance Official Selection later acquired and distributed by Ava DuVernay's ARRAY Releasing. France has directed numerous thrillers and Christmas movies for Lifetime, BounceTV, OWN Hulu and Tubi. During the height of the pandemic, France directed and produced on Season 5 and 6, the critically acclaimed, award winning series "Queen Sugar" by creator Ava DuVernay. France recently directed episodes of the hit FOX series "The Cleaning Lady" and "Naomi" which is currently streaming on HBO MAX. France produced "The Herricanes" which just debuted and won a Special Jury Prize and the Audience Award at SXSW and is actually playing in theaters this month. France is a proud member of AWD, the LGBTQ+ community, the DGA, WGA, and SAG-AFTRA.Our Motto: "Keep it GAME all day!"For information, Merch (T-SHIRTS/HOODIES), and all things Rant Room!www.Screenwritersrantroom.comhttps://screenwriters-rant-room.printify.me/productsSubscribe, like, follow, share & 5-star review!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Hilliard Guess on all social media@Hilliardguess.bsky.socialIG: @ScreenwritersRantRoom@Lisafrance2067@DenzelWhitakerWE ARE NOW OPEN TO SPONSORSHIPS AND BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Screenwritersrantroom@gmail.comWe invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast. We appreciate your support!THEME SONG: Jack SpadeWEBSITE: MQL2,Abigail Bloom & Laura HuieLOGOS: Rachel MusikanthRANT ROOM TEAM:Richard Scott - Creative ProducerTyler Musikanth - Assoc ProducerBrooke Baltimore - MarketingTogo - Marketing

We reviewed so many films in 2024. Here's part II of our collection of our reviews all in one place in ready to binge here on YouTube including: Good One directed by India Donaldson, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person from Overlook Film Festival, Griffin in Summer from Tribeca Festival starring Owen Teague, Hunters on a White Field from Sweden, Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh and starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Inside Out 2 from Disney, Kinds of Kindness directed by Yorgos Lanthamos, Little Death from Sundance Film Festival, Long Legs starring Nicolas Cage, My Dead Friend Zoe from Woodstock Film Festival, and the animated feature, The Imaginary. For more content: www.norestfortheweekendpodcast.com www.btrpmedia.com

This week on The Watchers, we sit down with filmmaker Carina Mia Wong and Wayfinder Experience camp director Judson Packard to talk about the powerful new documentary We Can Be Heroes. The film explores the transformative magic of Wayfinder, a camp where young people build confidence, emotional resilience, and community through immersive role-playing games.Carina, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist, shares what drew her to tell this story, while Jud gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how the camp creates such a safe and encouraging space for growth. We dive into everything from the challenges of making a film about such a vulnerable and unique environment to the incredible impact the camp has on its campers. (Also we talk about Jersey because of course we do. Make sure you're following us on Instagram for a cameo from our patron saint, the Jersey Devil.)We Can Be Heroes has already earned incredible (and well-deserved) recognition, winning the Special Jury Award for Bravery and Empathy at SXSW, the Audience Award for Best Feature Doc at the Woodstock Film Festival, and the Best Feature Documentary Award at the Nevada City Film Festival. If you're into stories about healing, connection, and hitting people with big foam swords, this one's for you.Learn more about The Wayfinder Experience: https://wayfinderexperience.com/Follow:We Can Be Heroes: @wecanbeheroesdocThe Wayfinder Experience: @wayfinderexpCarina Mia Wong: @carina.miaJudson Packard: @larp_kweenThe Watchers: @WatchersPodNJAndrea: @AQAndreaQJodie: @jodie_mimThanks to Kitzy (@heykitzy) for the use of our theme song, "No Book Club."

On this episode Jackie Hanzl (MADE with Jackie Hanzl) reviews some of the films from this year's Woodstock Film Festival including: My Dead Friend Zoe, Out of My Mind, The Uninvited, and Seeds. Sponsored by Blackmagic Design https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/ Music by Christopher Gillard Created & Hosted by Jason Godbey --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/no-rest-for-the-weekend/support

Film editor Michael Taylor, A.C.E. returns for his 7th visit to the podcast. Taylor is helping to program a series at the Metrograph Cinema in NYC called Filmcraft: American Cinema Editors. This series showcases the best of editing by pairing a screening with a Q&A with its editors. This Friday, December 6th, there is a sold out screening of Elaine May's "Mikey & Nicky" with Ms. May in attendance. (This podcast host will be in attendance as well.) Michael Taylor, ACE, is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is represented by Pete Franciosa at UTA (Franciosap@unitedtalent.com; 310-488-8436). He edited and co-produced the documentary series "My Undesirable Friends", directed by Julia Loktev, which premiered at the New York Film Festival. He recently completed Noah Pritzker's "Ex-Husbands", starring Griffin Dunne, James Norton, and Rosanna Arquette. The film premiered at San Sebastian and will be released theatrically in 2025. He was nominated for an ACE Eddie Award for Best Editing of a Feature, Comedy, for Lulu Wang's "The Farewell", starring Awkwafina, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was released by A24. The film won Best Feature at the 2020 Independent Spirit Awards. Awkwafina won Best Actress at the Golden Globes and Gotham Awards. Recent films include Edson Oda's "Nine Days", starring Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Benedict Wong, Bill Skarsgård and Tony Hale, winner of the Waldo Salt Award for Best Screenwriting at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Matt Sobel's "Goodnight Mommy", an Amazon Studios film starring Naomi Watts, Ira Sachs' "Love is Strange," starring Alfred Molina, John Lithgow and Marisa Tomei, Elizabeth Wood's "White Girl", starring Morgan Saylor, and Guy Nattiv's Skin, starring Jamie Bell, Vera Famiga and Bill Camp. Other films include Julia Loktev's "The Loneliest Planet", starring Gael Garcia Bernal, selected for the New York Film Festival, and "Day Night Day Night", winner, Prix de La Jeunesse, Cannes Film Festival. Taylor won Best Editing at the Woodstock Film Festival for the documentary "The Babushkas of Chernobyl", directed by Holly Morris and Anne Bogart. He also edited Margaret Brown's Peabody Award-winning documentary "The Order of Myths", and Brown's documentary "Be Here to Love You: A Film About Townes Van Zandt", as well as Mitch McCabe's "Youth Knows No Pain".

Intro - It's peace, love, and cupcakes with our special guest host, Andrew Morgan of Recent Activity https://recent-activity.captivate.fm/listen and What's On Netflix https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/author/andrew-morgan/ . Make sure to listen to Andrew and Shane's podcast and read all of Andrew's work via those links. This episode will be about our terrific experience at the Woodstock Film Festival, including Non-Spoiler reviews of Anora, Emilia Perez, Flow, Oh Canada, Unstoppable, and Nightbitch. Plus, we have a deep conversation about the state of Netflix Original Movies in 2024 and look ahead to their Oscar chances. Anora, Her Best Picture Aspirations & Why We Must Get a Rewatch - 2:00 THE BIG EMILIA PEREZ & NETFLIX AWARDS DISCUSSION: Emilia Perez & How She May Break The Golden Globes Model- 11:15 But How We Certainly See A Lot of Noms for Emilia Perez - 19:13 Why doesn't Netflix go towards more theatrical? - 22:40 The Overall Netflix Awards Outlook for 2024 - 32:51 Our Woodstock Film Festival Travelogue full of food stories, barhopping and deers - 40:01 Flow & Our Animated Feature Discussion - 47:04 Oh Canada and the maestro of the Q&A, Paul Schrader - 55:28 Unstoppable and the State of Streaming Sports Movies in 2024 - 1:06:57 Amanda Seyfried, Aya Cash Panel Discussion - 1:11:16 Nightbitch features Amy Adams, but a bunch of other terrible characters - 1:17:45 OUTRO - 1:20:00. Let's pay our tolls. Andrew discusses what's coming next on his podcast, Recent Activity and his busy writing schedule for What's On Netflix. Make sure to leave both our shows 5 Star Ratings if you want to support what we do here, and as always, we thank you for doing so.

Andrew and Shane keep up the scary goodness of October with their review of SMILE 2 before getting into some streaming films and Andrew's trip to the Woodstock Film Festival headlined by 2 Oscar frontrunners in ANORA and EMILIA PEREZ.

Walk with Me is the journey of Charlie Hess and his wife, episode guest Heidi Levitt, as they learn to live with his Early-Onset Alzheimer's disease. Over four years of filming with Heidi as director and care partner, they crisscross the country, redefining how life will be lived to its fullest. Charlie's charm, warmth, and appeal take center stage, illuminating a story of love and a reminder that life is really about our relationships. "Walk With Me" will screen at the Woodstock Film Festival on Saturday, October 19, 5:15PM at the Bearsville Theater. The post-screening Q&A will be moderated by Filmwax host Adam Schartoff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geeZYBAc36Q

This episode takes us to the Woodstock Film Festival's Youth Film Lab, a three-week intensive filmmaking program for teens in Kingston, NY. Each summer, participants learn filmmaking from industry professionals like Gregg Bray, Megan Sperry, Saskia Madlener, and David Becker. The YFL provides a tuition-free launchpad for young filmmakers to produce documentaries and narrative films, which go on in the fall to be screened at the ⁠Woodstock Film Festival⁠. 00:00 Introduction to a Creative Journey 00:23 Youth Film Lab Overview 01:50 Inside the Filmmaking Process 04:03 Meet the Instructors 12:07 Student Experiences and Reflections 14:42 Program Impact and Future Prospects 18:37 Conclusion and Festival Information --- Thanks to this week's sponsors: ⁠Briars & Brambles Books⁠, Ulster Savings Bank⁠, and ⁠The Mountain Eagle⁠. Please rate and review on the podcast app of your choice. Thank you! (Photo courtesy of Megan Sperry)

Meira Blaustein in conversation with Rita Ryan of LocalMotion 10.2.24

The Woodstock Film Festival, this fall celebrating its 25th year, is presenting its main slate of distinguished films to screen from October 15 to October 20, 2024, at venues across the Hudson Valley towns of Woodstock, Rosendale, Kingston and Saugerties.

