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Philadelphia Film Society “Save Our Screens” Campaign
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor POST UPDATE: 7/21/2020 Thanks to our community, we have successfully reached our SOS Campaign goal of $150,000 with a total of $151,004 raised… Posted by Philadelphia Film Society on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 There’s hardly an industry that hasn’t been affected by the Pandemic, but the film/movie industry has been truly hard hit across the board, and close to home. I’m glad to see The Philadelphia Film Society (PFS) COVID-19 Fundraiser taking off, as it would be devastating to our city if when life returns to normal they were no longer around. (Worried about the Ritz Landmark Theaters in Philly too). For those that don’t know,…
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SHARED STORIES | A Four-Part Virtual Film Series, Presented by GPJFF Mon. July 13 – Aug 3
The Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival has been on a little hiatus these past few months but they are very excited to announce a new 4-film virtual film series that will begin July 13 – August 3, every Monday night at 7 PM EST. The program’s title, SHARED STORIES: THE INTERSECTION OF BLACK AND JEWISH EXPERIENCES IN AMERICA, pretty much sums it up. They will be showing two new films + two older films that relate to this theme. Today, we live in a rare moment – a moment where transformation is possible and we, as a people, are capable of changing history! We can all agree that the last few…
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Philadelphia Latino Film Festival 2020 #PHLAFF2020
You don’t think about transsexualism being something that a small town in Panama would be encountering. But obviously, people needing to live their truth in the form of the sex they were not assigned at birth happens anywhere and everywhere. The complexities of the story play out so that you can sympathize with every member of the family, the wife Carol (Gaby Gnazzo) feels betrayed because she feels she’s been a good sport about him needing to play “dress up” now and again, making it a fun “girls night” out for dinner and a movie, but thought they agreed it was never something their three sons, friends, neighbors, co-workers etc…
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COVID-19 Interview Benjamin F. Barnett Digital Media Strategist & PIFF Founder
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Benjamin F. Barnett is a digital media strategist who first founded The Media Bureau Inc in Philadelphia in the late 90’s as a place where tech entrepreneurs, and artists could come together to create, produce & screen original Digital Media Content. It was a community driven project that was the jumping off of a number of other projects including The Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, founded by Ben and now in its 13th year; or would have been had COVID-19 not struck. I met Ben probably in the Festival’s 3rd or 4th year, and enjoy covering it annually (click to see #PIFF2019). In return Ben’s been…
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What’s Wrong with SXSW on Amazon Prime?
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I was excited to hear that the Free Online SXSW (South By Southwest) Film Festival on Amazon Prime was going forward April 27–May 6. But it seems a good number of films that would have screened at SXSW, prior to COVID-19 cancelling the high profile festival, are not interested in participating. The filmmakers fear it will ruin their chances at distribution deals, as Amazon Prime is not offering to buy each film, just allow them to be shown for a very limited time on their streaming platform. Also, even if theaters remain close for the time being, many filmmakers are still hoping for a theatrical…
