The BraveMaker Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Stories, scripts and conversations with creators.
This is a podcast WITH AND FOR filmmakers, writers, actors and brave makers of all kinds. You'll hear from directors, actors and makers of all kids and get back stories behind why and how brave movers and shakers create culture shaping work. It's all about the brave stories behind brave making. Hosted by Tony Gapastione and Krystina Jackson with featured correspondents. Find us on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Googleplay, Spotify and more. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bravemaker/support
Avril Z. SpeaksProducer/Directorhttps://www.instagram.com/azuspeak/Avril Speaks has been carving out her path as a bold, innovative storyteller for years, not only as a Producer and Director but also as a film educator through Film Independent, the Sundance Institute, and Distribution Advocates, and formerly as a professor at Howard University. Avril has produced several award-winning films including Jinn, which premiered at SXSW and won Special Jury Recognition for Writing, and the South African film African America, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award and four African Movie Academy Awards. She also produced the documentary Black America Is..., which premiered at the Afrikana Film Festival and won Best Feature Documentary at various film festivals.As a director and showrunner, Avril has worked with companies such as Now This and Vox Media Studios on docu-series such as Uprooted: The Untold Keith Warren Story, Keep This Between Us, and Files of the Unexplained, which recently debuted as the #1 show on Netflix.Avril is a recipient of the inaugural Dear Producer Award, the Sundance Momentum Fellowship, and is a recent recipient of the Film Independent Amplifier Fellowship. She is one of the founding members of Distribution Advocates, where she hosts the podcast Distribution advocates Presents, and is a board member for the Black TV and Film Collective.Hosted by actor/filmmaker Tony Gapastione
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Ever wondered how to handle those awkward moments at a film fest talk back?
Tony Gapastione gives some tips on what TO DO and WHAT TO AVOID.
Read it here: https://bravemaker.com/film-fest-panels-dos-and-donts/
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This episode is an important listen for actors and filmmakers of all kinds.
Brooke M. Haney (they/she) is the creator of The Actor's Warm Down, editor of The Intimacy Coordinator's Guidebook: Specialties for Stage and Screen, and one of the first 50 intimacy coordinators recognized as qualified by SAG/AFTRA. They specialize in staging authentic representation of queer intimacy and work in TV/Film and Theater. Catch their work on CBS, Paramount+, Peacock, HBO, Amazon Prime and more. www.brookemhaney.com
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Giovannie Espiritu's identity is inherently political: A bisexual, once-undocumented immigrant Filipina mom who spent time in a Biblical doomsday cult as a teen. Her first short film, “Ultra-Feminist,” got an Honorable Mention at Outfest:Fusion, and her second film, “ALLY 3000,” won over 12 awards at film festivals mainly in scriptwriting and social justice. Her newest short doc film, “Legacy,” won the Hyundai Evolve Innovation Award is in the film festival circuit. It has exhibited at the OutMuseum, and will be showing in the New Americans Museum in San Diego. Most of her work has taken aim at dismantling the patriarchy, healing generational trauma, and exposing systems of bias with humor. Her IRL and reel life mantra is to “Break Hearts Wide Open and Create More Moments of Joy.” As an actor, she was once nominated alongside Academy Award nominees Alfre Woodard and Amy Irving for Best Supporting Actress, but she didn’t know what to do with that information other than put it on her business card.Her primetime credits include a recurring role on Young Sheldon, ER (NBC), Bones (FOX), Gilmore Girls (ABC), and Trauma (NBC). She can be seen as the lead in the Amazon series, “Dyke Central,” which was featured in After Ellen, BuzzFeed, Bust Magazine and Curve Magazine as a top LGBTQ series to watch, Nancy on the Tubi Original “Titanic 666,” alongside AnnaLynneMcCord and will be on Season 4 of 911 Lone Star as Joni.In her spare time, she rock climbs and advocates for Domestic Violence Awareness/Prevention and LGBTQ equality. She has served on the Board of Directors for C.O.R.A. (a Bay Area domestic violence hotline and agency) and been awarded a Certificate of Recognition from the Senate and California Assembly for her community service. She was recognized as one of 23 "Most Influential Filipina Women in the World" in the Innovator & Thought Leader category by the Filipina Women's Network.She is a proud member of the Alliance of Women Directors and the Producer's Guild of America.
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LaNisa Renee Frederick is an award-winning actor, writer, content creator & voiceover artist based in Los Angeles.
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The comedic powerhouse has exploded on the screen playing opposite Adam Samberg in BROOKLYN 99, YOUNG SHELDON, THE GOLDBERGS, and in the Emmy award-winning A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW.
Frederick honed her craft in Chicago, working and training at The Second City Chicago, performing on stages across the country including, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, and Woolly Mammoth. She has also worked on stages in Europe and Southeast Asia receiving international acclaim.
LaNisa is the co-creator of Hashtag Booked. The groundbreaking Instagram sketch series which started in 2018 with co-creator Danielle Pinnock, examines the joys and heartaches of being an actress of color in the entertainment industry. Hashtag Booked’s content has reached millions of views and has received national acclaim from media outlets including Forbes, Essence Magazine, and CNN.
A commercial queen, Frederick has been in over 60 national commercials working alongside celebrities such as Kevin Hart, Queen Latifah, and Amy Poehler.
In addition, she is the voice behind the mic on several animations including Nickelodeon’s BABY SHARK, Netflix’s ADA TWIST, and Apple TV’s INTERUPTING CHICKEN. Her video game work includes LEAGUE OF LEGENDS, WALKING DEAD, and most notably voicing “Syd” in CALL OF DUTY-MODERN WARFARE.
As a writer LaNisa has become the true multi-hyphenate. She is a writer on a new Disney JR. animation and is in development for several shows. Including an adult animation that she co-created and a semi-biographical TV show chronicling her time raised in a doomsday cult.
Passionate about education, she has taught in both traditional and non-traditional education settings, curating arts-based programming for underserved student populations, including incarcerated students, recently-released youth, and students with severe cognitive disabilities.
Frederick’s training at the Steppenwolf Theatre exposed her to the guidance of industry powerhouses such as Amy Morton, Sheldon Patinkin, and K. Todd Freeman. She is moreover a proud graduate of Loyola University (Chicago, BA) and the University of Essex (UK, MA).
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Artelia Green's magnetic pull begins with its frontrunner, Tiffani Marie. As a recovering academic, Tiffani heals through music yet remains driven by her in-depth research on the harmful effects of toxic stress on Black communities and the redemptive power of ancestral love. As Tiffani Marie and the crew craft each song, they draw upon the ethos of language revitalization, cultural memory, and root work to offer listeners more than just a melody—to provide an apothecary, a network of healing modalities that nourishes the soul and promotes healing.Birthed from a fusion of Frisco swagger, Arkansas's ancestral roots, and the enduring spirit of Yoruba culture, Artelia Green stands as a nexus toward critical thought and transformative action. The group stitches together the soulful strains of funk, soul, gospel and djembe, creating an immersive soundscape that transports listeners to another time and space. More than a musical experience, it's an invitation—a call to acknowledge the raw reality of Black suffering and, more importantly, its transcendence. With a repertoire that can light up a stage for anywhere from 30 minutes to an electrifying 2 hours, Artelia Green channels inspirations from legends like Parliament Funkadelic, Lauryn Hill, The Roots, and more. They narrate a timeless tale of love, healing, and transcendence.Artelia Green's latest album, "In No Particular Order," is a masterpiece that exemplifies their essence. The titular track "INPO" hails the legacy of hip-hop, while songs like "Harriet's Brim" explore the depths of oft overlooked history, and “Ghetto Children Funk" pays homage to the indomitable spirit of youth from the hood. With tracks like "Sugarman," they offer a discerning look at the music industry, and with songs like "Intuition" and "Yarrow Fades," they traverse the intricate landscapes of love, loss, and healing. A standout piece, "Cashmere," a tribute to Tiffani Marie’s daughter, encapsulates the whirlwind of emotions surrounding the genesis of new life.She is a university professor, mother, and also filmmaker as she produced "The Children Could Fly": A documentary I produced featuring music from Artelia Green & the Bandanas. It offers an in-depth look into my research and its impact on youth and communities.
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Filmmaker/playwright Matthew S. Robinson is a graduate of Pepperdine University.
Matthew has directed, written and produced several award winning theatre productions and films both horror AND romantic comedies.
Most recently he directed the soon to be released horror feature film “A Killer High School Reunion” as well as the dark romantic comedy “Dog Daze.” He also wrote and directed the award winning short film “Bloody, Bloody Coda.”
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Tony Gapastione
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Belgica Rodriguez talk about making movies as actors turned producers and some of the important ins and outs of submitting to film festivals.
The BraveMaker Film Fest happens every July in Redwood City, California.
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BraveMaker Podcast #229https://www.instagram.com/monsterwriter/https://www.instagram.com/monsterwriter/Producer and writer Scott Wickman (@monsterwriter)!! He got his first film job in 2004, and has been rocketing along ever since. Scott has worked on music videos, documentaries, commercials, feature films, and any other type you can think of from the super indie to the larger than life. He enjoys talking too much.https://scott-wickman.com/
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Sam BempongCEO, Mindful MediaCo-Lead Organizer, East Bay Film CollectiveSam Bempong is a trained creative, producer, and community organizer, with a degree fromNYU's Tisch School of the Arts. After years working in the field she found herself frustrated with the amount of dynamic and forceful content that failed to fully step into its own power. In an effort to fill this gap she founded Mindful Media - a company that helps artists and productions explore the intersection of storytelling and community organizing. Sam's belief in the power of stories to inspire social change drives her to work passionately towards creating positive impact in her community and beyond. https://www.instagram.com/sambempong/Currently she is also working as one of the lead organizers for the East Bay Film Collective - a collaborative project led by The Center for Cultural Power, WKB Productions, and Live Free USA. The goal of the project is to uplift the Bay Area's cultural economy and generate jobs by attracting film and TV productions to Oakland and the surrounding area.
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Anthony Frazier is a visual effects artist, a cinematographer and photographer with over a decade of experience in storytelling, content creation, and organizing shoots for top-tier brands!!
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Director, Writer, Actor and Producer Dana Kippel is an avid advocate for Neurodivergence and Mental Health Awareness. Her mission is to use the medium of film and books to inspire people to look inside themselves, realize their true power, and enhance their curiosity, connection, and self-love. Her first film Reflect, is out now on Amazon Prime, Vudu, and Apple TV!!
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Accent Coach Jack is an experienced dialect coach from England, based in Los Angeles. With over 10 Million combined views on his videos for Buzzfeed and a private coaching practice, Jack specializes in coaching professional actors with all accents for their roles, on set coaching and working with idiolects.Known for his warmth and precision, Jack has become an in-demand coach for a broad range of projects from films and television to theatre and commercials.An expert advisor for news outlets such as CNN, Entertainment Tonight!, Buzzfeed, IGN and Insider Jack is the go-to specialist for accent questions within the film industry.Jack’s clients have appeared in: Dave, 1923, Never Have I Ever, Queer as Folk, Westworld and many others.His Voiceover clients can be heard in: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Boss Baby, Where’s Waldo, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Cyberpunk 2077, Star Wars Jedi:Fallen Order and in national campaigns for Amazon, McDonalds, AT&T and Walmart.Formally trained, with a Master’s in Professional Voice Practice from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Jack draws from a strong technical knowledge of the voice to distill the key features of an accent to prepare actors for any role. Jack is married to CBS Ghosts actor Danielle Pinnock and the two of them create all sorts of viral sketches and characters on their social media.
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Belgica Rodriguez is an actress and Youtube content creator based in Los Angeles and San Francisco. She is known for her many commercials and short films such as Land of Opportunity which premiered at the SF Latino Film Festival and Creature Comforter that will be premiering at the 2024 BraveMaker Halloween Party in October. On TV, she played Ted Bundy’s wife, Carole Ann Boone on Reelz in Ted Bundy: Serial Monster. To learn more about how she has broken into acting and continues to learn about the industry, you can subscribe to her youtube channel! / belgicapaola
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Award-winning writer, actor, filmmaker and producer Regina Hoyles (@reginahoyles) is the founder of RLH Productions, created NAPS, a comedic web series, staffed as a writer for a new Disney animated series, and serves as the 2024 Pre-Production for the “Black Girls Film Camp” providing script feedback and support to Black girls aged 13-18! / reginahoyles She is a woman of many talents!https://www.reginahoyles.com/Hosted by: @tonygapastione + @mspriscillalam
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What a week at Sundance.
We recap the highs and lows and what we loved and what we would do different.
Tony Gapastione (@tonygapastione), Priscilla Lam (@mspriscillalam) as well as some special guests from Sundance, which includes; Actor and Writer, Kabir Chopra (@kabirishere), and Roadmap writers: TV Writer, actor and Director, Tristan J Shuler (@tristanjshuler)!
Wanna join us in 2025? We going back!
Read the article referenced: https://dearproducer.com/sundance-reinvented/
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We kicked off our 2024 season of Live Shows with Film Producer Latavious Flournoy (@greedyunderdogmafia)!! He is the CEO and Founder of AIRPLANE GANG FILMS (Los Angeles, CA) and GREEDY UNDERDOG MAFIA (Atlanta, GA), which are independent urban film production companies that shed light on rising actors and producers. Alongside him, Carlos Menzies and CASSIPHIAS Guerrero make up Airplane Gang Films and have created over 200 projects in the last 2 years. Hosted by: @tonygapastione @mspriscillalam
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Attending the fest since 2013 I have learned a lot. Hope this helps and inspires you to attend. Wanna come some year? Email me: Tony@BraveMaker.com
Read my blog here on all the things I mentioned.