This week, host Joanna Roche sits down with Sarah Johnson. Sarah is the founder of White Feather Farm, an organic educational research farm in Saugerties, NY. She is on the board of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Woods Hole MA, as well as a Board Member for the Woodstock Film Festival.  Her commitment to the environment and environmental advocacy began more than three decades ago when she lobbied for clean air and water in Washington D.C. with the Garden Club of America. Sarah also has started NY Carbon which converts rotting wood debris in the Catskills to biochar. She is a human rights and sustainability activist, and a philanthropist. Today, Johnson's commitment to the environment includes furthering understanding of climate change by supporting innovative, solutions-focused climate science.To learn more about the Maria Mitchell Association visit https://www.mariamitchell.org/. 

The 25th Annual Woodstock Film Festival takes place in October. But one need not wait for cinematic goodness from the Festival -this morning we talk about a trio of events happening this month.

Angran Li is a Chinese Production Designer and Art Director who is best known for her work Kneeling Sheep(2019), The Way Home(2019), How to Live Your Life Correctly(2018). She recently worked on the Walt Disney Studios' new streaming project-The Little Prince(ss)(2020) as a Production Designer.Since 2018, all her films she as Production Designer went to various worldwide well-known film festivals and had awards winning, such as BAFTA, Woodstock Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival, Bermuda International Film Festival, etc.She has worked in both China and the United States owns a Design BFA degree from Parsons the New School for Design in New York. She worked in New York Fashion Week (2016), was a prop assistant in Jerard Studio also assisted Scenic Designer for New York Broadway Musical George Takei's Allegiance. She assisted for the Met Gala at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and worked for the International Concert's Art Director at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. She found her own design studio-Le Grand Studio in Beijing years ago and has been the Creative Art Director for China Yacht Magazine till now.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steven-cuoco/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steven-cuoco/support

Last week I put out a call, and these women answered. Struck by a recent conversation I had about war vs. peace, I realized the misogyny in the idea of peace - as something naive, weak, emotional and decidedly feminine. So I wanted to double down on my wish for peace and 5 women showed up to help do just that, offering words, sound, meditation, breath, prayer, and love.First is a meditative guided visualization from the wonderful Seaira O'Brien, multidimensional healer and word alchemist. She is followed by The Great Octave founder, Shulamit Elson who offered her signature Medisounds healing frequencies. Shulamit was on the show in November 2021 talking about grief and sound healing. Also returning to the show is Kristin Moshonas who brought us into our bodies, breath and hearts. She was on the show in May of this year talking about mental health and her work to support it. Trinity joined in studio with her guitar to set the tone for a song she wrote year's ago about love and alchemy. Her sound healing work can be found here. Last but not least is my pal Tara Sanders who's been a return guest several times. Today she guided us through a loving kindness practice sending prayers to ourselves and others. I asked her to mention the details about another event she is involved, HERSTORY: A symposium bringing together five film initiatives in the region that work to empower, celebrate and elevate female-identifying and non-binary folks in the film industry. HUDSY, Moonshot Initiative, Stockade Works, UPWIFT, and the Woodstock Film Festival will each present about their organizations, some of their past work, and the opportunities that each provides to engage with and encourage the continued expansion of diversity in the industry. This event is happening November 7th at the Rosendale Theatre.I close the show with the Full Moon report, and mention another local happening, a screening of the film $AVVY at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck on Nov. 15th at 5:15pm: This film dives deep into the complexities surrounding women and money, uncovering the hidden narratives that have influenced our perceptions for generations. Directed by visionary filmmaker Robin Hauser, "$AVVY" is a captivating journey through time, culture, and society, examining the intricate relationship between women and money. From historical accounts that have shaped financial narratives to the unspoken rules that govern our modern world, this film unearths it all. Brought to you by Working for Women and Third Eye Associates.Today's show was engineered by Ian Seda of Radio Kingston.Our show music is from Shana Falana !!!Feel free to email me, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.org** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND IThttp://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFY | STITCHERITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCASTITCHER: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/she-wants/i-want-what-she-has?refid=stpr'Follow:INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcastTWITTER *https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Cara Yeates about her movie Gone Before Your Eyes (screening at Woodstock Film Festival and other upcoming film festivals.) My Summer Lair Chapter #262: What Can We Learn From Die Hard Today? Recorded: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 12:30 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter because the F in FOMO doesn't stand for Fun. Stress free pop culture (TV shows! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

Ottoman Turks are my guests this week. Nathan Wells and Billy Law share the experiences of this band and their trajectory is definitely sky rocketing with band mate Joshua Ray Walker and drummer Paul Hinojo. And Nathan, Billy & Joshua have all released new solo records so you know this band is packed with incredible talent. They're represented by State Fair Records On top of all of that, they are stellar humans with a unique perspective on life I've gotten to see a lot of their uniqueness in the documentary film Texas Music Revolution being featured at a plethora of prestigious film festivals these past few weeks including Catalina and Woodstock Film Festival with more to come. Thanks to Burress Law PLLC The Guitar Sanctuary and Cadillac Pizza Pub.   Originally aired 10/01/2023 on 95.3 FM KYHI the Range in Dallas, TX.

"American Symphony," Oscar nominee Matthew Heineman's moving portrait of the musician Jon Batiste as he experiences his greatest professional success (he dominated the 2022 Grammys) at the same time his wife faces her greatest personal challenge (she is battling leukemia), has been acquired by Netflix following a lengthy bidding war. Barack and Michelle Obama's production company Higher Ground, which has a first-look deal with Netflix, is part of the project."American Symphony" will be part of Woodstock Film Festival on Saturday, September 30 at 10:15 a.m. at Tinker Street Cinema in Woodstock, New York.

Michael Imperioli has been a fixture on the screen since his youth through roles in projects like “Goodfellas,” “The Sopranos,” and “Escape At Dannemora.” But in recent years, another side of Imperioli's artistry has emerged, including the publication of his novel “The Perfume Burned His Eyes,” and releases from his rock group Zopa. Zopa will perform at the Woodstock Film Festival this weekend.

The compelling new documentary “No Accident” takes us into the conference rooms as some of America's top attorneys take on some of America's top racists.

Matthew Modine's new short film “I Am What You Imagine” is a sensual exploration of the unexplainable. Featuring the voice talents of Ruby Modine and longtime Kubrick collaborator Leon Vitali (in his final performance), the film uses sound, music, and expressionistic imagery to take viewers on a journey of the heart and mind. The film will be shown at this weekend's Woodstock Film Festival.

The Woodstock Film Festival is about to honor a living legend. Director and screenwriter James Ivory of the Merchant Ivory partnership created dozens of award-winning films including “Howards End,” “The Remains of the Day,” and “Mr. and Mrs. Bridge,” to name just a few.

The Woodstock Film Festival is getting ready for its 24th Anniversary, September 27 - October 1, 2023, to be presented at venues throughout the Hudson Valley towns of Woodstock, Rosendale and Saugerties, and online. To tell us all about this amazing event - Woodstock Film Festival Co-Founder & Executive Director - Meira Blaustein.

Meira Blaustein of Woodstock Film Festival in conversation with Rita Ryan of LocalMotion 9.13.23

Telling Powerful Stories that Change the World Nick Bruckman and Ryder Haske, People's Television   – The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 929 Nick Bruckman and Ryder Haske   Nicholas Bruckman is the founder and CEO of People's Television, a production studio and creative agency that produces award-winning independent films as well as video storytelling for the world's leading brands. His feature documentary Not Going Quietly, executive produced by Mark and Jay Duplass, premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival where it won the Audience Award and Special Jury Prize, and was nominated for Best Documentary and Best Director of the year at the IDA awards. The film was critically acclaimed and acquired for distribution by Greenwich Entertainment (theatrical), PBS POV (broadcast), Vice World News (international), and Hulu (streaming). He previously produced the narrative feature film Valley of Saints, shot under lockdown in Kashmir, which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and the Asia Africa Prize at the Dubai Film Festival. His first documentary La Americana broadcast worldwide on networks including National Geographic and Al Jazeera. He has executive produced numerous short films, including Rosa, which won Best Short at the Woodstock Film Festival and was acquired by HBO Max, and Desert Mourning, which premiered at Mountainfilm Telluride. Nick has participated in numerous labs, fellowships, and markets worldwide, including the Rotterdam Producers Lab, the IFP Cannes Producers Fellowship, and the Film Independent Producers Lab. His work has been supported by foundations including the Sloan Foundation, Cinereach, Rooftop Films, and the International Documentary Association. Through People's TV, Nick regularly produces branded films for clients including Airbnb, Greenpeace, Meta, and Dropbox, and works with A-list talent and CEOs. He has shot in over 25 countries around the world, including across Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Ryder Haske has been a partner at People's Television for over 10 years. During his tenure, he directed and produced commercials and ad campaigns for fortune 500 companies, federal agencies, and global foundations. He was a Cinematographer and Executive Producer on the feature documentary Not Going Quietly and has won multiple AAF and Telly awards. Ryder's work has brought him to nearly every state and over 25 countries. Based in Washington, where he oversees the DC office, Ryder's work ranges from mental health awareness to environmental conservation and social justice.   Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Nick Bruckman and Ryder Haske about telling powerful stories that change the world.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week's show: - How character driven stories can be the most impactful for an audience. - Why many people don't know that they have a powerful story to tell. - How most people intuitively skip over advertising, which is why you need a compelling story. - Why the storytelling techniques learned in film school, or a creative writing class apply to storytelling in ads. - How you want your story to be so interesting that it will be shared past potential customers.   Connect with Nick and Ryder: Guest Contact Info Twitter @peoplestv Instagram @peoples.tv Facebook facebook.com/pplstv LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/people's-tv   Links Mentioned: peoples.tv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan Selby is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has been screened internationally in settings ranging from film festivals and art museums to university classrooms and on Public Television. BEYOND THE DIVIDE premiered at Montana's Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and won Best Feature Documentary at the Peace on Earth Film Festival. After a year of traveling to festivals world-wide, BEYOND THE DIVIDE was broadcast on Twin Cities Public Television, which led to national distribution by American Public Television.Jan's previous film, A CIRCLE AND THREE LINES, won a regional Emmy, screened at numerous film festivals including the Woodstock Film Festival and was featured in the Walker Art Center exhibit, The Reel Thing. Jan is the founder of Quiet Island Films where she brings her documentary and storytelling experience to projects for corporate and non-profit clients.I interviewed Jan in front of a live audience before screening her film, which she has now made available for streaming for free on the website for BEYOND THE DIVIDE.Between the interview and Q&A segments of the podcast, you will hear musician Chris Koza play the title track from the film.

