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4th Annual BLACK STAR FILM FESTIVAL 2015 Round Up
This panel featured Indie Filmmakers/Producers/Media Consultants who are all women of color. These females represent storytellers and bridge-builders in the industry. They spoke on how their identity has impacted their work; why they think it’s important to claim space in film, and what fears they still hold as they continue to make strides in a still primarily white industry...
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DIY filmmaking, marketing and distribution w/ Filmmaker Ava DuVernay
I asked Ava how is she able to do all of this while also running her PR firm, she said, yes, she's a little busy, but she has a hybrid staff of really amazing people who work with her on both ends, and she's now super selective about the projects she takes on in terms of media and marketing; her current selection being the film The Help with Viola Davis. "I take on projects I'm passionate about now."...
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Best & Worst Movies of 2023 (Top 10 List)
End of the year wrap up, list of Top 10 and Worst 10 Movies of 2023. It's mostly based on my engagement and overall connection with the film/movie and less on what is more directorial/technically well-done. Of course, in some cases it's both, and in other cases, I did place quality over pleasure....
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EARTH MAMA -Interview Savanah Leaf
With two children in foster care, Gia, a pregnant single mother pitted against the system, fights to reclaim her family. In her close-knit Bay Area community, she works to make a life for herself and her kids, in this singular debut feature from filmmaker Savanah Leaf...
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The Art of Tone and Staging a Home: Workshop with Set Decorator Nya Patrinos
Next SIFTMedia 215 Filmmaker's Workshop Sun. 3/6/22 - Nya Patrinos set decorator, which visually interprets the personality of a film or television show from script to screen through set decor ...