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Founder/executive director (actor/filmmaker) Tony Gapastione talks all things BraveMaker--the good, the bad and the challenging about starting a nonprofit.
If you want to learn more OR become a donor--check our our website: https://www.bravemaker.com
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Ashley-Lauren Elrod is an award-winning triple-threat, versatile professional with proven acting, producing, casting, directing, and production design expertise. Her unique approach to media, film, and marketing makes her a highly sought-after industry dynamo who is known for her exceptional thought leadership and nonprofit advisory work. She is the CEO and Founder of Visionary Woman Productions, a diverse female-owned production company helping to change the world one project at a time by consciously partnering with brands and productions who are aiming to do the same, while supporting her non-profit partners, The Chicago Children's Advocacy Center to help battle child abuse and trafficking in the United States. Recently, her team worked on the Dove Cost of Beauty Campaign for the Kids 2023 Online Safety Act which was nominated for an Emmy award for Best Commercial of 2023. Ashley-Lauren is a true champion of diversity, safety, and inclusivity in all aspects of entertainment, media, marketing, and advocacy. She brings fresh perspectives, energy, and spirit to every project she takes on. Her passion is to impart the tools and knowledge to help people lead a fruitful and audaciously authentic life and to assist clients in achieving their creative vision through bold, audacious moves.
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Liz Sargent is a Korean American Adoptee whose award-winning work explores themes of adoption, disability and family. As a Writer/Director she incorporates her background as a choreographer into visual storytelling that channels complex human emotions that are an extension of her experience as the middle child of eleven and an exploration of her intersectional identity.
Watch her film here: TAKE ME HOME
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Lauren Wells is a screenwriter who most recently wrote on FX's Emmy nominated television show What We Do in the Shadows. Prior to that, she worked in support staff roles on shows such as Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Happy!, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Daredevil, and Angelyne, among others.
Over the past year, Lauren adapted Bram Stoker's Dracula as a twenty episode podcast series called MINA + LUCY'S GUIDE TO SLAYING DRACULA. Produced by Gen Z Media, the series stars Bradley Whitford, Ritchie Coster, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Anthony Atamaniuk, Suri Marrero, and Genna Du Quesnay. It is available everywhere you get your podcasts.
Originally from a horse farm in Central New York, Lauren studied improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre while finishing her M.F.A in Writing and Producing for Television at LIU Brooklyn. She has a B.A. in English from Hobart + William Smith Colleges, where she focused on creative writing and poetry. Lauren's poetry has been featured in New York Quarterly, Everyday Genius, Burner Magazine, and The Legendary.
Lauren resides in Los Angeles with her rescue dog, Mr. Feeny.
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Ever wondered what it's like to be married to an actor or director? Los Angeles based married couple Kara and Oren share their story on episode 215. They give a lot of practical tips for building relationships in the industry and talk about what NOT to do (we can never get enough of this) as an actor but also how to advocate for yourself on set.
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Nick Musleh (@nickymus) is the co-writer/creator of THE ROSY CROSS series being developed in the UK. He is also producing a feature film LOVE LABOUR’S LOST, based on his short film that screened at our film fest in 2022 and he recently joined our team to teach acting classed every Tuesday through our BraveMaker Academy!
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Production Supervisor and Producer Beatriz “Bea” Chahin (@beezus218)!! She is known for her work on BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, KILLED IN ACTION, and SEE YOU NEXT CHRISTMAS (which Andy Sandberg wrote a letter of support for her fundraising campaign).
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Theresa is coming out of the closet...about her faith...in her one woman show. She does address politics, sexuality, and life in the Bay Area. A great example of braving your own way, giving yourself creative opportunities and writing things for yourself. ACTORS take note!
Follow her on her Instagram page.
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See her one woman show: BORN AGAIN IN BERKELEY:
Tickets available Tuesday, November 7th at the Marsh Theatre in Berkeley.
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Screenwriter, Director, Actor and Founder of BraveMaker, Tony Gapastione (@tonygapastione) chats about his latest blog, “Best Practices for Creative Collaborations!”
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Comedian and musician Leah Knauer (@leahknauer) is the Gemini co-host of the popular spiritual-comedy "BASIC WITCHES" podcast, which was recorded in the haunted basement of The World Famous Comedy Store in Hollywood. She has been a consultant on and helped develop over 100+ game shows and comedy shows for network television. She has performed at renowned comedy festivals such as SF SketchFest, Improv Fest Ireland in Dublin, Del Close Marathon in NYC, Red Rocks Comedy Festival in Utah, Las Vegas Comedy Festival, and more. Leah has over 70,000 followers on TikTok for her celebrity impressions. We can’t wait to chat with her and hope you can join us on our Facebook page or YouTube channel!! LINK IN BIO!! Hosted by: @tonygapastione ...#bravemaker #bravemakerliveshow #bravemakerpodcast #leahknauer #comedian #musician #actress #tiktok #celebrityimpressions #improv #filmmaking #podcast #director #producer #actor #writer #jennifercoolidge
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Cambodian Director Kevin Ung (@kevinung.film)!! His recent films have won festivals around the world, and his new feature which he co-directed THE PHANTOM, will be released soon!
He is the son of Cambodian genocide refugees, and his filmmaking subjects are often influenced by his family’s experience in Cambodia and America!
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We discuss his short film: WORK LIFE.
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Nadine is a friend of BraveMaker, a 2022 film fest alum. She first appeared on our show when her film CONTINUE, screened at our Film Festival, and now she’s back with her second film DESPERATION ROAD, starring Garrett Hedlund and Mel Gibson, releasing October 6, 2023 in theaters and on VOD! Go see it this weekend.
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Salvador Perez’s work is very diverse. Most recently he was on Hocus Pocus 2 but he has designed for many TV series including CASTLE, VERONICA MARS, NEVER HAVE I EVER, THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS, and 6 Seasons of THE MINDY PROJECT where he was nominated for an Emmy for costume design. Salvador has also worked on movies PITCH PERFECT 1, 2 and 3, THINK LIKE A MAN 1 and 2, and MEN OF HONOR. Born and raised in Central California, Perez moved to Los Angeles to attend The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising to pursue a career in fashion design. Once other Costume Designers discovered his costume manufacturing talents, he began running the costume workrooms and assisting on films like TITANIC, THE FLINTSTONES, and BARB WIRE. Outside of film and TV, Salvador designed and developed the “Movie Legends Line” for the J. Peterman Catalogue, he designed a line of Jewelry for Bauble Bar, and designed a signature line of colorful coats for GILT.COM. He served as president of the Costume Designers Guild from 2013 – 2022.
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Ran Li is a BA Law graduate of Tsinghua University and MA Film Directing graduate of Prague Film School! Her previous short films were selected in more than 60 international film festivals and won over 20 awards worldwide, including SXSW and Shanghai International Film Festival! Her debut feature film Till Love Do Us Part was world premiered in Warsaw Film Festival 2022 and was nominated Best Film and had it's United States Premiere at Cinequest 2023.
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THIS FILM IS NOT CONNECTED TO ANY STRUCK COMPANY
Meet: Chelsea Bo, the writer/director/actor of NO RIGHT WAY. She has a theater and improv background and graduated from Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film & Television and was selected for both Film Independent’s Incubator Lab and Village Roadshow’s Emerging Talent Program. Chelsea co-founded the production company Paxeros with her husband/producing partner Sean Drummond, and together they have produced three feature films, including Joshua Leonard’s Fully Realized Humans (Tribeca, 2020) and Sarah Adina Smith’s The Drop (Tribeca, 2022). No Right Way is her feature directorial debut.
Meet: Ava Acres star of NO RIGHT WAY. Ava is one of Hollywood's most versatile young actors. She played "Madeline" in AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL, young "Queen Regina" in ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME, and recurred as young "Rebecca" in CW's award winning musical comedy CRAZY EX GIRLFRIEND. Ava's recent credits include a recurring role on Ryan Murphy's 9-1-1 (Fox), HANDSOME: A NETFLIX MURDER MYSTERY, and WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER: TEN YEARS LATER. Ava can also be seen as the evil supervillain Katya in MARVEL's AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D., and appeared in season 7 of MAD MEN as Susie. Ava played a young Shailene Woodley in WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD (Gregg Araki, dir.), and Daniel Bruhl's daughter in the feature film FACE OF AN ANGEL (Michael Winterbottom, dir.) She starred in Ron Howard produced short film EVERMORE, played Naya Rivera's daughter in the thriller AT THE DEVIL'S DOOR (Nicholas McCarthy, dir.), and played the lead role in a short directed by Demi Moore for Lifetime's FIVE - an anthology of short films exploring the impact of breast cancer. In one of her earliest film roles, Ava shared the screen with Academy Award winner Anna Paquin in the feature FREE RIDE (Shana Betz, dir.). Other television work includes a TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE pilot for CBS, a series regular role on the Fox comedy pilot OUTNUMBERED, roles on WEEDS, HARRY'S LAW, CRIMINAL MINDS, and more. Ava enjoys singing, piano, ukulele, dance (jazz, hip hop), and is an avid writer.
TAGLINE:Different moms, same baggage.
LOGLINE:A pair of half-sisters try to make each other whole when calamity strikes.
SYNOPSIS:Georgie, a brazen 13-year-old, has her life uprooted when she’s thrust into the guardianship of her half-sister Harper and torn away from her life in Vegas. Harper sees this turbulent time as a window of opportunity to pave a brighter future for her half-sister, but Harper’s self-righteous attempts to protect Georgie only lead to exposing their paralleled childhood wounds.
FILM FESTIVALS:Cinequest Film Festival 2023 (World Premiere)Woodstock Film Festival 2023Richmond Film Festival 2023 (Grand Jury Nominee)Twin Cities Film Festivals 2023
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Phillip Botello was told NOT TO EVEN TRY to become an actor. He beat the odds. He braved his way and his acting credits are growing. @phillipandrebotello
Phillip is best known for his role in THE ART OF DEFENSE, opposite Jesse Eisenberg, SUNSET ON THE RIVER STYX, and PLEDGE. He recently won an award for Best Actor for the films TWENTY NINE and FREE PASS!! He recently premiered his third film as an actor at San Jose's CINEQUEST film fest: FALLEN DRIVE
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Writer Shelley Dennis was born into a family of Choctaw storytellers in small-town Oklahoma. She’s toured alongside Wayne Brady doing standup and improv. In 2020 she was one of four selected for the Native American Showrunner program. She worked on the Netflix show, SPIRIT RANGERS, and just completed her second season as a Story Editor on ABC’s @theconnersabc!!
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Yolanda T. Cochran (@yolandatcochran) has experience as a producer which spans across multiple studios including Disney, Viacom, Warner Bros and Universal. She’s produced films such as; THE BLIND SIDE, SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2, THE BOOK OF ELI, and more! She's currently on season 5 of PROJECT GREENLIGHT led by Issa Rae.
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BraveMaker Film Fest Recap with Tony Gapastione, Lodric Collins, Amrit Hansra, Emily Alpren and Priscilla Lam.
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Special guests ABOUND in this episode. Recorded live at our 5th annual film fest in Redwood City, Ca---co-hosted by Tony Gapastione and Priscilla Lam this conversation includes a look back at BraveMaker as well as a peak into the future with interviews and conversation with the following industry professionals from Los Angeles
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Director Theo Brown (@awesomertheo) and actor/filmmaker Yen Dinh (@yen.money.dinh)!! Theo directed AN ELECTRIC SLEEP, a psychological sci-go thriller, and is in pre-production for IVORY & GOLD. Yen co-wrote and co-directed the short film LUV, ME, a queer comedy centering around two nerdy roommates. .
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Join us as we converse with three filmmakers!! The pod features Abby Wathen (@abbywathen), and Emily Alpren (@nicebirdhouse) as they join us from the short film TRYING with a special short conversation with Amber Henry who joins us from her short film TRUST FALL who all had their short films in our 5th anniversary film fest.
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Alison O’Daniel, a filmmaker and visual artist, is the director of The Tuba Thieves, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023. O’Daniel is d/Deaf and builds a visual, aural, and haptic vocabulary in her work that reveals (or proposes) a politics of sound that exceeds the ear. She is a United States Artist Disability Futures Fellow and a Guggenheim Fellow. Her work has been exhibited at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Argos Center for Audiovisual Arts, Brussels; Centro Centro, Madrid; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Centre Pompidou, Paris, and many other international museums and galleries. She is represented by Commonwealth and Council in Los Angeles and is an Associate Professor in the Film Program at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
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Producer/Director Tara Westwood (@tara_westwood) will join us talking about her film, TRIGGERED, along with (newly minted Sundance Fellow 2023) Producer/Director Kyra Knox (@kyraknox_) with her film, BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN PHILADELPHIA!! These films shine a light on gun violence and the real world consequences inaction can have on the lives of everyday Americans. Both of these films were screened in our 2023, 5th annual, film fest.
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Writer, director, and musician Mike Heff
(https://www.instagram.com/mike_heff_/)
and Punk Kids actor Wynton Odd
https://www.instagram.com/wyntonodd/.
After attending the Sundance Festival in 2019 Mike Heff was inspired to write and direct his first short film, PUNK KIDS, based on his experiences as a musician. With the assistance of producer Jamal Trulove it has been turned into a feature film! We SCREENED it TWICE at our 5th annual BraveMaker Film Fest.
https://www.instagram.com/punkkidsfilm
You can also watch the panel discussion of their premiere on Friday June 14th here on our YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
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Feminist filmmaker, performer, and activist Brandi Nicole is with us! (https://www.instagram.com/creativelyb/).