Co-founder and Executive Director of the Woodstock Film Festival, Meira Blaustein, is the guest. The Festival was launched in 2000 and has quickly become one of the most respected and influential regional film festivals in the US. Blaustein has been running it ever since.

There will be a free screening of "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" at UPAC in Kingston, New York tonight at 7 p.m. The film takes a deeper dive into the groundbreaking actions spearheaded by Rosa Parks throughout the course of the civil rights movement. Acclaimed director Yoruba Richen will participate in an in-person Q&A following the screening and she joins us this morning.

Mr. Kevin Greene is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tassat Group Inc., the leading provider of blockchain-based real-time solutions to banks. He joined the firm in 2017 as a senior Member of the Board and was named Executive Chairman in 2019. Mr. Greene is regarded as a driving force of innovation and progress in the application of blockchain-based technology solutions for the financial services industry. In addition to his roles at Tassat, Mr. Greene serves as a Managing Partner of James Alpha Management, LLC. Previously, Mr. Greene served as Chairman & CEO of Capital Resource Holdings, LLC, the holding company parent of CRA RogersCasey, one of the nation's leading pension consulting firms advising more than $500 billion in the pension fund, foundation, endowment, and high net worth assets.Earlier, Mr. Greene founded Bryant Park Capital, a privately held investment bank specializing in private equity financing and mergers & acquisitions for both private and public companies in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to founding Bryant Park in 1991, Mr. Greene was a senior consultant with McKinsey & Company, focused on corporate finance, corporate strategy, and mergers & acquisitions.     Mr. Greene serves as President of the Board of Trustees of the Michael J. Farrell Foundation and is a Trustee of Kaatsbaan Cultural Park and the Woodstock Film Festival.An accomplished author and speaker, Mr. Greene has published articles focused on economics and political science and has been a featured speaker at several asset management industry conferences.      Mr. Greene earned a B.A. degree in Economics (with distinction) from Georgetown University, a master's degree in Public Policy (Kennedy Scholar) from Harvard University and an MBA in Finance from New York University. He holds the Series 7, 24, 63 and 79 licenses with FINRA.Connect with Behind Company Lines and HireOtter Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn:Behind Company LinesHireOtter Instagram Buzzsprout

Tito Puente Jr. and Clemency Tito Puente Jr. visited us to invite us to his concert on October 14, The Mambo Harvest at The Hudson House Distillery in West Park, NY. The event, from 6 to 9:30pm, includes salsa class with the Dojo Dance Company, live music from the Latin Jazz Ensemble, The Latin Jazz Express and Tito Puente Jr. Tickets are $35 and listeners of La Voz con Mariel Fiori can Enter the discount code LAVOZ to purchase their discount $20 tickets at eventbrite. In the midst of the Woodstock Film Festival, we were visited by Elisabeth Mohlmann, one of the directors of Mama Irene, Healer of the Andes, and Franz Zavala, director of photography. Tickets to see this documentary today are sold out, but Elisabeth told us that it will be available online in November. Also, Eline Martinez told us about Bard College's Clemente Course in the humanities that gives free college credit. Classes are taught via zoom, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, from October 6 to January 26. The registration deadline is October 1. Applicants must be 16 years of age or older, highly motivated and committed. They must have the time and desire to attend classes regularly, complete assignments outside of class, and fully participate in the course for the entire three-month period. Email Professor Marina van Zuylen for more information and questions, vanzuyle@bard.edu. Tito Puente Jr. y clemencia Además, nos visitó Tito Puente Jr. para invitarnos a su concierto del 14 de octubre, La Cosecha del Mambo en The Hudson House Distillery en West Park, NY. El evento de 6 a 9:30pm, incluye clase de salsa con Dojo Dance Company, la música en vivo de Latin Jazz Ensemble, The Latin Jazz Express y a Tito Puente Jr. Los boletos cuestan $35 y los oyentes de La Voz con Mariel Fiori pueden ingresar el código de descuento LAVOZ para comprar sus entradas con descuento a $20 en eventbrite. En pleno Festival de Cine de Woodstock, nos visitaron Elisabeth Mohlmann, una de las directoras de Mama Irene, Sanadora de los Andes, y Franz Zavala, director de fotografía. Las entradas para ver este documental el día de hoy están agotadas, pero Elisabeth nos avisó que se podrá ver online en noviembre. Además, Eline Martínez nos habló del Curso Clemente en humanidades de Bard College que da créditos universitarios gratuitos. Las clases se imparten via zoom, los martes y jueves de 6:00 a 8:00pm, del 6 de octubre al 26 de enero. La fecha límite de inscripción es el 1 de octubre. Los solicitantes deben tener 16 años de edad o más, estar altamente motivados y comprometidos. Deben tener el tiempo y el deseo de asistir a clases regularmente, completar las tareas fuera de clase y participar plenamente en el curso durante todo el período de tres meses. Escribir a la profesora Marina van Zuylen para más información y preguntas, vanzuyle@bard.edu.

Karen Allen who executive produced and stars in the film - "A Stage of Twilight" - is bowing at the Woodstock Film Festival on Friday, September 30th. In this final chapter of their marriage, Barry's wife Cora, played by Karen Allen, struggles with his impending death and the decisions he makes about his final months.

This June, the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade, ending 50 years of constitutional protections for abortion in the United States. Directed by Cynthia Lowen, “Battleground” shows how anti-abortion activists worked to get Roe overturned and how pro-choice activists work to maintain safe and legal access to abortion services.

David Strathairn stars in the film "Remember This" which will be part of the Woodstock Film Festival on 9/28 - featuring a Q&A with Strathairn and the filmmakers. The film will also screen as part of The Adirondack Film Festival on 10/15.

The Woodstock Film Festival will be presenting a 30th anniversary screening of the seminal documentary "Brothers Keeper" co-directed by Joe Berlinger. He's on the podcast to discuss. Also, co0founder and Executive Director of the festival, Meira Blaustein, makes her return.

Meira Blaustein of Woodstock Film Festival in conversation with Rita Ryan of LocalMotion 9.21.22

The Woodstock Film Festival will celebrate its 23rd Anniversary September 28 through October 2. Films and industry panels will be presented at venues throughout the Hudson Valley in the towns of Woodstock, Kingston, Rosendale, and Saugerties – and online.

Celebrity Spotlight Radio, Filmmaker Antonio Saillant interviews Directors Hallee Adelman and Sean O'Grady for there Powerful Award-Winning Documentary OUR AMERICAN FAMILY, which will be released in the US theatrically in New York (Cinema Village), Los Angeles (Laemmle Monica) on September 2 and on VOD in the US and Canada on major platforms on September 6, both timed to National Recovery Month. GIANT PICTURES PRESENTS A World of HA Productions Film in association with Atlas Industries and The Intellectual Property Corporation "Our American Family" Addiction is an all-encompassing force, in not only of the lives of the afflicted, but also those around them. OUR AMERICAN FAMILY provides an honest, unfiltered look at a close-knit Philadelphia family dealing with generational substance abuse. Captured at a pivotal “nothing to lose” moment, for over the course of a year, five family members tired of life with addiction on center stage, each struggle to transcend their crippling histories. What will it take to shift this entrenched, wrenching pattern in their lives? Will they be able to make significant shifts to help their next generation? The members of OUR AMERICAN FAMILY invite us into their lives to find hope and to explore what's possible. Though they often falter, their familial loyalty is powerful, demonstrating how through love and dedication people can rise out of the deepest depths. For a touching, eye-opening look into one of America's most pressing crises, look no further. OUR AMERICAN FAMILY opens in September timed to National Recovery Month, a national observance held every September to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the emergence of a strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and community members across the nation who make recovery in all its forms possible. Theaters (September 2) New York- Cinema Village Los Angeles- Laemmle Monica VOD Platforms (September 6) US- Apple TV/iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Vudu Canada- Apple TV/iTunes, Google Play UK- Apple TV/iTunes WINNER! Woodstock Film Festival 2021- Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature FILM WEBSITE: https://ouramericanfamilyfilm.com Instagram: @OurAmericanFamilyFilm Facebook: @ OurAmericanFamilyFilm Twitter: @OurAmerFamFilm Subscribe ➤ Celebrity Spotlight Radio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJWuqwIeQrBpGS2Bx8F7TQ Follow Us ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/celebrityspotlightradio Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSpotlightRadio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celebrityspotlightradio/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@celebrityspotlightradio Celebrity Spotlight Radio Podcast ➤ https://anchor.fm/celebrity-spotlight-radio Fair Use Disclaimer: I do not own any pictures/videos contained within this video. "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/celebrity-spotlight-radio/support

Darine Hotait talked about her new film "Tallahassee."Darine Hotait is a writer and film director. Her work focuses on the politics of identity, Arab & African diaspora, and science fiction. She has written and directed a dozen award-winning narrative films that can be seen on Sundance Channel, The New Yorker, AMC Networks, BBC, Forbes, Outfest Now, ShortsTV, and at numerous Oscar-qualifying international film festivals. Named on Disney's Launchpad 2022 list of directors on the rise, Darine's latest film “TALLAHASSEE” premiered at the 10th Blackstar Film Festival. It was nominated for Best Narrative Short at the 22nd Woodstock Film Festival and received the Audience Award at Mizna Film Festival. Tallahassee was released exclusively on The New Yorker in January 2022. She is the recipient of the New York Council on the Arts Artist Award, the New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Fellowship, the Jerome Hill Finalist Award, and the AFAC Cinema Award. Her work has received the support of The Sundance Institute, Comedy Central, The Independent Film Project, Maison Des Scenaristes, The Royal Film Commission, the Jerome Foundation, and the Ghetto Film Roster.Created & hosted by Mikey Muhanna, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/About Movie Night: Movie Night is an interview series that calls for afikra community members who are interested in movies and films to spend time watching along with the entire community. Movies will be announced on afikra's watching list. This interview series will host filmmakers and actors who are featured in the announced movie. Community members will be asked to watch the film on online streaming platforms or online film festivals before the series and join the conversation with the creators of the film. Movie Night is an opportunity for members to ask questions about the plot, behind the scenes, themes, and information about the movie.Following the interview, there is a moderated town-hall-style Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp   FollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com