Brandi’s work centers on women fighting to return to themselves. She recently wrapped up her role as a staff writer and recurring character on season two of Showtime’s YOUR HONOR! Her short film, MUTED, was acquired by HBO and has over 170k views on YouTube!! She is now STRIKING on behalf of fair wages withe the WGA WEST.
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This podcast was recorded BEFORE the SAG-AFTRA strike on June 1st, 2023.
Solomon portrays Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on HBO’s WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY!!!
Sweet Santa Barbara Brown
In the Reagan era of 1983, a group of famous pro basketball players stroll
through sunny Santa Barbara. Amidst the warm rays of the sun and the
indulgence of ice cream, tensions arise among teammates, fueled by their
divergent perspectives on progress for black people in America. Meanwhile flawed decisions made by local police officers set in motion events that will thrust the men into a scenario where they will face lethal
consequences. This short film, "Sweet Santa Barbara Brown," explores the
collision of race, celebrity, and life-or-death choices against the
backdrop of a picturesque beach town.
Producer/writer Solomon Hughes is an actor from HBO's Winning Time about the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Actor, writer, director, and athlete Kurt Yaeger
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Kurt has worked on shows like NCIS HAWAII, Netflix’s ANOTHER LIFE, and FX’s SONS OF ANARCHY. He is an advocate for the disabled community, and is himself a below-the-knee amputee!
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If you’re a fan of the movie and TV Show CLUELESS, or watched BEVERLY HILLS 90210, or SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH, then you would’ve seen our guest in all of them! Actress Elisa Donovan (@reddonovan). Take a listen as she discusses her breakout role as AMBER on Clueless, writing her book and developing her feature film.
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Oz Kaynan is a stunt performer, circus performer and personal trainer. He’s dazzled audiences at the Waterworld stunt show at Universal Studios, the Tri-Wizard Spirit Rally Show in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios, and * maybe a super hero at the MARVEL Show at Disneyland.
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A native New Yorker, Craig T. Williams is a writer/producer/editor at Red Wall Productions, a film production company he founded over twenty years ago with his wife and partner of 21 years, Rosalyn Coleman Williams. Together they have created over 50 film projects including features, documentaries and narrative short films.
Currently Craig is a part of the writing staff on the third season of the TV show “TERROR LAKE DRIVE” on ALLBLK, an AMC Streamer. Craig just completed production of “GAME NITE” a feature film he wrote and produced, directed by Tony Award Winner Tonya Pinkins and starring Shamika Cotton and Jamie Lincoln Smith.
Craig was part of the prestigious 2021-22 WarnerMedia Discovery Discovery Access Writers Program (formerly the HBO All Access Writers Program.) Chosen one of 20 writers from over four thousand applicants, he created an original 30-minute TV Pilot.
Craig has many scripts in various stages of development including the award winning one-hour TV pilot “How Ya Like Me Now,” about the ‘80s rap rivalry between Kool Moe Dee and LL Cool J, “Christmas In The Dollhouse, a Movie Musical and a 30-minute dramedy inspired by his mother finding her long lost sister when they were both in their 60’s. His latest TV pilot “Call Me Daddy” has won praises from Gail Lerner (EP Blackish, Will and Grace) Liz Garcia (Showrunner, P-Valley) and Diane Ruggerio-Wright (Showrunner, iZombie, Veronica Mars.)
He’s most excited about the upcoming feature film he’s producing “Weapons For Peace” that has Academy Award nominee Judd Hirsch and Yaya Dacosta attached. That film will shoot in Paris and Dublin this summer. Another feature film he wrote and is producing “Hanging By A Thread” has Academy Award Winner Viola Davis attached as Executive Producer and is projected to shoot early 2024.
Craig is a huge proponent of educating screenwriters in a way that will empower them to write the stories they want to tell. He’s taught writing for Film and TV at Wesleyan University. He has led workshops and seminars for educational institutions and film festivals around the country. Upcoming, The Essence Film Festival in New Orleans (July 2023). He’s a mentor for Women of Color Unite’s Mentorship Program, The Craft Institute, and for teen filmmakers at Reel Works Mentorship Program in Brooklyn. Craig single handedly runs the Facebook group, Black Screenwriters, with over twenty thousand members.
Craig and his extraordinarily beautiful and patient wife Rosalyn have a spirited 18 year old son and they make their life in the heart of New York City.
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We chatted with Bay Area makeup artist and filmmaker Josie Rodriguez!
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Josie has worked on many films; BLUMHOUSE THE MANOR, CAPSIZED: BLOOD IN THE WATER, BLACK BEAR, and 13 REASONS WHY, and the upcoming release PAINT, starring Owen Wilson!!
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SF Bay Area Zimran Jacob (@zimranjacob)!!!
Zimran served as the showrunner’s assistant in the writing room for Netflix’s THE PUNISHER (@thepunisher), where two of his stories became produced episodes!!
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Don Sill and Tony Walker!!
They recently produced a short film called COMIC SANS, which won Best Screenplay at the Tokyo International Short Film Festival in 2022!!!
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Award-winning impact, producer and director Kyra Knox is on the show. She pays it forward. She mentors. She is serious about her filmmaking.
Her feature documentary BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN PHILADELPHIA, about the impact of gun violence in her city and the nonprofits working hard to create change has been featured on 6ABC, Deadline, Vibe Magazine, and the Philadelphia Tribune!!
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@john_frank_levey_has cast iconic shows like, THE WEST WING, ER, SHAMELESS, CHINA BEACH, and many others! He now owns his own casting company and recently published his first book, “Right for the Role.”
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A discussion with director Tony Gapastione and actors Allison Ewing (Charlene) and Cameron James Matthews (Dino) with guest co-host Giovannie Espiritu from Los Angeles.
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Multi-Artist Keena Ferguson (@keenastar) is a director, actress, VO artist, writer, producer, and choreographer. She won a NAACP award for her one woman show, KEENA UNBRANDED, as well as earning an HBO nomination for her film, LONDON PASSING. Her latest film, STOPPED, has gained a lot of attention and went viral on social media. We so look forward to conversing with her and learning about her company, “Now, Go Get it Done.”
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Actor, dancer, drag performer.
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A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Eric began his career directing and producing music videos featuring such artists as Usher, Cee-Lo Green, Outkast, New Edition, Ice-T, and Tupac Shakur. His video for E-40’s song “Sprinkle Me” was selected by MTV and XXL Magazine as the #10 Greatest West Coast Rap Video of All Time.
https://www.instagram.com/erichaywood/Eric went on to write for such shows as ABC’s Private Practice and Showtime’s Soul Food: The Series. Along the way, he wrote and directed three short films (Nick of Time, Intersection, and Staring at the Sun), each of which screened at various film festivals around the country.
Eric also wrote the Hallmark Channel original movie Relative Stranger, starring Eriq LaSalle (E.R.) and directed by Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep). The film garnered three NAACP Image Award nominations and a Best Supporting Actress Emmy nomination for Cicely Tyson.
Eric wrote and directed the independent feature film Four of Hearts before joining the writing staff of the hit Fox drama Empire. He co-wrote and directed an episode of Empire’s fourth season, then directed the award-winning short film The Last Starship before going on to serve as a co-executive producer for Starz’s Power, ABC’s For Life, and NBC’s Manifest and Law & Order: Organized Crime. He is currently developing the Fox drama Billionaire Class.
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To kick off our live shows for February 2023 we had Writer and Producer Cindy Begel!!
Cindy has written for over 30 classic sitcoms including; HAPPY DAYS, THE JEFFERSONS, HEAD OF THE CLASS, MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, NEW LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, and many others!
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January 18th, 2023 we we were joined by South Asian screenwriter, director and and producer Suhashini Krishnan (@sushi.kharrl)!! Suhashini’s writing has been recognized by the Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship and Slamdance Film Festival, among others. Her works have been optioned and developed by various studios. She resides in California with her husband and two dogs. You can watch the conversation on our YouTube Channel!
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We were thrilled to kick off 2023 with our first live show of the new year on Wednesday, January 4th at 4pm PST/7pm EST, featuring the team from EVY’S WISH short film (@evyswishfilm)! Joining us was producer and makeup artist Pati Currie (@paticurriemua), director Lydia Isnanto (@lydiaisnanto), and screenwriter Sanju Jacob (@sanjujacobuxi)
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Meet the cast and crew of Peacock’s SEE YOU NEXT CHRISTMAS (@seeyounextchristmasmovie)!! We have the joy of talking with the actor/writer/director, Christine Weatherup (@christineweatherup), actor Elizabeth Guest (@lizzguest), actor AJ Meijer (@digitalactor), and actor Vin Vescio (@vinvescio)!! You can catch the film on Peacock and watch the interview on our YouTube Channel! LINK BELOW.
CORRECTION: This is episode 175, Tony said 176! Sorry!
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Producer Mike Blizzrd, Animators and another Actor from Netflix’s APOLLO 10 1/2!!
@minnowmountain, Steph Swope (@stephswope), and Craig Staggs (@craigstaggs); Producer Assistant Lara Morgan; Producer Mike Blizzard (@emblizario); and Actor Bill Wise (@thebillwise)!! Tune in live to our Facebook page or subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the video:
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For episode 173 are joined by three cast members of Netflix’s original movie APOLLO 10 1/2; Danielle Guilbot (@danielle.guilbot), Milo Coy (@therealmilocoy), and Jessica Cohen (@jessa.cohen)!! The film also features, Glen Powell, Zachary Levi, and Jack Black! You can also watch by subscribing to our YouTube Channel! https://youtu.be/m_i3FguXy5w
Danielle (Stephanie) started her career in NYC at the age of 9, landing a lead role (Cindy Lou Who) in Broadway’s Touring show Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas The Musical!.” Next, Danielle and her little sister Madeleine were both cast as Von Trapp children in a North American tour of "The Sound of Music.” Danielle and her sisters, Guilbot Sisters Project (GSP), are also songwriters and musicians. They were the youngest official performers at SXSW Music Festival in 2018.
Milo (Stanley) surprised everyone when he boldly announced at preschool graduation his plans to become an actor. Apollo 10 1/2 is his first major acting break and in the process fell in love with filmmaking on set at Troublemaker Studios. In the two years since filming Apollo, he's starred in a music video for fan-favorite band Star Parks, two school district theatre productions, and "Search & Destroy," an upcoming short film from writer/director Alex Rosales. Milo's dream is to someday do his own "huge" stunts.
Jessica (Jana) is an actress, writer, musician, singer, aspiring filmmaker, and all-around performer! She has written several screenplays and hopes to bring one of them to life in the near future. In 2021 she won a B. Iden Payne award (excellence in Austin theater) for “Outstanding Featured Musical Performance” for her performance in an Original Work in the Vortex Summer Youth Theater. She has written over 60 original songs, and has released a few on iTunes and Spotify. She is an intern with BraveMaker, and writes blogs for the BraveMaker website.
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Jared Callahan
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is an award-winning director / producer. He founded and runs People People Media, an Emmy-nominated production company based on a 95-acre farm in the San Francisco East Bay. His work has been released through The New York Times, PBS, GQ Magazine, The Atlantic, ALTER, NoBudge, Short of the Week & Vimeo Staff Picks. Jared served as one of the Atlanta Film Society’s Filmmakers in Residence, and produced The Driver is Red, which played over 100 festivals, won 43 awards, and qualified for the 2019 Academy Award in two categories. He worked as First Assistant Director on Short Term 12 (2009), which won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Short Filmmaking, and the feature I Am Not A Hipster, which premiered at Sundance in 2012.
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Jonathan Pickett
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is a national Emmy-nominated creative producer / editor with People People Media, a small production company based on a farm in the San Francisco East Bay. He edited 3 feature films by the age of 26, and has has been on the producing team for projects that have been released through The New York Times, PBS, The Atlantic, ALTER, GQ Magazine, NoBudge, Short of the Week, and Vimeo Staff Picks. He was an associate producer on The Driver is Red, which screened at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and he produced Mr. Somebody which was a selection at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Keith Enty is a 6 year Air Force Veteran, that currently works as a Work and Family Life Consultant for the US Navy. His job entails of assisting Active Duty, Reservists, and Veteran Service Members along with their families with navigating through the various challenges of Military Life. Some of these services include Military Life Skills, Relocation, Parenting, and even Housing Crisis. One of the main topics Keith covers is Suicide Prevention. It’s no secret why the Military is in need of extensive preventative training regarding Suicide. His Suicide Prevention Training covers prevention, specialized counseling, a safe space for Service Members to speak to someone without judgement, and an all around educational experience to make sure Service Members are able to recognize signs and provide/utilize supportive resources.
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Catherine grew up gay in God’s country. She feared for her life at home with mentally ill parents and out in the rural world of rednecks, where members of the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities were killed for sport. She watched, trembling at six, as hooded members of the KKK burned a giant cross. She heard about the boy who was killed for giving a blow job. It’s no wonder that themes of repression of women and minorities are omnipresent in her work. A creative always on the fringes of mainstream society, her mission now is to champion inclusivity. Catherine wants to add to queer cinema, especially empowering lesbians, and invent a renaissance of interest in our elders. She wants to place older women at the epicenter of story. She wants to tell the stories of the overlooked and marginalized and give a bullhorn to those who aren’t often given a voice. Catherine has written numerous award-winning screenplays for features and TV, becoming a fellow of the Middlebury Script Lab, attending the Stowe Narrative Lab on a partial scholarship, and attending both the feature retreat and TV lab at CineStory. She has directed four short films so far and will be shooting her feature directorial debut this summer.
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TINA D’ELIA (She/Her) is a Bay Area lesbian/queer, mixed-race Mexican artist and small business owner, teacher, and coach and an award-winning solo performer, actor, co-screenwriter, and casting director. D’Elia is also the program director of the LezWritesBTQ program with 3Girls Theatre. Tina is honored to be performing her 4th solo show Overlooked Latina, directed by Mary Guzmán and developed with David Ford, at The Marsh (San Francisco) this month. Her next shows are October 27th and 29th. D’Elia’s solo show: The Rita Hayworth of this Generation, won “Best of Fringe” (2015) and won “Best of Sold-Out Shows” at the San Francisco Fringe Festival (2015). She is currently developing her fifth solo show, The Break-Up! A Queer Latina Torch Song, directed by Mary Guzmán. D’Elia has presented her solo shows in a variety of venues including: The National Queer Arts Festival, The Theater Offensive (Boston), The Marsh (SF/Berkeley), The Marsh Rising Star, Stage Werx, Highways Performance Space (LA), Crazy Nannies (NY), LezWrites, Women on the Way Festival, and more. D’Elia was recognized in Go Magazine 100 Women We Love (2019) and in the leading national lesbian Curve magazine Power List of 2017. D’Elia is the recipient of the Best Actress Award and the Diversity Casting Award (2017) from the Equality International Film Festival. D’Elia received the: The Audience Award at Frameline33 (2009), as a co-screenwriter of the short film Lucha, also nominated for the prestigious Iris Prize (2009). Her feature film/television/webseries credits include: The Pursuit of Happyness, Knife Fight, Guitar Man, Earth Mama, Trauma (NBC), Sense8 (Netflix), Dyke Central (Amazon), Transfinite, and Assigned Female at Birth (YouTube). Follower her on Instagram/Twitter: tinadeliasf, Tina D’Elia on FaceBook. Her websites: tinadelia.com and tinadeliaconsulting.com.
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Tom Procida is an award winning filmmaker whose films have received high recognition worldwide and can be seen on AMAZON PRIME VIDEO.
As an actor of 30+ years, Tom has been seen in a wide range of projects such as commercials, industrials, theatrical plays, indie films, national and international TV shows including PRISON BREAK, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, and the Mexican telenovela POR AMAR SIN LEY.
His future plans consist of the continuing journey, as an actor and film maker, to fulfill the goals of bringing meaningful and thought-provoking stories into the world.
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Brian D. Cohen is a burgeoning actor from the Bay Area who is quickly making a name for himself with such roles “Greg Zlotsky” in the Nash Bridges reboot (USA network/Peacock) and “Mr. Stubbins” in the upcoming HBO Max holiday film “A Christmas Mystery.” Although he is relatively “new” to the acting world, Brian has dabbled in entertainment his whole life; acting and modeling as a child from age 8-12, and writing, singing and co-producing his own R&B music in his 20’s and 30’s. Since 2019, Brian has dedicated his life to the craft of acting, consistently training with ZA studios and acting coaches Jamie Carroll, Howard Fine and Jamison Jones among others, as well as constantly auditioning and networking. Brian also recently had a baby with his lovely and supportive wife Heather!
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Tony Taylor is a writer, photographer, editor, and proud Black man creating spaces that push the queer agenda. In 2018 he started ItsQwere, a community social group that centers and celebrates the experiences of Black and Brown queers through conversation salons and events. With ItsQwere, Tony has moderated salons throughout California, New York City, Philadelphia, Paris, Istanbul, Bucharest, and thanks to The Rona: the limitless virtual world of Zoom. As a writer, he’s interviewed the likes of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 8 winner Bob the Drag Queen, Star Trek’s George Takei, and TV pioneer Barbara Eden, star of I Dream of Jeannie. As a regular person he consumes memoirs, biopics, wine and edibles, and he loves each of his 50+ plant babies equally.
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Casting Director and Producer Sally Forcier has been in the business for over 29 years. She got her start as an actor, and portrayed Alexa in the film ENAMORED. As time went on she grew a love for all things filmmaking and behind the scenes. She has produced 8 films in 6 years. In 2019 she received the 2018 CFAA President’s Award from The Capital Film Arts Alliance in Sacramento, CA. She is a champion for the local film community, and moved into casting to meet a need in the Sacramento Valley!
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Actor and business owner Julie Dove is currently the voice of Jessica From Accounting in the @adultswim @hbomax and show BIRDGIRL!
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She can also be seen in INSATIABLE, ANGIE TRIBECA, LEGIT, PLAYDATE, and Tyler Perry’s YOUNG DYLAN. In addition to acting she also has an editing business called, Actorediting, where actors can get their own reels updated or created! You can watch on our Facebook page, or subscribe to our YouTube Channel to watch!
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Jason Fong joins hosts Krystina Wray Jackson and Tony Gapastione for episode 162 with actor/filmmaker and cult survivor Giovannie Espiritu.
Giovannie’s identity is inherently political: A bisexual, once-undocumented immigrant Filipina mom who spent time in a Biblical doomsday cult as a teen. Her first short film, “Ultra-Feminist,” got an Honorable Mention at Outfest: Fusion, and her second film, “ALLY 3000,” won over 12 awards at film festivals mainly in scriptwriting and social justice.
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Most of her work has taken aim at dismantling the patriarchy, healing generational trauma, and exposing systems of bias with humor. Her primetime credits include a recurring role on ER (NBC), Bones (FOX), Gilmore Girls (ABC), and Trauma (NBC). She can currently be seen as the lead in the Amazon series, “Dyke Central.” She can currently be seen as Nancy on the Tubi Original “Titanic 666,” alongside Jaime Bamber, Keesha Sharp, and Annalynne McCord. She coaches kids/teens/adults online internationally through HollywoodActorsWorkshop.com and was the on-call coach Rosalie Chiang for Pixar’s Turning Red.
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J.J. Soria has been acting for over 20 years doing award-winning televisions series such as Dexter, The Shield, Sons of Anarchy, Bones, and The Closer, among others. In addition, he starred opposite Gina Rodriguez on the big screen in Filly Brown, which debuted at Sundance, and Kristen Stewart in Camp X-Ray. In 2020, Soria starred opposite Terry Crews in the hit movie John Henry for Netflix. In 2019, he was a lead in the Peabody nominated Netflix series Gentefied executive produced by America Ferrera. Most recently you can find him opposite Kaley Cuoco on the award-winning show The Flight Attendant for HBO Max.
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How do you film a sex scene, er...(scratch that) a SIMULATED SEX scene?
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Jean Franzblau has some thoughts. Jean is a Los Angeles-based Intimacy Professional who works in TV, film and theater. Her role is to help actors navigate scenes with intimate content with respect and care. Jean’s credits include CSI: Vegas on NBC, Deep Water on Hulu, M. Night Shymalan’s latest thriller, Old, and Netflix’s upcoming feature, Blonde. Her background includes acting, casting, and sex education.
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Zak Sandler has played piano on Broadway for Wicked, Mean Girls, Motown, and The Color Purple. His original musical about his mental health journey, Inside My Head, premiered at the NY Theatre Barn, was selected as a semi-finalist at the O’Neill Theater’s National Music Theater Conference, and presented at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. Zak revised the show as a writer-in-residence at the Kennedy Center’s REACH page-to-stage festival in January 2022. He is touring the show - which includes a group discussion - to colleges, high schools, mental health and non-profit organizations, medical schools, companies, and anyone else who wants to host this inspiring, life changing event.
Virtual performances are available, though in-person is preferred! In addition to Inside My Head, Zak is creating a docuseries about the connection between mental conditions and creativity, called Insanely Talented. He is co-writing three shows with the brilliant and lovely Adele Powers: Anthem, a musical that explores why we sing the national anthem (conceived by Rachel Payne); a musical about a unicorn called That Musical About a Unicorn; and a musical about Judaism, called Happy Challah Days: A Jewish Revue-ish. Zak is also arranging and co-orchestrating Unlimited, a musical revue of the work of Stephen Schwartz’s (composer of Wicked, Pippin, Godspell, and Children of Eden, and soundtracks of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Prince of Egypt, Pocahontas, and Enchanted). Zak has won several music awards including the Fenno Heath Award for writing the new Yale song, the Neva Greenwood award for writing a symphony in 8th grade, the Mount Vernon Piano Competition (playing “Rhapsody in Blue” with the Mount Vernon Orchestra in 8th grade), and was selected as a composer for the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project at Northwestern (a mixture of a thrilling week of writing, and a deep depression).
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Zak graduated from Yale with a BA in music composition in 2008 - two years after his exhilarating and terrifying first psychotic episode. He is very glad that he returned to school for the following semester, following his psychiatrist’s advice. Beyond musical theater, Zak is an avid mental health activist, speaking about his mental conditions on “This is Actually Happening” (podcast with 45K+ plays), and “Moments of Clarity” (radio show with 1M+ listeners). In 2018, he won the Young Leader Award from the New York State chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and is a featured speaker with This is My Brave, RespectAbility, and the JED Foundation. Zak’s hobbies include barbershop singing (he is a member of the Alexandria Harmonizers, a choir of 60 people who age from their 20s to 80s!), playing golf, watching college basketball, spending time with his cats, eating fancy food (usually vegetarian), traveling (he has been to 48 US states and 26 countries), and, after years of resisting TV, watching shows like “Grace and Frankie” and “The Ultimatum” with his fiancee, Lenna. He feels incredibly grateful to have her and the rest of his family and friends in his life. Zak tries not to use phrases "mental illness" or "bipolar disorder", because he feels they imply there's something wrong with him (although he knows those terms fit well for some of us). He prefers the terms “mental conditions” and simply, “bipolar”.
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Marco Cerritos is a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle. He’s written about films at home and all over the world in festivals including; Cannes, Sundance, and Toronto.
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Priscilla Lam is a 1 year Meisner trained actor with over 3 years of experience. Most recently she could be found playing Cafe Barista in Last Chance Charlene by Tony Gapastione. She has also entertained audiences as CoCo in the Things Will Change by Shalini Agrawal, and Young Crystal in Wives with Knives.
Priscilla received her B.A. in Business Administration. While pursuing her degree, she learned her passion truly lies with storytelling in the form of acting. After graduation, Priscilla sought out avenues to train as an actor and to focus on her career as an commercial/ film actor.
Priscilla is looking forward to starring in an Emmy award winning tv series in the near future. Until then, she is continuing to train and ground in the techniques as she tells stories.
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Director/writer Sassy Mohen (@sassymohen) of HOW TO HACK BIRTH CONTROL, which was featured in our 2022 BraveMaker Film Festival.
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Join Kyrstina Wray Jackson and Tony Gapastione in conversation with
Kayla Robinson
Damien D. Smith
Nick Musleh
and Eli Vasquez
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Daresha writes, produces, and directs film and television in Spanish and
English. A graduate of NYU Film School, she recently completed Mama Bears, her second feature documentary about how conservative, Christian mothers are transformed when they decide to accept their LGBTQ children, which premiered at SXSW and won Best Documentary at the Sun Valley Film Festival.
In 2018 she was commissioned by the ACLU to direct Trans In America: Texas Strong, which garnered over 4 million views online, screened at SXSW, and won two Webby Awards and an Emmy for “Outstanding Short Documentary.” In 2017 she co-directed and produced Chavela, a multiple award-winning documentary about iconic singer Chavela Vargas that was distributed by Music Box Pictures and screened in over 40 countries, including Translyvania.
In 2015 she produced Kristina Wong’s How Not to Pick Up Asian Women. In 2014 she served as EP of Emmy-winning writer Kevin Avery’s satirical take on The Wiz starring an all-white cast called The Whizz and in 2011 she produced his short comedy, Thugs, The Musical. In 1992 Daresha won a full fellowship from Tri-Star Pictures to attend the directors’ program at the AFI Conservatory based on her short, award-winning narrative Land Where My Fathers Died, co-starring Isaiah Washington. She produced her first, award winning drama, The Thinnest Line, as a student at NYU. Daresha’s films have been funded by ITVS, NEA, IDA Enterprise, Creative Capital, the Jerome Foundation, and many other foundations. She was a fellow in the Firelight Media Documentary Lab, Chicken & Egg Eggcelerator Lab, Sundance Institute: Women and Film Financing Intensive, Breaking Through the Lens, Film Independent Documentary Lab, Creative Capital, and A Blade of Grass cohorts. Daresha also has an extensive background in television and has produced programming for FX, WE, AMC, Telemundo, and FUSE, among other networks.
Tammi Terrell Morris was born, raised, and currently resides in Southern California with her fiance, Shadae and 2 sons.She has a degree in Sociology and a Masters of Leadership and Management. Tammi has spent her professional life serving the community of individuals with developmental disabilities in the Inland Empire in multiple capacities, from Job Coach to Regional Center Case Coordinator. Tammi has recently transitioned to a full time Caregiver (Stay at home Mom). In her spare time, she enjoys producing and recording material for her podcast Confused Reality. She hopes to use her talents of writing poetry, performing spoken word, motivational speaking, and ability to connect with people to make the world a more loving and accepting place.
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Meet Filmmaker/Author and Slamdance Co-Founder DAN MIRVISH currently on the film festival circuit with his feature film 18 1/2.
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Dan and Tony will discuss the experience of being AT a film fest with your film, the what to dos and what no to dos and how to maximize your experience for the best possible outcome.
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Saturday July 9th, 3pm Redwood City, Ca.