Jesse Lauter is a rock-doc/concert film director, music producer/engineer/mixer, and DJ. His production credits include artists such as the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Stephen Stills & Judy Collins, and Ben Harper, among others. Jesse directed, produced and co-edited Learning To Live Together: The Return of Mad Dogs & Englishmen about Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour, featuring the late Leon Russell, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Rita Coolidge and Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes, among others. The movie premiered at the Woodstock FIlm Festival, made its international premiere at the Raindance Film Festival, and won Best Music Film at the Prague and Amsterdam International Film Festivals. Jesse was the Executive Producer of Bob Dylan In The 80s: Volume One, a tribute album to Bob Dylan's overlooked 1980s catalog, and of Sincerely, L. Cohen: A Live Celebration of Leonard Cohen, a tribute concert that took place in Brooklyn after the passing of Leonard Cohen.In addition, he is currently the producer of The Relix Sessions on Twitch, a weekly live-stream concert series with the largest viewership of a music channel on the Twitch platform. You can also catch him spinning his favorite brands of funk, disco, soul, reggae, and classic rock at festivals like Bonnaroo and Outside Lands. Keep up with him at www.jesselauter.com

This is Episode 13, Season 3 of The TMI Project Podcast: Stories for Choice featuring Eva Tenuto. Eva is the co-founder and executive director of TMI Project. Since 2010, she has brought TMI Project from her living room to a host of performance spaces, schools, detention centers, mental health facilities and the United Nations. Eva is the editor and director of multiple solo shows, one of which was awarded Best Comedic Script of 2014 in the United Solo Festival. In 2018, her directorial film debut, Vicarious Resilience, a docu short, celebrated its world premiere at The Woodstock Film Festival. This episode was produced in partnership with Radio Kingston. It was written by Eva Tenuto, and edited, produced, and mixed by Dacia Clay. Our theme song is “Secrets” by Edison Woods. Our Operations and Programs Manager is Blake Pfeil. Our Marketing and Digital Coordinator is Laura Marie Ruocco. Our Administrative Assistant is Elijah Jackson. Our graphic designer is Lauren Gill. Our workshop leaders are Perla Ayora, Seth Branitz, Kiebpoli Calnek, Hayley Downs, Jonathan Gonzalez, Raine Grayson, Erik Harris, Rae Lipkind, Dara Lurie, Julie Novak, Blake Pfeil, and Eva Tenuto.Planned Parenthoodhttps://www.tmiproject.orghttps://www.instagram.com/tmiproject/https://www.facebook.com/tmiprojecthttps://www.twitter.com/tmiproject

Darine Hotait talked about her new film "Tallahassee."Darine Hotait is a writer and film director. Her work focuses on the politics of identity, Arab & African diaspora, and science fiction. She has written and directed a dozen award-winning narrative films that can be seen on Sundance Channel, The New Yorker, AMC Networks, BBC, Forbes, Outfest Now, ShortsTV, and at numerous Oscar-qualifying international film festivals. Named on Disney's Launchpad 2022 list of directors on the rise, Darine's latest film “TALLAHASSEE” premiered at the 10th Blackstar Film Festival. It was nominated for Best Narrative Short at the 22nd Woodstock Film Festival and received the Audience Award at Mizna Film Festival. Tallahassee was released exclusively on The New Yorker in January 2022. She is the recipient of the New York Council on the Arts Artist Award, the New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Fellowship, the Jerome Hill Finalist Award, and the AFAC Cinema Award. Her work has received the support of The Sundance Institute, Comedy Central, The Independent Film Project, Maison Des Scenaristes, The Royal Film Commission, the Jerome Foundation, and the Ghetto Film Roster.Created & hosted by Mikey Muhanna, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/About Movie Night: Movie Night is an interview series that calls for afikra community members who are interested in movies and films to spend time watching along with the entire community. Movies will be announced on afikra's watching list. This interview series will host filmmakers and actors who are featured in the announced movie. Community members will be asked to watch the film on online streaming platforms or online film festivals before the series and join the conversation with the creators of the film. Movie Night is an opportunity for members to ask questions about the plot, behind the scenes, themes, and information about the movie.Following the interview, there is a moderated town-hall-style Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp   FollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com

The Woodstock Film Festival returns to the Rosendale Theatre on May 5th for a special fundraiser and screening of the 2021 documentary National Museum, directed by award-winning Ukrainian filmmaker Andrei Zagdansky. National Museum explores the art and inner workings of the major art institution in Kiev, Ukraine. Restoration specialists, curators, art handlers, designers and, of course, visitors are fascinating characters in this unhurried, poignant and occasionally funny survey of what is cherished and revered by the nation of forty-five million.Curating, mounting and opening of two special exhibitions – one dedicated to the Ukrainian baroque and another one to a prominent avant-garde artist, Alexander Bogomazov –are the defining events in the narrative structure of the film. We welcome filmmaker Andrei Zagdansky.

I start the New Year catching up with Meira Blaustein Co-Founder/Executive & Artistic Director of the Woodstock Film Festival. Fiercely independent is her motto.

Rebecca Eskreis is a director, writer and producer whose work has screened at numerous international festivals, including SXSW, TIFF, SIFF, deadCenter, Savannah, Munich, Stockholm and Thessaloniki. Her directorial debut project, WHAT BREAKS THE ICE (Goldcrest Films), received the Sandra Adair/Empowering a Billion Women Grant for promising female filmmakers from the Austin Film Society, and was selected for the Austin Film Society's Artist Intensive, hosted annually by Richard Linklater. The project was also a finalist for the 2016 Mayor's Office of New York/Women in Film/Producers Guild Financing Lab. WHAT BREAKS THE ICE stars Sofia Hublitz and Madelyn Cline, and premiered at the 2020 Woodstock Film Festival as a drive-in double feature alongside a special presentation of Francis Lee's AMMONITE. The film was released theatrically across the U.S. in October 2021 and is now available to stream everywhere.Mentored by the late Jonathan Demme, Eskreis previously worked as a producer at his company, Clinica Estetico, following stints at 72 Productions, Red Hour Films and Di Novi Pictures, where she was the creative executive. She's served as a panelist at numerous film festivals and, most recently, participated in the New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT) “From Script to Pre-Production” lecture series. Eskreis began her career as a reporter and producer/director for Forbes.com's Video Network. She holds a BA, Magna Cum Laude, from Barnard College at Columbia University, an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and is a proud member of NYWIFT and Film Fatales.W: https://whatbreakstheice.com/#in-the-pressYou can watch the film here: https://whatbreakstheice.com/#in-the-pressRenegade Film TheorySuccession - The Coup De Tom (spoilers)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkzWpmdY-EAlso, you can check out my documentary The People of Brixton, on Kwelitv here: https://www.kweli.tv/programs/the-people-of-brixtonDamien Swaby Social Media Links:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/filmmaker_damien_swaby/Twitterhttps://twitter.com/DamienSwaby?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorWebsite http://filmmakingconversations.com/If you enjoy listening to Filmmaking Conversations with Damien Swaby, I would love a coffee. Podcasting is thirsty work https://ko-fi.com/damienswaby

Addiction is crippling so many in the world right now...'Our American Family' is the chronicle of an American Family who is struggle with the very real realities of generation addiction issues.The film just had it's world premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival and we had the unique pleasure of sitting down with Producer/Director Hallee Adelman about the issues that come up in the film and so very much more.

I'm joined by the team behind the new indie film "18 1/2" including director Dan Mirvish, writer/producer Daniel Moya, and actor Cathy Curtin. The film has its world premiere this weekend at the Woodstock Film Festival. Then Filmwax continues celebrating its 10th Anniversary with 4th guest ever (back in 10/2011), former Brooklyn Heights Cinema owner Kenn Lowy.

The 22nd Annual Woodstock Film Festival is on in the Hudson Valley through this coming Sunday, October 3. One of the featured films is a new documentary about the legendary conductor and composer, Leonard Bernstein. In “Bernstein's Wall,” filmmaker Douglas Tirola uses primarily Bernstein's own voice and video recordings to describe and explain his life -- his life in the music and art world and the world at large.

As part of the Woodstock Film Festival , Mr. Music had the chance to speak with filmmaker and book author Halle Adleman about her new film Our American Family . The film will be premering October 2nd, 2021 at the Woodstock Film Festival. This film will open many people's mind on addiction and healing!

Using ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeffery Robinson's groundbreaking talk on the history of anti-Black racism in America as a springboard, "Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America," interweaves present-day and historical archival footage, Robinson's personal story, and interviews capturing Robinson's meetings with change-makers and eyewitnesses, to capture the enduring legacy of white supremacy and our collective responsibility to overcome it.The film is showing at the upcoming Woodstock Film Festival and we will get a preview.