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Atin Mehra (Director/Producer/Director of Photography) is an award winning filmmaker who was born and raised in Varanasi, India and currently resides with his family in Los Angeles, CA. In 1999 Atin picked up his first camera and began taking photographs. Atin's uncanny ability to connect with individuals from behind the lens eventually led him into filmmaking. His own personal struggles with abuse and discrimination in India drew him to stories of underrepresented and marginalized individuals and communities. One of the first films he worked on was about female victims of dowry burnings -- a project he was forced to abandon when he started receiving death threats. In 2002, Atin directed and shot his first short film, MITTI KE JIVAN (THE CYCLE OF CLAY) about a potter from the Kumhar caste. Atin lived and worked in India until 2005, when he moved to the United States with his wife, Mae Thornton Mehra. In 2007 he started his own production company, Orange Kite Productions. Atin and Mae are Co-directing another feature documentary film, HER SONG which has been in production since 2009. Additionally they are in production on SEIZE THE DAY.
BEING MICHELLE is Atin’s directorial debut which won the Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary at Florida Film Festival. https://www.instagram.com/beingmichellefilm/ Mae Thornton Mehra (Producer) is an oral historian and filmmaker who earned her MA in Islamic Studies at Columbia University in New York City in 2008. Mae has collaborated with her husband and filmmaker, Atin Mehra on documentary film and other media projects at Orange Kite Productions since its inception in 2007. In 2020, Mae and Atin co-founded the nonprofit Thriving Roots Initiative to further their work of social impact documentary filmmaking.
Dr. Mei Kennedy (Social Impact Advisor) has firsthand experience navigating the justice system supporting her Deaf father, who was incarcerated for seven and half years. Dr. Kennedy obtained her doctorate degree in Instructional Design for Online Learning from Capella University and provides strategic consulting services on integrating technology in support of improving the learning experience for Deaf students In addition to her background in Instructional Design, she fosters enhancement in communication accessibility with years of experience in remote realtime transcription services. Dr. Kennedy also serves on the board of Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc (TDI) and Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD). She currently resides in Austin, Texas with her husband and two boys. She is a parent, and an advocate of a hearing son with autism. Genaere Lowery (ASL Interpreter) Is a nationally certified ASL interpreter, and has been interpreting professionally for over 13 years. Both of her parents are Deaf, making ASL her first language. Along with working in a variety of settings (including mental health, technological, and legal) she is also serving on the board of the Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (FRID).
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After growing up near China Lake Naval Weapons Center in the middle of the Mojave Desert, Niceole
escaped to the bright lights of Los Angeles. While studying acting at the American Academy of Dramatic
Arts, she realized her true love was writing stories, not playing them out. She worked as a police
dispatcher to pay her way through USC undergrad and then completed the Master of Professional
Writing program, also at USC. An alum of the CBS Writers Mentoring Program, NBC's Writers on the
Verge, and the WGAW Showrunner Training Program, Niceole has written on “Ironside,” “Allegiance,”
“The Mysteries of Laura,” “Shades of Blue,” "Cloak & Dagger," “Fate: the Winx Saga,” “S.W.A.T,” and
“Graymail.” She also co-wrote a feature, "The Banker," with former “Allegiance” showrunner and
director George Nolfi, available on AppleTV+, and is now writing “Spark,” a film inspired by the life of
Claudette Colvin. Niceole is currently a co-executive producer on “Empire of Mali,” which will air on
Netflix, and has several TV and feature projects in development. Her first book, “The Writers’ Room
Survival Guide,” will be released in October of this year.
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ARI ROSSEN is an actor, award-winning filmmaker and musician with roots in Detroit and the SF South Bay. After several years in New York, I just moved back to my home state of California and am excited to expand my creative community here.
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Ari co-produced and played Beelzebub in the film noir LOST + FOUND, written by Laura Sweeney and directed by Jeremiah Kipp. LOST + FOUND secured distribution with PBS and IFTNetwork and has screened at Garden State Film Festival, NYWIFT and other great festivals.
His queer dark comedy series BEHIND THE CEREAL is all about the rise, fall and occasional redemption of America’s breakfast cereal mascots (Colonel Munch, Fortune The Fairy, Count Cacao and more). BEHIND THE CEREAL was selected for FilmShop’s 2021 Breakthrough Pitchfest, which included panelists from WarnerMedia and indie crowdfunding platform Seed & Spark.
Ari is also playing himself in the upcoming narrative documentary feature ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE from Emmy Award-winning production company The Clowder Group. This timely film explores the epidemic of loneliness faced by a handful of global citizens, and how they are seeking solutions toward authentic social connection.
During what he half-jokingly calls “The Covid Era,” Ari has channeling his own social isolation with music videos and ridiculous covers, including “Vaccine” (Dir. Laura Sweeney, a queer homage to Dolly Parton’s iconic “Jolene”) and “Significant Otter,” an original song about a sea otter seeking love in an ocean of possibilities.
Ari holds a BS in Theatre and Musical Theatre Concentration from Northwestern University. When not creating, Ari enjoys the great outdoors and attempts to provide an adequate kingdom for his feline overlord, Batman. He’s a proud member of FilmShop, SAG-AFTRA and AEA.
You can find him on the socials, though he admittedly has a complicated relationship with all of it —don’t we all?
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“BEING BEBE follows BeBe’s unique experiences as an artist and as an immigrant – a surprising and emotional journey that takes us back to Cameroon and raises timely concerns at the intersection of LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and immigrant lives. The documentary provides a chance to meet and get to know the artist. The concert provides a chance to experience the artist performing live.
Learn more: https://beingbebemovie.com/ ABOUT BEBE ZAHARA BENET: BeBe Zahara Benet is a Cameroonian-American drag performer, television personality, and musician best known for winning the first season of the reality-television drag competition RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE in 2009. In 2018, she returned as a surprise contestant for the third season of RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE: ALL STARS, placing in the top four. In 2019, she starred in the TLC transformational makeover series DRAGNIFICENT. Her first EP, FACE, was released in 2014, followed by her second EP, KISSES & FEATHERS, in 2017. Her third EP, BROKEN ENGLISH, was released in 2020 featuring the breakout hit “Banjo,” and in December 2021, she released her first EP of holiday songs, THE CHRISTMAS CHANTEUSE.
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Luticha André Doucette is the author of the groundbreaking book: Cultivating An Intersectional Mindset. She graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in Bioinformatics where she developed protein surface prediction algorithms. After graduating, she was a Fellow at the University of Rochester where she worked in a genomics lab that focused on analyzing the venom of parasitoid wasps to develop new drug therapies for various diseases. In 2017 she authored a report on wage disparities across race, gender, and disability in Rochester and Monroe County in conjunction with the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative and in 2018 authored a follow-up report on employment barriers for disabled people in Rochester and Monroe County. She is a graduate of the Leadership and Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Fellowship program and an AUCD Emerging Leader an inductee into the Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame established by the National Disability Mentoring Coalition and the 2020 – 2021 Distinguished Alumni Awardee from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Luticha’s research and writing has been featured in various publications such as Insect Molecular Biology, Toxicon, The New York Times, and Yes! Magazine. . She is the owner of Catalyst Consulting, which helps organizations, leaders, and advocates examine equity across race, gender identity, and disability in policies, practices, procedures, and relationships.
Social media links:
Website: www.catalystconsultingassociates.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luticha-andre-doucette/
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Howard Campbell is a talented actor, writer, and director who strives to impact his audiences on a deeply emotional level with his work. Howard's latest short film "SICK BOYS DIE ALONE" was in the 2020/2021 film festival circuit, received rave reviews, and has taken home the awards for "Best Drama" and "Best Director" at the Los Angeles Indie Short Festival. SBDA can currently be found on Amazon Prime. On the acting side, Howard can be seen in an array of different projects including SNOWFALL (FX), THE BOYS (Amazon Prime), and AP BIO (Peacock).
Misha Zvagilskiy is the head of production in HoHoww and Howard Campbell's long time producing partner. His latest work includes the feature film "Nexus Dream", releasing late 2022 ( https://deadline.com/.../malcolm-goodwin-joins-great.../
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Meet Lindsey Ryan, filmmaker and director of Seasick.
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LINDSEY RYAN: Lindsey is a filmmaker currently based in Brooklyn, New York.After graduating from Hofstra University with a BS in Film and Television, she began working for, and receiving mentorship from, critically acclaimed director Reed Morano. Lindsey is now directing commercials and developing narrative projects for a New York based production company, Rebel Motion.Her recent credit includes SEASICK, an LGBTQ short film about a ferry deckhand who sends a love-confessing text message, which was shot entirely on a boat on the Great South Bay. The film stars Pauline Chalamet and has gone one to play festivals such as Outfest, DC Shorts and won several awards including Best 1st Time Director, Best Actress, and Best LGBTQ Short. In 2020 she Executive Produced Leylak, a short film that went on to win the Tribecca Film Festival Grand Jury Award and is currently in consideration for the 2022 Oscar predictions. Lindsey was invited to participate in The Australian International Screen Forum’s third annual Women in Screen Workshop, a 6 week industry focused Lab that brings together industry film and television female professionals. Film details: Logline Sadie, a 17-year-old ferry deckhand has her day turned upside down when she tries to delete a love-confessing text message before outing herself to the crew. Synopsis An LGBTQ story about the struggles that come with an adolescent knowing they are gay, but not yet out. Everyone’s journey and process is different, and sometimes, it’s not always easy to navigate. Especially for Sadie, who has only told her best friend about her sexuality. What begins as a normal day quickly turns to chaos when she accidentally sends a love confessing text to Jess, her shift captain and crush. Now, she must decide how to deal with the message that Jess will inevitably read, all while balancing her deckhand duties. The trip across the bay ensues, and Sadie’s internal struggles are rampant as she copes with the fact that she may have outed herself before she is ready.
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Amy Glazer began her career in theater, directing numerous award winning plays in the San Francisco Bay Area including TheatreWorks, Marin Theatre Company, San José Rep., Eureka Theatre, Traveling Jewish Theatre and serving as an Associate Artist at Magic Theatre and Associate Artistic Director of SF Playhouse, where she also directed numerous plays. She made her screen directing debut with Barry Gifford's Ball Lightning (2003), Drifting Elegant by Stephen Belber (2006) and went on to make Seducing Charlie Barker (2010) by Teresa Rebeck, which had its world premiere at SFIFF. She went on to co-write with Sylvia Brownrigg and direct Kepler’s Dream (2016) and The Surrogate (aka Beautiful Dreamer) 2020, also an official selection scheduled to premiere at the 2020 SFIFF. Amy is currently in post-production on Meli, a feature film recently shot on location in Oahu Hawaii.
Watch her current feature film THE SURROGATE ON AMAZON PRIME.
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Gardenia Zuniga's journalistic career began in Fresno, CA. where she interned for CMAC studios as a reporter and local TV show host. As the opportunities grew, she moved to San Francisco, CA. where she attended the Academy of Art University and City College of San Francisco.
Gardenia started her career during my college journey working in tech for Yelp Inc. and as her career developed, she landed a job as a content writer/traveler for a Fortune 500 company, Grabr. Within time, she worked with various local companies as a publicist, events manager, and marketing manager. Gardenia freelanced for News Up Now, a non-profit as their Spanish reporter and writer for special segments including Sundance Film Festival.
Gardenia's experience working as a publicist but also losing her sister inspired her to start her own freelance production company in 2018 where she is the publicist for Bay Area artists and nationwide film festivals.
San Francisco has been the mecca of her career development as a publicist and journalist. Now, Gardenia is signed with Reem Media where she is a publicist and as she continues to expand her work clientele, her reputation in the bay area is well respected as most of her clients are recommended to her by previews clients.
“I believe we can have many career journeys as long as we are successful. I am always looking for opportunities to expand my skills with various companies and grow as a career woman but also within any project and company that I am involved with.”-Gardenia Zuniga, Publicist.
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With her infectious personality and unique sense of humor, Pittsburgh native Sujata Day has firmly established herself in Hollywood as a performer, creator, writer, and director. Sujata is known for her starring role as CeCe in Issa Rae’s The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. She's recurred for three seasons on HBO's Insecure. Sujata is a Sundance Lab fellow, Sundance Film Festival influencer, and Sundance Collab advisor. Her short film, Cowboy and Indian, sold to a major studio for series development with Sujata writing, producing and starring. She served as HBO Visionaries Ambassador in 2019. She directs This Is My Story, a series in which beloved storyteller LeVar Burton narrates real life personal experiences of everyday racism. Sujata's debut feature film, Definition Please, was acquired by Ava DuVernay’s Array and is now streaming on Netflix.
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2022 Sundance Filmmakers with special guest co-host Jim Cummings
Watch JIM'S film THE BETA TEST currently on Hulu as of February 2022.
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Sundance 2022 Short filmmmakers:
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Keith Jones is the President and CEO of SoulTouchin’ Experiences, an organization aimed at bringing a perspective to the issues of access inclusion and empowerment, which affect him as well as others who are persons with a disability. To achieve this multicultural, cross-disability education and outreach efforts he collaborates and conducts trainings with the purpose of strengthening efforts to provide services and information for people with disabilities. The issues he tackles are wide ranging from immigration, criminal justice reform, health care and environmental justice just to name a few. Paralleling with his policy and social justice work Mr. Jones is a multi- talented artist who along with Leroy Moore and Rob Temple founded Krip Hop Nation which is an international collection of artists with disabilities. Krip Hop Nation is currently celebrating 13 years with the recent success of their title song for the Netflix documentary of the Paralympic Games, Rising Phoenix and its critical acclaimed sound track. Keith is an artist in residence teaching hip hop at Wild at Heart in Australia, and Calcutta and currently his art and policy work have combined under the publishing company Soulful Media Works, with the book; For You: Young Black Disabled Men.