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On today's show I share my conversation with Therese Shechter, award-winning filmmaker and writer, and the founder of the feminist production company Trixie Films.  Her work fuses humor, activism, and personal storytelling to disrupt what's considered most sacred about womanhood. She is a Canada Council for the Arts grantee for her documentary My So-Called Selfish Life which is having its World Premier this week at the Woodstock Film Festival. The film examines what it means to say no to motherhood in a society that assumes all women want children, and exposes what's at stake when women are denied the right to control their own reproductive lives. It is the third part of a trilogy which includes her films “How To Lose Your Virginity” (2013) and “I Was A Teenage Feminist” (2005). These documentaries have screened from Rio de Janeiro to Istanbul to Seoul, and her work is in the collections of over 300 universities, non-profits, and libraries. I had the opportunity of a sneak peak at her film and it's fascinating, thought provoking, informative and entertaining… and this is coming from someone who has struggled to have children yet is STILL trying!Woodstock Film Festival Showtimes and Locations:World Premiere: Thursday, September 30 4:45 PM at Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NYEncore Screening: Friday, October 1 11:00 AM at Orpheum Theatre, Saugerties NYVirtual Screenings: September 29-Oct 10 streaming onlineTickets: https://bit.ly/SelfishLifeWoodstockTrailer: https://myselfishlife.com/I played songs by Miss Eaves, and Fanny, but I don't have the rights to them so you only get a sample here. BUT you can listen on my playlist instead! Check out the film, Fanny, the Right to Rock which you can stream via the Woodstock Film Festival.And links to some of the work that Therese references in our conversation: Scarleteen and Hanne Blank's Virgin, The Untouched History.AND info about the "Bans Off Our Bodies: Rally in Defense of Abortion Rights" can be found here.Today's show was engineered by Ian Seda of Radio Kingston.Our show music is from Shana Falana !!!Feel free to email me, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.org** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND IThttp://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFY | STITCHERITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCASTITCHER: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/she-wants/i-want-what-she-has?refid=stpr'Follow:INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcastTWITTER * https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas

Filmwax has turned 10! We continue celebrating this anniversary with another one of my first guests back in 2011, filmmaker Michael Galinsky. Also joining me on this episode if the Executive Director of the Woodstock Film Festival, Meira Blaustein returning once again. The festival runs virtually and in-person from September 29th through October 3rd.

The Woodstock Film Festival will be celebrating its 22nd Anniversary September 29 - October 3, 2021 at indoor and outdoor venues in the Hudson Valley towns of Woodstock, Kingston and Saugerties, and online. The festival will also present a series of intimate panels with prominent industry figures, as well as live musical and comedy performances and other special events.

On September 11, The Woodstock Film Festival will present two sneak peek screenings of "In Balanchine's Classroom" at the Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, New York.

Hey there beautiful people and welcome back to another episode of That's How We Role, a bi-weekly podcast where I talk with motivating and inspiring women who are professionals, entrepreneurs, organization leaders, artists and so much more!!And leading the pack in all things fabulous is this week's guest, Jane Applegate, a writer, producer, coach and creator! Jane is a writer and producer that is all about highlighting women. She has written and produced award-winning independent films primarily written, produced and directed by and about women! She is currently working on a hybrid feature documentary, Left Bank,which  tells the untold story of four remarkable feminists who supported Irish author, James Joyce. But wait, that's not all! Jane is a teacher and an author of four books on small business success….but she is not done! Her fifth book, Hair on Fire: An Insider's Guide to Producing for the Big and Small Screen, is available on Amazon. She is also co-founder of Showbizing.com, a career coaching and production consulting company she co-founded with producer, Julie Crosby. Please welcome THE woman's woman about town, Jane Applegate! IG:  @janedoryapplegateTwitter: @janewapplegateWebsite:  https://www.leftbankthefilm.comJane Applegate is a writer and producer of award-winning independent films, primarily written,  produced and directed by and about women. Her current hybrid feature documentary, Left Bank, tells the untold story of four remarkable feminists who supported Irish author, James Joyce, so he could write his banned, burned and censored books. It will be shot in France, Ireland andthe U.S. It will be released in 2022 to mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses, which was made possible by American ex-pat book shop owner, Sylvia Beach. Jane teaches the business of film class at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Brooklyn College. She is the author of four books on small business success. Her fifth book, Hair on Fire,  is a guide to independent production. It is available on Amazon. She is also co-founder of Showbizing.com, a career coaching and production consulting company she co-founded with producer, Julie Crosby.Jane is an active member of New York Women in Film and Television and serves as the chair of external relations committee for the Women Independent Producers group.  She lives in a 100 year-old house in Verplanck, NY with her husband, son, daughter and son-in-law. The Left Bank: Jane Applegate: Producer & Co-WriterJane has produced several award-winning features and documentaries, including Erica Fae's To Keep the Light, a period drama about a female lighthouse keeper. Beauty Mark, won the Ultra-Indie Award at the Woodstock Film Festival. Jane teaches the business of film at Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, Brooklyn College.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ThatsHowWeRole)

In Emma Seligman's film “Shiva Baby” near college graduate, Danielle, gets paid by her sugar daddy and rushes to meet her parents at a family shiva. Upon arrival, she is accosted by various relatives about her appearance and lack of plans. Danielle's day takes an unexpected turn when her sugar daddy arrives at the shiva with his accomplished wife and their baby. As the day unfolds, Danielle struggles to keep up different versions of herself, fend off pressures from her family and confront her insecurities without completely losing it. The Woodstock Film Festival will present a solar-powered screening of “Shiva Baby” on June 17 at 9 p.m. at the Bearsville Center's outdoor lawn in collaboration with Oscillation Transia . Emma Seligman is a Canadian filmmaker and 2017 graduate of NYU. Her short, "Shiva Baby," premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival in 2018. The feature adaptation was selected to screen at South by Southwest Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and

The Woodstock Film Festival is knee-deep in its inaugural Filmmakers Residency / Incubator Program. It serves four filmmakers of diverse and underrepresented backgrounds who are in the midst of developing their respective full-length narrative and documentary films, each addressing social justice themes. Each project will fit within the mission of the residency of artistic vision and social responsibility, resting upon four pillars: Racism, Climate Change, Food Insecurity, and Immigration. Woodstock Film Festival Co-Founder and Executive Director Meira Blaustein says she is “thankful for the opportunity to bring the fellows, mentors, staff and community at-large together and look forward to seeing these promising filmmakers hone in their creative voices." The four filmmakers are Eunice Lau, Set Hernandez Rongkilyo, Brooke Pepion Swaney and Maba Ba.

Welcome to Episode 40 of Reel Travels I'm your host, Lisa Iannucci. This episode, I take a detour and head over to Woodstock, New York for the 21st Annual Woodstock Film Festival and, as I’ve said several times before, my favorite film festival. I’ll tell you about the movies I watched and what I thought about them. Let’s get started.  Film festivals suffered big time this year. The festivals depend on movie tickets being sold and souvenirs being bought and the communities they are located in depend on tourism dollars with hotel stays, restaurant visits and more. If you’re not familiar with film festivals, you should be. It’s a great way to see some of the best movies that don’t always make it to the theaters. Some do, but not all do and there are some talented filmmakers out there. I started thinking about how can I do my part during quarantine to help and I realized there are two areas that fit me well -- movies and books. So my goasl going forward are to bring you more promotion on film festivals as well as to encourage you to support your local independent bookstores, not just to buy my books, but to buy any books. The arts need your help.  Please listen to the podcast and support the Woodstock Film festival. Check out:  https://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/wff_store/souvenirs.php Well, that’s it for this week’s podcast. Thank you so much for listening to Reel Travels. Please follow me on Instagram @thevirgintraveler and if you have a minute, maybe leave me a review on this podcast? Thanks. See you next time!   

Joshua Leonard {"Hump Day", "Unsane") returns to chat about his latest directorial effort, "Fully Realized Humans" and is joined by his co-star Jess Weixler ("Teeth", "The Lie"). It screens at a drive-in tonight at the Woodstock Film Festival. Also, documentarian Rick Rowley discusses his film "Kingdom of Silence" about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi; it premieres on Showtime tonight.

Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, Woodstock Roundtable Poet Laureate Victoria Sullivan and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van WarmerKey Topics: Have you heard of UNSCHOOLING?  A small, but growing movement among parents tired of seeing their children in school forced to memorize reams of information without regard for what truly motivates them to learn.We'll get our annual visit from the co-founder and Director of the Woodstock Film Festival, Meira Blaustein.... We'll hear music from the Sultan of Sonic Soul and Street Philosophy from Patrick CarlinAnd we'll open up the Woodstock Round Table Jukebox to celebrate, among other subjects, a remarkable live version of the most played song on radio during the decade of the 1970's.Please check out https://www.woodstockvitamins.com/promo codeROUNDTABLE for 15%off your purchase.https://www.woodstock.com/is in association with http://www.radiowoodstock.com/

Executive Director of the Woodstock Film Festival, Meira Blaustein, returns to the podcast to discuss the 2020 festival (2 in 1 this year!) which runs from Sept. 30—Oct 4. Check out woodstockfilmfestival.org for tickets to both virtual and drive-in screenings. Also on this episode, actor & filmmaker Frank Mosley returns, discussing "Freeland" in which he stars & which screens at Woodstock.

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.

In this episode, we feature a two-part conversation with the remarkable and highly acclaimed feminist, experimental filmmaker and poet Lynne Sachs. Lynne Sachs is a Memphis-born, Brooklyn-based artist who has made over 35 films. Her work explores the intricate relationship between personal observations and broader historical experiences by weaving together text, collage, painting, politics, and layered sound design. Lynne Sachs is currently one of the artists in focus at Sheffield Doc Fest where her most recent feature documentary film, FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO is presented alongside a curated selection of five of her earlier films.We caught up with Sachs recently to discuss the many aspects of her work, including feminist film theory, experimental filmmaking, and her collaborative approach. We also discuss her short film, A MONTH OF SINGLE FRAMES (FOR BARBARA HAMMER). https://www.docsinorbit.com/masters-edition-in-conversation-with-lynne-sachs