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SYNOPSIS
A rising star in progressive politics and a new father, 32-year-old Ady Barkan’s life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS. But after a confrontation with powerful Senator Jeff Flake on an airplane goes viral, catapulting him to national fame, Ady and a motley crew of activists ignite a once-in-a-generation political movement called “Be a Hero.” Together, they barnstorm across the country and empower people to confront their elected officials with emotional, personal stories to demand healthcare justice and Ady holds groundbreaking interviews with Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. As Ady rises to become Politico’s “Most Powerful Activist in America,” he discovers that collective action and speaking truth to power offers hope for his family and millions of others.
NICHOLAS BRUCKMAN, FILMMAKER, DIRECTOR
Nicholas produced the narrative feature Valley of Saints, which won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He previously directed the feature documentary La Americana, which won numerous festival awards and broadcast worldwide on Nat Geo and PBS. Nicholas is the founder of People’s Television, a NY-based film and commercial production company. Through People’s TV, he directs branded content for clients including Facebook, Airbnb, and Greenpeace.
AMANDA RODDY, FILMMAKER, PRODUCER
Amanda is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with People’s Television, where she has led projects as a director, producer, and writer for high profile clients such as the Democratic National Convention, Elizabeth Warren’s presidential Campaign, Equal Justice Works, The Nature Conservancy, and The Equity Fund. Recently, she directed and produced a two-minute primetime television spot that appeared during the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Her work has been supported by the International Documentary Association, Rooftop Films, Film Independent, IFP, and HBO.
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Actor and CEO of SamSkape Productions Inc., Samantha Labrecque is making her filmmaker debut this year with short film "Trying". The film serves as a gateway to removing stigmas around neurodivergence in media, telling the story of a woman with ADHD and created by an all-woman production team. Sam serves as the film's writer, creator, and star, working alongside numerous millennial women artists with ADHD to bring the film to life through heart, humor, and a handful of expletives. A proud member of SAG-AFTRA, her acting work has been seen on streaming platforms and national stages alike, and she looks forward to collaborating with even more likeminded creatives in the coming year to tell stories that matter.
More info on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/sluhbrek/
https://www.instagram.com/samskapeproductions
https://www.instagram.com/@trying_movie
or at www.thesamanthalabrecque.com and www.samskapeproductions.com.
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https://www.instagram.com/thefawz/
Meet DIRECTOR Fawzia Mirza (she/they) is a queer, South Asian Muslim director/writer who believes in the power of comedy to tackle divisive topics and breakdown stereotypes. They were named a White House ‘Champion of Change’ in Asian American Art & Storytelling, a ‘Top 10 Creative’ (Indiewire), '10 Filmmakers to Watch' (Independent Magazine), and an alum of Tribeca Film Institute’s All Access Program. She co-wrote/produced/starred in SIGNATURE MOVE, wrote on CBS series THE RED LINE, from Greg Berlanti & Ava Duvernay, wrote and directed on the award-winning TikTok series HIDDEN CANYONS, and wrote/the CBC produced short, NOOR & LAYLA. Mirza wrote/will direct the feature film ME, MY MOM & SHARMILA in 2022, and is part of the 2021/2022 cohort of the Canadian Academy Directors Program for Women.
https://www.syedfamilymovie.com/
AND:
Kausar Mohammed
ACTOR, WRITER AND PRODUCER
https://www.instagram.com/kausartheperson/
Kausar Mohammed (she/her) is a Bengali-Pakistani writer, actress, and comedian born in San Jose, California. She is a writer/performer in the distinguished all-South Asian comedy troupe, The Get Brown, and in the 2021 CBS Diversity Showcase. Kausar plays series lead in Paul Feig's (“Bridesmaids”) dramedy, “East of La Brea”. She also has worked alongside Taraji P. Henson on the film “What Men Want” (Paramount), Issa Rae on the film “Little” (Universal), and has additional credits on shows such as “Silicon Valley” (HBO), “Black Lightning” (CW), and “Carol’s Second Act” (CBS). Kausar also voices series lead characters on both Spielberg's Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous and the hit anime show, Great Pretender. Currently, you can see her starring as a recurring character on the CW's 4400.
https://www.instagram.com/syedfamilyxmasevegamenight/
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Meet Taylor Lambert, the founder and owner of Aura Casting.
https://www.instagram.com/aura_casting/
He started his industry career in 2011 in San Francisco. He’s worked as an accomplished actor, model, brand ambassador, host, director, production coordinator, producer, webinar moderator, entrepreneur, and now casting director. He virtually casts talent in national commercials, social media spots, and print campaigns for producers and ad agencies throughout Northern California and the nation.
www.auracasting.com
Brave Faves:
Meet My Agent
and
Colin in Black and White on Netflix
Weekend Read (App)
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Krystina and Tony give a TOP 12 list of CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS for filmmakers, actors and other Hollywood hopefuls.
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- Note cards, sharpies, white board $40
- Ink + Volt journal $48
- Storyboard Notebook $8
- Slate: Film Clapper Marker $21
- Writerduet.com Screenwriter Plans from $13.99 monthly ($168 annually)
- Books: Austin Kleon : Steal Like an Artist $10 each ($30 total)
- Subscription to Hollywood Reporter/Variety $199 per year
- Big Vu app. 6 months $99
- Canva.com $12.99 monthly for pro
- Camera Lens mug $22
- Nice Mic. Yeti, Shure $200
- Give Funding (Venmo, CashAPP people)
Support the dreamers, makers and storytellers in your life. This kind of support is life changing and affirming to the goals they set to achieve. All of these ideas can go a long way to showing you value, love and want to help your friend, spouse, or family member do great things.
Got ideas for us?
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Meet Emily Ladau a passionate disability rights activist, writer, storyteller, and digital communications consultant whose career began at the age of 10, when she appeared on several episodes of Sesame Street to educate kids about life with a physical disability. She's the Editor in Chief of the Rooted in Rights Blog, co-host of The Accessible Stall Podcast, and author of Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally.
Buy here book here:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.../demystifying.../
Her BraveFace is: THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS on HBO MAX.
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Coffee and Language Independent Film — Personal, Controversial, Uncompromising
www.coffeeandlanguage.com
Kim Jiang Dubaniewicz (Jean) grew up in Northbeach, Chinatown and The Mission District of San Francisco, where she loved watching indie films. She studied Theatre at SOU in Ashland, Oregon, as well as in NYC with William Esper. She starred in the multiple award-winning feature film TIE A YELLOW RIBBON, that played on national TV / PBS, and internationally at festivals. Her other film credits include "BLiP", "Jackson Arms", "Anamnesis" and the award-winning short "Only Child". As a director, she made the short film "Gilpin's Nightmare" starring Carl Lumbly and also directed him on stage in THE EMPEROR JONES. She now lives in Mill Valley.
Erin Mei-Ling Stuart (Joni) is an actor, director, dancer, choreographer, and occasional musician. She fled Fresno for San Francisco 28 years ago and has lived here ever since. Erin is a proud company member of Shotgun Players and Detour Dance. Upcoming projects include choreographing and performing in "The Truer History of The Chan Family", a live vaudeville turned digital (coming in June 2021), and co-directing the West Coast premiere of "Natasha And Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812" at Shotgun Players in Winter 2021. GIRL IN GOLDEN GATE PARK is Erin's first feature film. More info at www.erinmstuart.com
Allison Ewing (Chris Moore) has been living in the Bay Area for 12 years and is originally from San Diego. Her feature film credits include lead roles in PLAYA (in post-production), 21 SUNSETS (shoots this Spring) and STOCHASTIC (shoots this Fall) along with supporting roles in DISRUPTED, now streaming on Amazon Prime and AppleTV (recipient of the audience choice award at Cinequest and other film festivals awards), E-14 now streaming on Amazon Prime, and CONFESSIONAL (in post production). She has also starred in over a dozen short-films including “Metropolitan Crush” now streaming on YouTube (with nearly 2 million views). Allison has gravitated toward films that illuminate important social issues impacting local communities and beyond. She is an acting teacher and student at First Take, in the Bay Area.
JP Allen (writer/director) has made ten feature films, eight filmed in San Francisco, including GIRL IN GOLDEN GATE PARK. His first feature film, COFFEE AND LANGUAGE (a love story about writers in a San Francisco coffeehouse), premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival where it was nominated for the Golden Starfish Award and for Best Screenplay. He wrote, produced and acted a lead role in the film STEPHANIE’S IMAGE starring Academy Award Winner Melissa Leo. His other films include GAMBLING, BELIEF, Meeting with Chekhov (doc short), SEX AND IMAGINING (based on his play produced in NYC and LA), CENTAUR, LOVE AND DEMONS, REVISIONS, THE FILMMAKER (based on his novel) and GIRL IN GOLDEN GATE PARK. JP is from Texas, but has lived in San Francisco for over thirty years and has devoted most of his work to making films about characters in SF, and about The City itself. His production company is called Coffee and Language.
More info at www.coffeeandlanguage.com and https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1135119/.
Cathy Montosa (producer) has produced four Coffee and Language Films, LOVE AND DEMONS, REVISIONS, THE FILMMAKER and GIRL IN GOLDEN GATE PARK. She is also a registered nurse, a Psych Nursing Clinical Instructor at Santa Rosa Junior Collee, and the author of the children's book, "How Do You Know?"
http://www.coffeeandlanguage.com/
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Join Krystina Wray Jackson and Tony Gapastione as they discuss the necessary skills required to live like an artist and banter about plans for the future of BraveMaker.
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Sharon “Rocky” Roggio
Rocky Roggio is an independent filmmaker and production designer (credits include House of Cards, Red Dawn). Rocky is also a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and moved out of her home after coming out to her conservative, religious parents. Rocky’s father, Sal Roggio, is a non-affirming pastor and preaches that the LGBTQIA+ lifestyle is sinful.
Listen to our archived show with Executive Producer Daniel Karslake:
https://anchor.fm/bravemaker/episodes/26-Filmmaker-Daniel-Karslake-Living-in-Berlin-Germany-e5e0pg
Podcast edited by Barnell Amos of SPEAK MEDIA SERVICES
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Want to learn how to PITCH A TV SHOW? Want to learn how to PITCH LIKE A BAD ASS?
Meet EVETTE VARGAS.
Content Creator • TV Writer • Director • Producer | The Writers Room 5050, Founder | NEW HOLLYWOOD Clubhouse, Founder
www.writersroom5050.com
https://www.instagram.com/theevettevargas/
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Meet filmmaker KAYLA ROBINSON
https://www.kayla-robinson.com/
and learn about her current film: BALL IS BALL.
Inspired by the life experience of writer/director Kayla Robinson, Ball is Ball is a narrative short film about the lasting impact and complicated nuances of sexual assault.
The story follows Robin Coleman, a high school basketball star who’s caught the attention of her dream college — and her crush. While sharing the excitement, she misplaces her trust in a friend and soon learns the ill-intention of another unsuspected admirer. When a basketball star’s hard work finally pays off, a former teammate with fading glory proposes an impromptu night off that takes an unforgettable detour.
Written & Directed by Kayla Robinson Back her project!
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Theresa has a secret. In the Bay Area where people are flinging open their closet doors, she’s not sure she’ll be accepted. Help Theresa come out…….as a Christian.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY: Theresa Donahoe has performed theater since she was a little girl, but only recently discovered solo performance starting in 2013. Her first full length solo show, “Late Bloomer” debuted at the 2017 Rogue Festival in Fresno, and “Born Again in Berkeley” is her second “work in progress” full length show. Monday Night Marsh website: Monday Night Marsh & Stream (themarsh.org)
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Nicole Riegel (Writer/Director)was named one of Variety's 10 Directors to Watch in 2020. She served in the military prior to filmmaking and graduated from UCLA’s MFA writing program. She was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 Faces of Independent Film. She has been supported by Sundance through their Screenwriter’s Lab and the Skywalker Sound+Music Lab.
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CROSS-OVER PODCAST ALERT!
The creative process always takes some form of investment—usually a bunch of time, potentially some money, but always, a whole lot of effort in the beginning, middle, and end. To bring a project—any project—to life is a creative or otherwise entrepreneurial process, and for many of us who have brought one or more projects to life ("Rare Birds," if you will), bringing creative work into the world is second nature, and there are people out there who want to know how we did it. This is an opportunity to both promote your passion and to break down your creative process.
The Rare Birds Podcast seeks to demystify this process of bringing projects to life one conversation at a time with a diverse set of creative and entrepreneurial types. The guests on this podcast are hand-picked by host Peter Fenton as interesting creatives with a sense of humor who create quality, thoughtful content and use their platform to make their circles of influence a better place. These casual, friendly conversations will ask, "What project are you most proud of? And how did you bring it to life?" of Authors, Filmmakers, YouTubers, Theatre Professionals, and more!
About The Host
Peter Fenton’s work has appeared in or is forthcoming from Dadley Productions, Heuer Publishing, BraveMaker Media, and Wheaton College Jukebox Theater among others. Peter is an adventurous multi-genre author and screenwriter who co-founded Ornithology Media in summer 2021 as an imprint to produce creative work that stimulates critical thought and laughter.
www.byPeterFenton.com
www.instagram.com/peterfent/
www.twitter.com/peterfent/
ornithologymedia@gmail.com
Intro Theme:
Music: Lauren Duski - Rollin
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Video Link: https://youtu.be/peWMaIvfckM
Rare Birds Episode 2: Filmmaker, actor, husband, father, and pastor Tony Gapastione (@tonygapastione) joins host Peter Fenton (@peterfent) for a very human chat about what it's like to juggle all the roles in a creative's life. Tony has just finished directing his debut feature film, LAST CHANCE CHARLENE, under his production company, BraveMaker Media. Tony Gapastione has worked on stage and in front of the camera acting, in print and film for over twenty-five years. He’s originally from Chicago where he grew his love for acting through theatre and now lives in Northern California where he became aSAG-AFTRA actor and filmmaker. Tony loves creative collaboration on the other side of the camera writing, producing and directing. Tony loves telling stories, that’s why he also started his non-profit film organization BRAVEMAKER. He wants to support, celebrate and equip filmmakers, actors, and brave storytellers of all kinds. Tony hosts monthly film screenings, panel discussions and an annual film fest in Redwood City, California as well as hosting a liveYoutube show every Wednesday.
Tony's Blog on Fundraising: http://www.tonygapastione.com/blog
BraveMaker Media Official Website: https://bravemaker.com/
More About Last Chance Charlene: https://bravemaker.com/last-chance-charlene/
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Join us for a live chat with actor CAMERON JAMES MATTHEWS is currently co-starring in the LIONSGATE FILM: Notorious Nick --out on Amazon Prime now.
Watch the TRAILER
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Identity, Intersectionality, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The TherActivist embodies a therapeutic activism approach, while servicing and empowering people of color, LGBTQ+ communities, and marginalized populations. For further details on empowering your “therapeutic activism,” check out: TherActivist: They/Them/Theirs documentary. For more information about the documentary, please visit the following websites: www.theractivist.com and www.blkmpwr.com. Dana TherActivist Johnson, MSW (They/Them/Theirs) is a masculine of center gender non-binary community activist, author, entrepreneur, documentary filmmaker, workshop facilitator/ instructor, and consultant. Dana received a master’s degree in social work, a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, and has a variety of professional certifications. Dana currently serves as a LGBTQ Commissioner for the County of San Mateo. They're a co-chair of the County of San Mateo Health Equity- PRIDE Initiative. Dana has co-coordinated the San Mateo County LGBTQ+ Pride Celebration since 2016 and has been on the coordinating committee since its existence in 2012. They're the emcee of San Mateo County Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) program. Dana's a Board of Director for Rainbow Community Center Contra Costa County. They are a member of a Transgender Coalition for the County of Santa Clara. Dana’s also a Fellow, of Equality of California, Institute Leadership Academy. Dana provides LGBTQ+ advocacy services, social justice services, juvenile justice services, equity services, mental health services, resources, and training to agencies and organizations in the Bay Area. For approximately sixteen years, Dana has been providing rehabilitated services and counseling youth for a probation department in the Bay Area. They are also providing LGBTQ+ training to a Bay Area probation department to educate and address the importance of LGBTQ+ inclusiveness in the law enforcement field. The "TherActivist" provides services using a "therapeutic activism" healing modality. Therapeutic Activism is a community-centered approach, that I created to apply a healing framework to advance social justice, equity and inclusion for marginalized population. Dana is motivated in assisting in the implementation of inclusive policies and protocols; and passionate about providing LGBTQ+ equity services, social justice services, and activism to marginalized communities. Dana is working with other community leaders to help bring visibility, resources, social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion to LGBTQ+ communities. When they are not working, Dana enjoys taking a self-care walk/hike, catching a movie, watching sports, and spending time with their family and friends.
For inquires email Dana at theractivist2@gmail.com
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Dr. Khalid White (He/Him/His) is an award-winner in the fields of Education, Film and Literature. He is an African American Studies Professor at San Jose City College. A career educator, Khalid began teaching in CA public schools in 2005. As an entrepreneur, Khalid owns the multi-media company Blkmpwr (Black Empower), LLC. www.blkmpwr.com The company focuses on education, empowerment, and equity. A proud HBCU alum and CA Community College advocate, Khalid is a co-founder of the Pipelines to Possibilities (P2P) program, connecting the two systems of higher education to increase faculty diversity. https://pipelines2possibilities.orgKhalid continues to work with education and community organizations advancing equity, inclusion, and social justice.
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Thank you to the Redwood City Public Library.
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Dan Mirvish is a director, screenwriter, producer and author. He's currently in post-production on his new feature, 18½, a 70s Watergate thriller/dark comedy. Prior to that, he directed the award-winning feature Bernard and Huey, scripted by Oscar/Pulitzer-winner Jules Feiffer, and starring Oscar-winner Jim Rash and David Koechner which screened in over 30 film festivals on 5 continents, had a 20-city US theatrical release, and sold to over 49 countries. Dan is the author of the bestselling non-fiction book The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking from Focal Press/Routledge, with a 2nd Edition shooting up to #1 on Amazon's New Release charts shortly after its release on July 6, 2021. His film Between Us, an award-winning feature starring Julia Stiles and Taye Diggs, played in 23 festivals in 7 countries, and got a 50+ city theatrical release in the US, and sold to 144 countries, plus screening on Netflix, Showtime, Starz and all digital outlets. Dan was mentored by Robert Altman on his first film, Omaha (the movie), which led him to co-found the upstart Slamdance Film Festival. His film Open Houseprompted the Academy Awards to controversially rewrite their rules on the Best Original Musical category. Mirvish also co-wrote his bestselling, critically-acclaimed novel I Am Martin Eisenstadt based on the fake McCain advisor who took credit for Sarah Palin not knowing Africa was a continent. A former speechwriter for U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, Dan has a master's degree from USC film school, is a member of the Directors Guild of America and has guest lectured at more than 40 film schools and universities.
website: www.DanMirvish.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanMirvish
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NEW DOCUMENTARY: Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power tells the complex story of Representative Barbara Lee, a steadfast voice for human rights, peace and equality in the U.S. Congress for over 2 decades, who raised two sons as a single mother on food stamps and was the lone vote in opposition to the broad authorization of military force following the September 11th attacks. An all-star cast including Senator Cory Booker, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, commentator Van Jones, actor Danny Glover and author Alice Walker all share insights about what makes Barbara Lee unique as a public servant and as a truth-telling African American woman directed by Abby Ginzberg.
https://speakingtruthtopowermovie.com/
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Watch his film here
https://www.feelingthrough.com/
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Angela Harvey.
After helping write and produce a hundred episodes of MTV’s Teen Wolf, Angela went on to serve as writer/producer for shows at CBS, ABC, Marvel Television and FX. She’s currently developing shows with 20th Television, Bad Robot, and Disney Plus. Angela has written & directed three short films including Prom, which premiered at the 2020 Austin Film Festival. She is currently in development on her feature film directorial debut.
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Jeffrey Lieber is credited as one of the creators of the hit ABC show, Lost. He's been writing and showrunning television for decades in Hollywood including NCIS: New Orleans, Charmed. Impulse and Don't Look Deeper. He's known for tweeting advice regularly on Twitter and mentoring new screenwriters with his "Showrunner's Rules."
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Jason Park, a second-generation Korean-American born and raised from the city of Chicago, started making films when he would take his dad’s camera and reenact his favorite movies with his friends that were truly a horrific sight to behold. He somehow decided to study Theology, History, and Secondary Education in college, and spent a year as a teacher/missionary on the island of Palau in the South Pacific, where he eventually reaffirmed his love for cinema.
Soon after he was selected to the Student Symposium Program at the 40th Telluride Film Festival and received a screenwriting fellowship through Film Independent’s premiere diversity program, Project: Involve.
BJ’s Mobile Gi8 Shop, premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
Park is currently developing his first feature film, Transplant, a film he co-wrote and will direct, which was selected for the 2020 Sundance Screenwritng Intensive. He is a 2020 Sundance Feature Film Fellow.
Actor: Johnnyboy Tellem (John D. Kim) considers himself as a modern-day renaissance man, a new age artist expressing his creative ideas and passion through filmmaking, music production, and poetry. He is the CEO and leader of STAY VISUALANT, a creative team based in Atlanta. He was born and raised in South Korea until the age of 13, where he moved to the United States to set out on a grander journey towards his destiny. Bringing the culture & perception of both eastern and western people together through art that inspires unity & freedom is his main motive and drive as an artist and human being.
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Greg Russo has worked as a professional screenwriter for more than a decade. His first produced feature “Mortal Kombat” was released in 2021 from Warner Bros and New Line Cinema. The film broke pandemic box office records and was the most-streamed film release in HBO Max history. Greg has sold multiple specs, pitches, and TV pilots and written films for Universal, Paramount, Sony, Fox, and Warner Bros. Recently, he adapted the classic video game "Space Invaders" for New Line Cinema and "Saints Row" for director F. Gary Gray. He is currently writing "Death Note 2" for Netflix, based on the best-selling Japanese manga among other unannounced projects.
Follow Greg on Twitter
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Listen to his wife's podcast on episode 11 here:
Tricia Russo
and find out about her documentary featuring the miracle of their son's birth:
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Lydia-Renee Darling dropped some gems in this episode. She is an actor-scriptwriter from Madison, Wisconsin and self-described "quadruple M"... a mixed, multi-hyphenate media maven! Lydia is a BFA Musical Theatre grad from the Webster Conservatory class of 2020 and will earn her MA in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in the fall of 2021. Her first full-length play about interracial relationships and racial prejudice was produced at The Actor’s Rep in February 2020. Performance credits include Jocasta in Antigone at Yokohama Theatre Group in Kawasaki, Japan and Pride and Prejudice at The Rep St. Louis. #rememberadam, a Zoom short produced, written and acted by Lydia in September of 2020, was featured in three festivals. Lydia also filmed and released a solo comedy webseries during the pandemic (The Misadventures of a Wannabe Beauty Guru). As a biracial, second-generation Ghanaian-American, Lydia creates and performs in pieces that focus on seemingly niche but universally compelling stories to lift the voices of marginalized communities on screen and stage.
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As an English-Japanese interpreter, As an English-Japanese interpreter, Mihoko Imai has for the past 12 years specialized in film and entertainment, servicing content distributors, film festivals, photographers, filmmakers, actors, and producers. She has interpreted for press events and interviews with people of note including:
FILMMAKERS including Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Christopher Nolan, Ang Lee, Ken Loach, J.J. Abrams, Zack Snyder, John Cameron Mitchell, Nicholas Winding Refn, Michael Moore, Walter Hill, John Carpenter, David Ayer, Renny Harlin, Eli Roth; ACTORS including Keanu Reeves, Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Mads Mikkelsen, Jesse Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman, Oscar Isaac, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Bryan Cranston, Norman Reedus, Andy Serkis, William H. Macy, Amy Adams, Diane Kruger, Michelle Williams, Cynthia Nixon, Hugh Bonneville, Ian Mckellan, Milla Jovovich, Lily Collins, Uzo Aduba, Chloe Moretz, and Ken Watanabe.
Prior to starting her career as an interpreter, Mihoko had 10 years of corporate experience in the film industry working for film distributors including 4 years at Warner Bros. has for the past 12 years specialized in film and entertainment, servicing content distributors, film festivals, photographers, filmmakers, actors, and producers. She has interpreted for press events and interviews with people of note including:
FILMMAKERS including Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Christopher Nolan, Ang Lee, Ken Loach, J.J. Abrams, Zack Snyder, John Cameron Mitchell, Nicholas Winding Refn, Michael Moore, Walter Hill, John Carpenter, David Ayer, Renny Harlin, Eli Roth; ACTORS including Keanu Reeves, Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Mads Mikkelsen, Jesse Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman, Oscar Isaac, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Bryan Cranston, Norman Reedus, Andy Serkis, William H. Macy, Amy Adams, Diane Kruger, Michelle Williams, Cynthia Nixon, Hugh Bonneville, Ian Mckellan, Milla Jovovich, Lily Collins, Uzo Aduba, Chloe Moretz, and Ken Watanabe.
Prior to starting her career as an interpreter, Mihoko had 10 years of corporate experience in the film industry working for film distributors including 4 years at Warner Bros.
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Sundance and SXSW selected film BEAST BEAST's writer/director Danny Madden with actor Jose Angeles.
https://www.instagram.com/thespindojo/
In Select Theaters and On-Demand May 2021.
https://vanishingangle.com/beast-beast-film
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KELLY JACKSON is one of the producers on the award winning feature documentary More than MIyagi: The Pat Morita Story released on Feb. 5th 2021. Kelly and Oscar Alvarez, another producer on the documentary, first met each other when their daughters played on-screen daughters on the Diablo Cody ABC pilot “Raised by Wolves”. Their families have remained very close and Kelly was thrilled to be asked to help produce the documentary. Growing up in Wisconsin, and having memories of watching “Happy Days” and The Karate Kid at a young age, she was honored to help bring Pat’s story to the world.
OSCAR ALVAREZ partnered with filmmaker Kevin Derek to produce the award-winning feature documentary film, Empty Hand: The Real Karate Kids, cited in Black Belt Magazine as “A MUST SEE...the first real Karate movie in years.” Most recently, Alvarez completed his and Derek’s latest feature documentary, More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story starring Ralph Macchio, Martin Kove, Esai Morales, William Zabka, Tommy Chong, Efren Ramirez, Henry Winkler and James Hong, among others -- a “who’s who” of stars, including Morita’s Widow, Evelyn, came together to support the bio-doc about the beloved actor. It was released worldwide in February 2021 to massive critical acclaim and fan enthusiasm; it is rated 100% on both the TOMATOMETER→ and audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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https://www.instagram.com/ifanything_film/
Discussion with the OSCAR NOMINATED filmmakers of Netflix's IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU.