Meet one of the best documentarians on the planet! Joe Berlinger!   Emmy-winning and Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger has been a leading voice in nonfiction film and television for over two decades. A pioneer in the genre of true crime documentaries, Berlinger draws attention to social justice issues in the US and abroad with such landmark documentaries as Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost, and Crude. Highlighting the issue of oil pollution in the Amazon rainforest, Crudewon 22 human rights, environmental, and film festival awards and triggered a high profile First Amendment battle with oil-giant Chevron, while Brother’s Keeper and Paradise Lost influenced a generation of documentary filmmakers and are routinely studied in numerous film and law schools across the country. The New York Times included Brother’s Keeper in its guide to the 1000 best movies ever made, a list that represents all genres of film. Berlinger has received multiple awards from the Directors Guild of America, the National Board of Review and the Independent Spirit Awards. Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger, is a feature-length documentary produced by CNN Films and theatrically released by Magnolia in 2014. Berlinger’s film captures notorious crime boss Whitey Bulger’s sensational trial, using it as a springboard to explore allegations of corruption within the highest levels of law enforcement. The film was one of six Berlinger features to have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.In addition to social justice filmmaking, Berlinger has explored cultural icons in such documentaries as Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, a film that redefined the rockumentary genre, and Under African Skies, about the 25th Anniversary of Paul Simon’s Graceland album. The film was nominated for three primetime Emmy awards after its 2012 Sundance Film Festival premiere, including Outstanding Nonfiction Special. In the summer of 2016, Netflix released Berlinger's Tony Robbins: I am Not Your Guru, a riveting vérité film that goes behind the scenes of renowned life and business strategist Tony Robbins and his mega once-a-year “Date With Destiny” seminar. Also for Netflix, Berlinger directed and produced Hank: 5 Years From the Brink, a dissection of the actions taken by then Secretary of Treasury Hank Paulson to stave off a global meltdown during the financial collapse of 2008.In 2017, Berlinger completed Intent to Destroy, which pulls back the curtain on the violent history of the Armenian Genocide and legacy of Turkish suppression and denial over the past century. The film won numerous film festival awards after its Tribeca Film Festival world premiere and was broadcast on Starz. In 2018 Berlinger executive produced Paris to Pittsburgh for Bloomberg Philanthropies and National Geographic. The film highlights the impassioned efforts of individuals across the United States who are battling climate change despite the Trump administration’s decision to exit the Paris Climate Agreement. The film debuted in December of 2018 and aired globally in 172 countries.In addition to his feature documentary work, Berlinger, a two-time Emmy and Peabody award winner (with five additional Emmy nominations), has created hundreds of hours of television as both a producer and director, including the Emmy-winning History Channel series 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America and the Emmy-nominated Gray Matter. He directed and produced six seasons of the critically acclaimed Sundance Channel series Iconoclasts and directed/executive-produced the first two seasons of the Emmy-nominated Master Class, a series for the Oprah Winfrey Network. His numerous HBO productions include Addiction, Judgment Day andVirtual Corpse, and he has created series for VH1 and Court TV. Berlinger’s dramatic television directorial credits include NBC's acclaimed hit drama Homicide: Life on the Street, as well as the short-lived UPN/Dick Wolf series D.C.Berlinger’s multiple Emmy-winning Paradise Lost series for HBO helped spawn a worldwide movement to free the “West Memphis Three" from wrongful murder convictions, ultimately resulting in a death sentence and two life-without-parole sentences being vacated, allowing the men to finally be released from prison on August 19, 2011. The last film in the trilogy, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory was nominated for an Oscar and two primetime Emmys in 2012.In 2015, the filmmaker finished directing and executive producing The System with Joe Berlinger, an eight-part series examining systemic problems within the American justice system for Al Jazeera America. Berlinger also directed and produced Judgment Day: Prison or Parole, an investigative series for Investigation Discovery that takes viewers inside the high stakes decisions made by parole boards everyday. Killing Richard Gossip, another Investigation Discovery series, tells the haunting story of a former motel manager sentenced to die for orchestrating a murder that he swears he had nothing to do with.In the summer of 2017 Berlinger’s eight-part docuseries for Spike TV premiered. Gone: The Forgotten Women of Ohio, about the deaths and disappearances of six young women in southern Ohio, is a tragic saga shrouded in a mystery that includes a dark underbelly of a struggling Midwest region plagued by drug and sex trafficking, and a system that seems to have failed to protect these women. In the fall of 2017 Berlinger’s four-part true crime documentary series Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders reexamined the crime chronicled in Truman Capote’s landmark book and Oscar- nominated film.In 2018, Berlinger produced and directed Wrong Man, a documentary series for Starz. An investigation into three separate cases of wrongful conviction, the show seeks to bring three innocent people the justice that the American criminal justice system has denied them. Wrong Man has been greenlit for a second season, where Berlinger and his team will examine three new cases. His most recent series, Unspeakable Crime: The Killing of Jessica Chambers, is an investigative look into the brutal murder of a Mississippi teenager, which Berlinger directed and executive-produced. It debuted as Oxygen’s highest rated show since its true crime rebrand in 2017.Berlinger directed two projects which premiered days apart in early 2019. Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, a four part series for Netflix, examines notorious serial killer Ted Bundy through exclusive interviews with the killer himself after being sentenced to death in Florida. The series debuted on January 24, just two days before the Sundance premiere of Berlinger’s narrative feature film on the same subject: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. The film chronicles the life of Ted Bundy through the eyes of Liz Kloepfer, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years. Starring Zac Efron, Lily Collins, John Malkovich, Jim Parsons, Haley Joel Osment, Kaya Scodelario and Angela Sarafyan, Extremely Wicked made its world premiere at the Eccles Theater in Park City on January 26. Netflix also aquired the film and released it globally in May of 2019. Berlinger’s articles and photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, ArtForum, Film Comment, and Aperture magazines. His book, Metallica: This Monster Lives, The Inside Story of Some Kind of Monster, was published in 2004 by St. Martin’s Press.Berlinger’s film and television development company, Third Eye Motion Picture Company, has had a long-standing unscripted production output deal with RadicalMedia, which also represents the director for commercial and branded-content production.Berlinger is a member of the DGA, PGA, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) and the National Board of Review. He serves on the boards of the International Documentary Association, The Bedford Playhouse and the wrongful conviction nonprofit Proclaim Justice. Berlinger is on the Advisory Boards of the Jacob Burns Film Center, The Woodstock Film Festival and Rehabilitation Through the Arts.  Welcome to Monday Morning Critic Podcast! Instagram: Monday Morning Critic Twitter: @mdmcritic Facebook: Monday Morning Critic Podcast Email: MondayMorningCritic@gmail.com Website: www.mmcpodcast.com  

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast with hosts Bryan Pham and Maggie Chui! We are extremely excited to have Bao Nguyen, the director of ESPN 30 for 30, Be Water. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday, so stay tuned! Bao Nguyen’s is an LA-based filmmaker whose past work has been seen in the New York Times, HBO, NBC, Vice, ARTE, and PBS, among many others. He has directed, produced, and shot a number of short films, which have played internationally in numerous festivals and museums including MoMA and the Smithsonian. His graduate thesis film JULIAN won a CINE Golden Eagle Award, the Best Student Documentary Short at the Palm Springs ShortsFest, Special Jury Prize at DOCNYC, and was nominated for an IDA Award. The first documentary feature he produced ONCE IN A LULLABY premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, won the Audience Award at the Woodstock Film Festival, and was nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award. Afterwards, he co-produced WHERE HEAVEN MEETS HELL won many awards including the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Documentary Film and a Special Jury award for Outstanding Cinematography at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, and the Halekulani Golden Orchid Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Hawaii International Film Festival. At the One World International Human Rights Film Festival in Prague, the Václav Havel Jury gave a Special Mention Award to the film for being a documentary that has made an exceptional contribution to the defense of human rights. In 2014, he was the producer and cinematographer of NUOC 2030, a feature narrative set in near future Vietnam which opened the Panorama section of the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival and was a recipient of the Tribeca Film Institute Sloan Filmmaker Award. LIVE FROM NEW YORK!, celebrating 40 years of Saturday Night Live would be Bao's feature documentary directorial debut. It opened the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival and was broadcast nationally in primetime on NBC, preceding the 41st season premiere of SNL. His latest directorial effort, BE WATER, a documentary about cultural icon Bruce Lee world premiered in competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will be broadcast on ESPN's 30 for 30 series. He is a 2011 PBS/WGBH Producers Workshop Fellow, an alumnus of the 2012 and 2014 Berlinale Talent Campus, and a Firelight Media Fellow. He earned his BA at NYU and his MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/asianhustlenetwork/support

Aaron Weisblatt has cut a wide swath in the film and television industry, working as an editor, sound editor, cameraman, producer, director and writer. Currently finalizing LAND OF LITTLE RIVERS (www.landoflittlerivers.com) a feature documentary on fly fishing, he is busy developing feature film stories and television series from his screenplays. In 2018 his short film, ROOSTER AND THE QUEEN was screened at the Woodstock Film Festival, and will be screened in 2019 at Dances With Films in Los Angeles, CA, among others.  His first documentary, SAM, was nominated for an Academy Award. It aired on The National Geographic Explorer Series and the UK's Channel Four. He co-produced the critically acclaimed BBC documentary FEAST OF DEATH, about the best-selling author, James Ellroy and later produced and directed an award-winning feature documentary, BETWEEN TWO WORLDS, which won numerous awards on the film festival circuit. He was a picture editor on The History Channel's 10-part award-winning series, WWII IN HD and a cameraman on the first season of A&E's TATTOO HIGHWAY and on an episode of INTERVENTION. He has produced non-scripted reality/docu-soaps, HELLER ON WHEELS, WOODSTOCK LOGGERS and co-produced a series pilot called AMERICAN TURBO with the producer of ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPERS. Additionally, Aaron produced concert footage of some of the last historic concerts at Levon Helm’s MIDNIGHT RAMBLE. He has also worked on the documentaries Evocateur, Disturbing the Universe and Earth Days.  Aaron began his career in New York City working as a P.A. on commercials, television series and industrials while attending New York University. Upon graduating, he became an apprentice picture editor and later became an assistant picture editor and a sound editor after moving to Los Angeles where he worked on many features and television shows. He has had the opportunity to work with many talented producers, directors and actors such as Dustin Hoffman, Volker Schlondorff, Sam Rockwell, RobbieBenson, The Hughes Brothers, Joel Schumacher, Peter MacGregor- Scott, and documentary filmmakers Errol Morris, Nick Broomfield, Vikram Jayanti and Joan Churchill.  imdb.me/aaronweisblatt  cinetrope.com www.landoflittlerivers.com

I'd like to introduce you to TMI Project, a nonprofit near and dear to my heart, that uses writing and true storytelling for social justice movement building, to ignite human connection and as a healing modality for personal transformation. I have gone through the workshop as a participant and became a trained facilitator of their methodology. I recently sat down with Eva Tenuto, the co-founder and executive director of TMI Project, to talk about how storytelling can enhance connection and resilience during times of social isolation.    Resources:  Eva Tenuto is the co-founder and executive director of TMI Project, a non-profit organization offering transformative storytelling workshops and performances in which storytellers divulge the parts of their stories that they usually leave out. Since 2010, Eva has brought TMI Project from her living room to a host of performance spaces, high schools, colleges, detention centers, mental health facilities, theaters and the United Nations. Eva is the editor and director of multiple solo shows, one of which was awarded Best Comedic Script of 2014 in the United Solo Festival. Her directorial film debut, Vicarious Resilience, a docu-short, celebrated its world premiere at The Woodstock Film Festival in 2018. Her essays have appeared in assorted anthologies and at Longreads.com.​ Learn more at evatenuto.com and TMIproject.org   While these discussions will guide you into the Connectfulness Practice, the podcast is not meant to be a substitute for counseling from a licensed provider. Reach out. Initiate the ripple.   Learn more about my connectfulness counseling practice, intensives, and our collective for therapists in private practice at connectfulness.com/work-with-me.    This episode is brought to you in partnership with Coronavirus Online Therapy a nonprofit organization with pending 501(c)(3) status whose mission is to deliver free or low-cost online therapy by licensed professionals in all 50 states to essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic. If you’re on the front lines seeking a referral, if you’re a therapist who’d like to join the initiative, or if you’re interested in getting involved in another way, go to coronavirusonlinetherapy.org.   Please support the show by sharing and reviewing the episode.

The 2d series of conversations from the 2019 Woodstock Film Festival. This ep includes returning guest Barbara Kopple with her doc "New Homeland"; as well as two narrative features: "Imaginary Order" (now "Blush") with filmmaker Debra Eisenstadt; and the team behind the film "Inez & Doug & Kira" incurring filmmaker Julia Kots & actors Michael Chernus & Tawny Cypress.

Dispatches from the 2019 Woodstock Film Festival focusing on three outstanding indie films: Ben Kasulke's "Banana Split", Tom Quinn's "Colewell", and Haroula Rose's "Once Upon A River". Guests include all three filmmakers as well as actors Karen Allen, Coburn Goss, Kenadi DelaCerna as well as the musician Annie Hart.

Welcome to Episode #24 of Reel Travels! I’m your host, Lisa Iannucci. Today, I talk about New York Comic Con, film festivals, especially the Woodstock Film Festival, Downton Abbey and so much more.  Show notes for this episode: Woodstock Film Festival -- https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/ My podcast pick of the Week: https://www.nbc.com/the-good-place/exclusives/tgp-podcast Me: Follow me on Instagram: thevirgintraveler and Twitter @virgintraveler Leave me a review! 

Host Jode Millman draws back the curtain and brings you backstage at the UPAC Theater in Kingston, New York for an intimate conversation with film producer, Lisa Cortes and Billy Mitchell, the resident Historian of the Landmark Apollo theater in Harlem. Lisa started her career in the music industry working with Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin to launch the iconic Def Jam brand, and then transitioned into filmmaking, working with Director, writer and producer Lee Daniels on such movies as “Precious” and “Monster’s Ball.” Her current projects include the forthcoming “The Remix; Hip Hop X fashion” and the HBO documentary “The Apollo." Since landing at the Apollo’s stage door during a waylaid trip to borrow money from his cousin in 1965, Billy has worked at The Apollo. Becoming a beloved institution himself, Billy’s knowledge and affection for the theater are infectious. This outstanding HBO documentary was recently be screened as part of the Woodstock Film Festival at Kingston’s UPAC theater. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You're gonna love the talent, conviction and compassion of my guests today.First up is Beth Aala, a three-time Emmy award-winning producer & recipient of a Peabody Award for her documentary work at HBO. Beth co-directed & produced feature documentary, RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN for Discovery, which premiered at Sundance in 2017. She also directed & produced, Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (A&E IndieFilms) with comedian, Mike Myers. It won the Hollywood Film Award for Best Documentary & was nominated for the 2015 News & Documentary Emmy Awards.Beth recently completed her latest feature documentary, Made in Boise about a surprising surrogacy industry in Boise, Idaho. It had its world premiere at AFI Docs Film Festival in June 2019 and is screening it at the upcoming Woodstock Film Festival on October 4th and 5th. You can purchase tickets here. Not in the Hudson Valley, not available this weekend? Made in Boise will have a broadcast premiere on PBS' award winning Independent Lens on October 28th at 10pm eastern.Amongst other things, I get to chat with Beth about her film career, working at MTV, what it was like working at HBO with so many talented women, how a close friend asked her to be her surrogate after years of trying to conceive and how that coupled with a friend working in Boise led her to the subject matter of this latest film. I urge you to watch this fascinating documentary about a subject that is well worth a longer conversation.During the second half of the show I get to sit down with Lady Moon of Lady Moon & The Eclipse, a multicultural ensemble based in New York. Through soaring vocal textures and R&B/afrobeat-influenced rhythms, they create inspirational music that explore the cosmic soul; a journey to become one's best self. Lady Moon carries the essence of the Moon, delivering a message of love, peace, and light, while the musicians serve as the Sun shining light upon her. The audience represents the Earth, also known as the Star People of Earth, completing the metaphorical eclipse. With a marked emphasis on inclusivity and spiritual unity, Lady Moon & The Eclipse explore positive music through the live experience to grow and make a difference in themselves and in the world.Lady Moon and I talk about how she became Lady Moon, her parents, how they shaped who she is, making music, relationship through her musical collaborations, the moon, the sun, the cosmic soul, and becoming free. She's a woman full of deep wisdom and sincere love. I can't wait to catch her and her "star-mates" at the upcoming O+ Festival on Friday, October 11th from 9-10pm in the back of BSP in Kingston, NY. And stay tuned for news on the release of a new single coming later in October!Thanks for tuning in friends!Today's show was engineered by Maddy Bogner of Radio Kingston, www.radiokingston.org.We heard music from Lady Moon and the Eclipse and our fave, Shana Falana, http://www.shanafalana.com/Feel free to email me, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.orgLeave me a voicemail with your thoughts or a few words about who has what you want and why! (845)481-3429** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND IT :)http://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFY | STITCHERITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCASTITCHER: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/she-wants/i-want-what-she-has?refid=stpr'Follow:INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcastTWITTER * https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas  

Welcome to Episode 23 of Reel Travels! I’m your host Lisa Iannucci. Today, I talk about New York Comic Con, the Woodstock Film Festival, Jimmy Stewart, Downton Abbey and so much more. My celebrity minute is with soap opera royalty Liz Keifer! Show notes for this episode: New York Comic Con: visit https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com. Woodstock Film Festival -- https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts https://www.bethelwoodscenter.org/ The article about Bruce Springsteen places you can tour in Asbury Park, New Jersey: https://levysuniqueny.com/blog/tour-the-shore-bruce-springsteens-new-jersey-roots The Windsor Court Hotel Celebration of Downton Abbey visit www.windsorcourthotel.com. The Jimmy Stewart Museum: https://www.jimmy.org/ My celebrity minute was with Liz Keifer, soap opera royalty! Visit her at https://lizkeifer.com/ My podcast pick of the Week: The RV Show USA with Host, Alan Warren is “The RV Wingman”. https://thervshowusa.com/ Me: Follow me on Instagram: thevirgintraveler and Twitter @virgintraveler Leave me a review.

Ariel Kavoussi is an award-winning artist, writer, producer, filmmaker, actor, and curator of film & video works based in New York City. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art's Documentary Fortnight, Dia: Chelsea, Louis B. James, Anthology Film Archives, the Williams College Museum of Art, Woodstock Film Festival, Loft Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Lighthouse International Film Festival, and elsewhere. Her most recent short film, THE POET AND THE PROFESSOR, is a dark comedy which stars herself opposite indie stalwart Kevin Corrigan (WALKING AND TALKING, THE GET DOWN) and Bob Byington (THE COLOR WHEEL). It premiered at the 2017 Maryland Film Festival and was selected as one of the few short films to be included in the new Parkway Theater’s regular programming under Dark Comedy Shorts. In 2017, Ariel acted opposite Anne Heche, Sandra Oh, & Dylan Baker in Onur Tukel's dark comedic feature CATFIGHT (Toronto International Film Festival). Numerous critics have lauded her performance; Vanity Fair singled Ariel Kavoussi out as Hilarious Newcomer for her work, as did Variety. Kavoussi can next be seen opposite Emma Stone in Cary Fukunaga’s original series for Netflix called Maniac,” as well as opposite Mamoudou Athie in Alex Karpovsky’s original series for FX Networks called  Oh, Jerome No.

Aaron is getting older all the time. Despite popular opinion, getting old can actually be a good thing. What knowledge have you gained over the span of your lifetime thus far?  topics include: iTunes going away, podcasts, Pennsylvania, getting older can be better, quality of life, knowledge, Kaballah, occult science, chat room interaction, camping in the desert, Twitter, John in Astoria Oregon, Dave McGowan interview, Meria Heller, Ryan Dawson, the Goonies, John Jacob Astor, pirates, Alan Parsons Project, number 23, Sirius Satellite Radio, Martine Rothblatt, transhumanism, IEET, United Nations, international space treaties, occult symbolism, Howard Stern interview, Woodstock Film Festival, 2B film, James Hughes, journalism, robotics competitions, China, government and private sector symbiosis, Ai, industry

TONY, GRAMMY and EMMY award winning Andres Forero is considered to be one of the best "Crossover" Drummer/Percussionists in the industry. Hailed by many as a music prodigy, at the age of 12, Andres played over 13 instruments! Currently the drummer of the bona-fide phenomenon Hamilton (the musical) which has him booked for years to comer, Andres has traveled the world and has performed and / or recorded with luminaries such as Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Paquito D'Rivera, Ron Carter, Alejandro Sanz, Tito Puente and more recently with Sean Kingston, Ne-yo, Wyclef Jean, Jimmy Fallon and Alicia Keys. During the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Andres worked with Taylor Swift, Cobra Starship, Katy Perry, Russell Brand and Ne-yo. Forero is the drummer/percussionist for "After the storm" Winner of the Audience Award at Woodstock Film Festival. Andres also plays drums on the made for TV movie about Michael Jackson "Eulogy". In addition, Andres is the drummer for world renowned trombone legends William Cepeda and Luis Bonilla and works with Def Jam recording artist, Karina. Forero holds the prestigious title of jazz ambassador to the United States through the United Nations where he has traveled to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan as a peace leader. Andres is currently the drummer for the multi award winning Broadway musical, In The Heights and is also the drummer for the #1 rated children's television show, The Electric Company. In 2010, Forero is the drummer and percussionist on the debut album for the new singing sensation, Chris Jackson. Andres currently endorses Yamaha Drums, Remo Drum Heads, Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth drum sticks,GonBops percussion, and Reunion Blues bags and cases. He's one of the best around........ on and off Disposable Heroes Podcast ;) Many Mahalos for the time brother!!! (This episode as always is brought to you by SKVI, use the code 'DISPOSABLE15' for 15% off your entire order!) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to another edition of Sports Palooza Radio with Ej "The Rainmaker" Garr and Lisa "Nooch" Iannucci. The use of marijuana and medicinal marijuana in sports is a hot debate as more and more states across the country legalize the use of cannabis.  Recently, the BIG3 became the first U.S. professional sports league to permit their players to use CBD (cannabidiol) for pain management and recovery. In this episode, we talk to Garyn Angel, cannabis industry expert and entrepreneur, who shares his expertise on this recent development in the medical marijuana space. As the CEO of MagicalButter, a company whose flagship product processes cannabis into various edible forms, Garyn has been at the forefront of the medicinal use of marijuana for over 7 years. We are also giving away TWO of the MagicalButter products, so listen to the show and find out how you can win!  Please follow us on Twitter @paloozaradio and @sportstravelfun and let us know how we're doing! Thanks for listening and enjoy the show! 

Willis Williams is Digital Strategist for Dealer Authority. Originally from the Bronx, Williams currently lives in upstate New York and is active in the community volunteering at the Woodstock Film Festival. He is also an ambassador for Hootsuite.  [The Why I Social Podcast is sponsored by the National Institute for Social Media (NISM). You can learn more about their programs at nismonline.org.] Hear his story on this week's episode. And of course, Why Does He Social?!  Share your thoughts on this week's episode with #WhyISocial Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google or Spotify. Follow at @WhyISocial. Connect with Willis on Twitter  Connect With Willis on LinkedIn.  If you know someone who deserves their story told, let me know! Tweet me at @CBarrows or @WhyISocial using #WhyISocialGuest 

Donna Zaccaro is the director of the upcoming documentary film, 'To a More Perfect Union: U.S. v Windsor' -- set to have its world premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival this October. This week Donna joined me in conversation to talk about her films, her empowering influences, and a career full of decisive twists and turns that led her to a life that allows for her powerful creative endeavors today. Music edited from 'Something Elated' by Broke For Free. freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_Fo…mething_Elated From the Free Music Archive. CC Attribution 3.0 Produced by Rachel James. Positively Gotham Gal is proud to be made in NYC.

Woodstock Film Festival 2016 Movies & Music on a recent perfect fall weekend in the Catskills. Check out Christina Kotlar and Yuri Turchyn absorbed in the art of conversation sorting through a carefully chosen weekend schedule of award winning films picking out the sounds that underscored the visually beautifully made sights. The post A Look at Woodstock Film Fest's Fistful of Movies + Music appeared first on Film Festival reViews.

On a recent perfect autumn weekend spent in the Catskills, at the fiercely independent Woodstock Film Festival 2016, Christina Kotlar and Yuri Turchyn recap in an absorbed art of conversation sorting through a carefully chosen weekend schedule of award winning films– picking out the sounds that underscored the visually beautifully made sights. Highlights include Two Trains Runnin', a juxtaposition of the civil rights movement and the search for 1930s recording musicians, saving their music from extinction; the American Epic music project preserving an incredible treasure trove of American music history and music scores galore.

Special Guests: The Adams Family. A genuine family of film makers that sets out into America and makes awesome films together. And now their current film, Halfway to Zen is premiering at The Woodstock Film Festival. Toby Poser, John Adams and their daughters, Lulu and Zelda. You get a "behind the scenes" listen about their journey and find out what it's like for these kids to grow up making films with their parents. Music Segment: Ilyana and James perform Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross".  

This episode of InConversation features the second part of our episode featuring Michael Lavelle ISC. Part I is here http://filmireland.net/2016/08/02/inconversation-with-michael-lavelle-part-i/ Michael is a graduate of the National Film School of Ireland and an award-winning writer, director and cinematographer. He won the World Cinematography Award for Documentary at Sundance 2010 for His and Hers, his debut feature documentary as a DOP. The Sundance jurors singled out the cinematography “for its Vermeer like qualities and formal restraint in conveying the power of ordinary emotional lives”. He was also the DOP on the multi-award winning short film Undressing My Mother, which screened at Cannes, was highly commended at Sundance and went on to win the European Academy Award for Best Short Film in 2005.Patrick’s Day, his first dramatic feature as DOP, received its world premiere at SXSW2014. The film went on to win Best Feature at Galway Film Fleadh and Best Film at Woodstock Film Festival where Michael was also awarded the prestigious Haskell Wexler Award for Best Cinematography. In granting the award Wexler, two-time Oscar award-winning DOP (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf) noted:”This award is based on what I consider true cinematography, not just on the traditional dexterity. He has that. Michael Lavelle’s work on Patrick’s Day shows a profound understanding of the story and his ability to employ DOP skills such as framing, lighting and camera movement is subtle in unselfconscious ways to subliminally involve the viewer…I give this award enthusiastically to an exceptional, talented filmmaker, Michael Lavelle.” – Haskell Wexler A.S.C. In 2015, Michael was nominated for an IFTA for Best Cinematography for his work on the film. From the Dark, his second dramatic feature as DOP and producer, was selected in competition at Fantastic Fest 2014 and Siches 2015. He recently completed principal photography as cinematographer on The Truth Commissioner and the Little Grey Fergie feature trilogy. He has just completed principal photography his eighth feature film as a DOP, the urban crime drama Cardboard Gangsters and has worked as 2nd Unit Cinematographer on 6 additional features. He has recently been invited to become a full member of the Irish Society of Cinematographers. Michael also works extensively as a writer/director. He wrote and directed the highly acclaimed short film Out of the Blue, described as boasting “excellent performances, vivid production design and an economy of story-telling that mark the director as a talent to look out for in the future”. The film won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at Cork Film Festival, Best Short at London Independent Film Festival, Best Short Comedy at Toronto Independent Film Festival and the Golden Djed at Luxor Film Festival. In 2011 he was nominated for the Berlinale Today Award for Mummy’s Little Helper, which he wrote and directed. In 2012, he wrote and directed the short film Cluck, which was nominated for an IFTA. His debut feature screenplay 6 Hours won the Irish Playwrights & Screenwriters Guild Award for Screenwriting at the National Film School where he did an MA in Screenwriting. The film is in development with Samson Films. Michael is attached to direct. In 2012 he attended the Binger Director’s Film Lab with the project. He was also selected for Guiding Lights, the UK film industry’s most prestigious mentoring program, and was mentored by Lone Scherfig (‘An Education’). To view samples of Michael’s work please visit: www.michaellavelle.com

This episode of InConversation features Michael Lavelle ISC, a graduate of the National Film School of Ireland and an award-winning writer, director and cinematographer. He won the World Cinematography Award for Documentary at Sundance 2010 for His and Hers, his debut feature documentary as a DOP. The Sundance jurors singled out the cinematography "for its Vermeer like qualities and formal restraint in conveying the power of ordinary emotional lives". He was also the DOP on the multi-award winning short film Undressing My Mother, which screened at Cannes, was highly commended at Sundance and went on to win the European Academy Award for Best Short Film in 2005. Patrick's Day, his first dramatic feature as DOP, received its world premiere at SXSW2014. The film went on to win Best Feature at Galway Film Fleadh and Best Film at Woodstock Film Festival where Michael was also awarded the prestigious Haskell Wexler Award for Best Cinematography. In granting the award Wexler, two-time Oscar award-winning DOP (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf) noted:"This award is based on what I consider true cinematography, not just on the traditional dexterity. He has that. Michael Lavelle's work on Patrick's Day shows a profound understanding of the story and his ability to employ DOP skills such as framing, lighting and camera movement is subtle in unselfconscious ways to subliminally involve the viewer...I give this award enthusiastically to an exceptional, talented filmmaker, Michael Lavelle." - Haskell Wexler A.S.C. In 2015, Michael was nominated for an IFTA for Best Cinematography for his work on the film. From the Dark, his second dramatic feature as DOP and producer, was selected in competition at Fantastic Fest 2014 and Siches 2015. He recently completed principal photography as cinematographer on The Truth Commissioner and the Little Grey Fergie feature trilogy. He has just completed principal photography his eighth feature film as a DOP, the urban crime drama Cardboard Gangsters and has worked as 2nd Unit Cinematographer on 6 additional features. He has recently been invited to become a full member of the Irish Society of Cinematographers. Michael also works extensively as a writer/director. He wrote and directed the highly acclaimed short film Out of the Blue, described as boasting "excellent performances, vivid production design and an economy of story-telling that mark the director as a talent to look out for in the future". The film won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at Cork Film Festival, Best Short at London Independent Film Festival, Best Short Comedy at Toronto Independent Film Festival and the Golden Djed at Luxor Film Festival. In 2011 he was nominated for the Berlinale Today Award for Mummy's Little Helper, which he wrote and directed. In 2012, he wrote and directed the short film Cluck, which was nominated for an IFTA. His debut feature screenplay 6 Hours won the Irish Playwrights & Screenwriters Guild Award for Screenwriting at the National Film School where he did an MA in Screenwriting. The film is in development with Samson Films. Michael is attached to direct. In 2012 he attended the Binger Director's Film Lab with the project. He was also selected for Guiding Lights, the UK film industry's most prestigious mentoring program, and was mentored by Lone Scherfig ('An Education'). To view samples of Michael's work please visit: www.michaellavelle.com

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