Will McCormack & Michael Govier (Directors) are making their directorial debut with, “If Anything Happens I Love You.” McCormack and Govier are producers, writers, actors and directors. McCormack wrote “Toy Story 4” and “Celeste and Jesse Forever.” Govier has written multiple short films, plays and performed on tv and commercials.
https://www.instagram.com/willmccormack/
https://www.instagram.com/drgovier/
Maryann Garger (Producer) Maryann Garger is currently developing and producing the feature animated film, “Groove” with Jamie Foxx and Michael Becker. She previously produced on the hit Lego family film franchise, “The Lego Ninjago Movie” starring Jackie Chan for Warner Brothers Studios. She was a producer on the acclaimed DreamWorks and Aardman Animation comedy adventure “Flushed Away,” directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell, which swept the 2006 Annie Awards with five wins and three nominations and earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Animated Feature. She later reunited with Bowers producing his 2009 feature “Astro Boy” for Imagi/Summit Entertainment. She then returned to DreamWorks to produce the family animated film “B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations” starring Seth Rogen, Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy.Garger’s animation producing credits also include the award-winning animated theatrical short “First Flight,” which screened to acclaim at film festivals including SXSW, Tribeca and Montreal International. She also produced the family theatrical Lego Ninjago short, “The Master” and two animated “Astro Boy” shorts. Her most recent caused-based short, “If Anything Happens I Love You”, directed by Will McCormack (writer, Toy Story 4) and Michael Govier was a labor of love. It is currently on the festival and awards circuit for 2020.Garger began her career at Walt Disney Feature Animation, on the animated feature “Pocahontas,” before segueing to a 20-year tenure at DreamWorks. There, she was among the first employees to build DreamWorks’ animation division, under Jeffrey Katzenberg, and rose through the ranks from Production Manager, Line Producer, Production Executive, Creative Executive to ultimately Producer, working on such memorable titles as “Madagascar,” “Shrek”, “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,” and “Prince of Egypt.” Following that, she produced for Warner Bros. On the animation television side, Garger was the Supervising Producer on the satirical DreamWorks & Fox prime time animated series “Neighbors from Hell,” which aired on TBS. She is a recent member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
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You may have seen him on seasons 28 + 31 of CBS' Survivor.
He's a fan favorite, but more than that, he's an all around great guy.
We'll talk about life after Survivor and building his acting/fitness/martial arts/modeling career in LA. We'll also talk about the impact of being an Asian American working in Hollywood and the need to speak out against racism and xenophobia, a most important conversation.
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https://www.christopherhibma.com/
In his most recent role as the Director of Sundance Institute’s Theatre Program, Christopher Hibma built one of the world’s leading brands and most diverse rosters of artist activities. In his role, he worked to expand the Program’s cultural impact outside the American context, with an emphasis on storytelling that incorporated a multiplicity of cultures particularly from East Africa and the Arab region/diaspora.
Christopher crafts creative environments for artists to luxuriate in their animating impulses. He has designed spaces & programming at MASS MoCA in the Berkshires, at Ucross Foundation on a cattle ranch in Wyoming, at Luma Foundation in Arles, France and in capitals across the Arab region and East Africa. He has developed a set of organizing principles and anticolonialist values when developing programs with partners across international borders and contexts.
Christopher incorporates the principles rigor, grace & intention as he cultivates the talents of storytellers, thinkers and leaders as he designs into their best instincts.
He and his husband have a daughter and live in Minnesota.
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Watch the SUNDANCE SELECTED short film here:
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007247238/tears-teacher.html
TEARS TEACHER
"Yoshida is a self-proclaimed 'tears teacher': he makes people weep."
The documentary “Tears Teacher” screened at Sundance and Hot Docs, and was acquired by the New York Times. It was featured on The Japan Times, Thrillist, etc and has already played in more than 25 festivals.
Writer/Director
NOEMIE NAKAI
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Twitter: @NoemieNakai
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https://www.instagram.com/noemienakai/
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https://noemienakai.com/
Noemie is a Japanese and French writer/director, whose short films were shown in numerous festivals worldwide - Sundance, Hot Docs, Short Shorts Asia, Exit6... - and were acquired by The New York Times and Film Movement for distribution. She has been selected for the Sundance / NHK lab, the Berlinale-ran Talents Tokyo and the BFI x BAFTA crew programs. Her feature in development received the main award at Busan film festival’s Asian Project Market, following in the footsteps of Hou Hsiao Hsien, Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Bong Joon-ho to name a few.
DP
SHEN LIN
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Twitter: @TheShenCA
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https://www.instagram.com/the_shenger/
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https://www.the-shen.com/
Shen Lin is a Chinese-Canadian Cinematographer currently based in Japan.
Upon graduating from the University of Toronto, the Vancouver Film School and Capilano University, Shen worked as a camera assistant in Canada.
He then moved to Tokyo, where he's been working as a cinematographer on multiple international productions ranging from commercials and music videos to documentaries and features.
His clients include Apple, Lexus, Paramount, Yamaha, Dazed China, Samsonite, Redbull, HITACHI, Haier, etc.
Some of the notable talents he has collaborated with include Ed Sheeran, Henry Golding, Fan Bingbing, etc.
Composer
KYO ACERBIS KITAYAMA
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Twitter: @kyoakmusic
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https://www.instagram.com/kyoak/
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http://www.kyoakmusic.com/home-.html
Kyo Acerbis Kitayama is a French-Japanese film-composer residing in Japan. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied Film Scoring and Conducting. Singer-songwriter and arranger, his musical interests range from traditional Japanese music, electronic composition to orchestral music.
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https://www.accentcoachjack.com/
Accent Coach Jack Wallace is a professional dialect coach from England, currently based in Los Angeles who specializes in authentic accent preparation for actors and presenters.
Jack is an in-demand accents expert for news outlets such as CNN, Entertainment Tonight!, Insider and Buzzfeed. (His appearances with Buzzfeed have garnered over 8.5 million views.)
Jack’s clients have appeared in: Never Have I Ever, 13 Reasons Why, The Mandalorian, Westworld, Derry Girls, Young Sheldon, Queen Sugar, The Walking Dead, Little America, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, Big Little Lies and many others.
His voiceover clients can be heard in: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Boss Baby, Where’s Waldo, Thundercats Roar!, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Cyberpunk 2077, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and in many national advertising campaigns.
Formally trained at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in Professional Voice Practice, Jack draws from a strong technical knowledge of voice and speech and combines this with easy to follow steps that can help any actor arrive on set with a fully integrated, authentic accent perfect for their role.
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Co-writers and producing partners Jeremy Valdez and Tony Gapastione will discuss the ins and outs of their creative partnership. They have written a feature together and two television projects, one that has currently been picked up by a production company with a proof of concept in post-production.
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Marquette Jones is a filmmaker and screenwriter. Her work focuses on the interior lives of women in multiple genres such as comedy and science fiction. Her films, Ghosted, Forgiving Chris Brown, Round on Both Sides, Streets 2 Suites, and Tunk have screened at film festivals around the world and been featured on Showtime, PBS, Amazon Prime and KweliTV, et. al. Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Marquette was a public interest attorney in Oakland, California and currently hosts and produces the women in the entertainment industry focused Directing Magic podcast. She earned her MFA from New York University’s graduate film program and currently teaches digital filmmaking at Santa Clara University.
https://www.scu.edu/.../communic.../faculty/marquette-jones/
http://www.directingmagic.com/
Lodric Collins is currently on BET's The Oval and will be soon seen as Smokey Robinson in RESPECT, the Aretha Franklin story starring Jennifer Hudson.
https://www.instagram.com/lodricdcollins/
A U.S. Marine, frat boy, and Extreme Sports Enthusiast: This country boy from SW Louisiana (Cajun Country), discovered his love for acting at a very early age. Beginning in his elementary school years, when he would trek to the nearest community theatre for the opportunity to audition and perform. After college Lodric skipped out on Law School and moved to NYC where he honed his craft studying and working on any Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway stage that allowed him the opportunity to show his talent. Most notably know for his classical work in roles such as 'General Hannibal Barca' (Massanissa) and 'Berowne' (Loves Labors Lost) where he received rave reviews.
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Here are the 6 questions that were submitted:
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Did you ever consider being a screenwriter (or any type of writer) when you were younger?
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How have you made connections in the film/writing industry?
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Are there any special programs, training, or schools that you have done or recommend?
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Do you have any advice for an aspiring screenwriter (such as myself)?
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How did you create your first screenplay or script?
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How would you personally recommend succeeding in this industry?
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Meet this triple threat currently casting and producing both live shows and films in the Bay Area and elevating justice, diversity and inclusion in his work.
https://www.instagram.com/glstanfordjr/
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Our guests on episode 101 are both artists and advocates.
Nicole Evans is an actress, writer and disability rights and inclusion activist who was born and raised in the Los Angeles area. Born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Nicole is a full time wheelchair user.
https://www.instagram.com/lifeisshort_/
Most recently, Nicole was selected as one of the TOP 20 Actors from Historically Underrepresented Communities in 2020 by the Casting Society of America. She can currently be seen in her recurring roles on GOOD TROUBLE (season 2, freeform), SUPERSTORE (NBC), and SPECIAL (season 2, Netflix - coming soon!).
In 2019, Nicole won BEST ACTOR at the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge for her role as Dr. Hubbert in HUMAN HELPER (Directed by Shaina Ghuraya).
Nicole is also a proud graduate of The Academy Gold Program (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
Shaina Ghuraya jokes that she is a triple threat - she’s a wheelchair-user, Punjabi, and a woman. She is a writer/director for quirky and bold comedies that embrace diversity and explore intersectionality
A graduate of USC's Film and Television production program, Shaina's films have gone on to screen at ReelAbilities, Hollyshorts, and Slamdance. Most recently, Shaina graduated from Academy Gold and received the SF Film Rainin Grant for her feature film script. Her work can be found at :
https://www.instagram.com/disabled_desi/
shainaghuraya.com.
BraveFaves of the week with @krystinawrayjackson faving Finding Joe, @tonygapastione faving Oliver Stone autobiography, Chasing The Light, and our guests @lifeisshort_ and @disabled_desi faving Crip Camp, Captain Andrea Hall signing and speaking the pledge of allegiance on Inauguration Day and Cosmic Thing’s Love Shack.
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Steal like an Artist by https://austinkleon.com/
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https://www.findingyingying.com/
Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese student, comes to the U.S. to study. In her detailed and beautiful diaries, the aspiring young scientist and teacher is full of optimism, hoping to also be married and a mother someday. Within weeks of her arrival, Yingying disappears from the campus. Through exclusive access to Yingying’s family and boyfriend, Finding Yingying closely follows their journey as they search to unravel the mystery of her disappearance and seek justice for their daughter while navigating a strange, foreign country. But most of all, Finding Yingying is the story of who Yingying was: a talented young woman loved by her family and friends.
Producer Diane Quon
https://twitter.com/dmquon
Director Jenny Shi
https://twitter.com/jiayanjennyshi
Brave Faves
Pixar's Soul
NBC's Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Panda Express, I am not Your Negro (Documentary)
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Meet our resident film critic Markus.
https://moviesmarkus.com/author/moviesmarkus/
Follow him on his IG:
https://www.instagram.com/moviesmarkus1/
Brave Faves
Small Axe and Upload on Amazon Prime
Black is King on Disney+
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Currently living in Paris, France, Christopher is a multi-talented writer-director-actor who has worked on over 150 films, theatrical productions, VR, video games, and immersive entertainments on three continents. His feature film ‘The Bellwether’ was released in 2019. He has written and directed 360 films as well. He has been commissioned for multiple feature length screenplays, television pilots, and plays alike. He recently added “Narrative Designer” as he wrote for the videogame “Ary and the Secret of the Seasons”. His VR branching narrative “The Werewolf Experience” is currently in production. Cirque du Soleil called him “A huge asset to the creative process.”
https://www.realityplus.org/
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https://www.jenmcgowan.com/
Jen McGowan is a director based in Los Angeles.
Her most recent feature film, the survival thriller, RUST CREEK, was released in theaters January 2019 by IFC Midnight and hailed as “the feminist thriller Hollywood needs right now” by Harpers Bazaar.
She just finished directing her first episode of television, The Purge for Blumhouse.
McGowan's first feature KELLY & CAL (Juliette Lewis & Cybill Shepherd) premiered at SXSW where she won the Gamechanger Award. The film was released theatrically by IFC Films to rave reviews. She got her start with award-winning short films, CONFESSIONS OF A LATE BLOOMER and TOUCH, which played at over a hundred festivals worldwide winning the majority.
In partnership with Level Forward, she is the creator of Glass Elevator, an international skill-sharing, networking & jobs resource for professional women in film & television. With nearly 4,000 members, Glass Elevator was named Best in LA by LA Weekly, is part of the Sundance Women’s Initiative Resource and was featured in Forbes.
Co-created with her partner Eliza Lee, their TV series, Angelica, about the last remaining abortion clinic in a small American town is being produced by Shaun Reddick (GET OUT, BLACKkKLANSMAN) and Yvette Yates of Impossible Dream Entertainment.
ME YOU US, is the next feature she is set to direct. A teen rom com update to HITCH it is being produced by John & Catherine Davis at Davis Entertainment.
Take the Lead Foundation identified McGowan one of 50 Women Who Will Change the World in Media & Entertainment and WeForShe selected her for the 2019 DirectHer program. A Film Independent Fellow, finalist for the Clint Eastwood Filmmakers Award, recipient of the AWD Breakout Award for Excellence in Directing she was named one of Vulture’s Women Directors Hollywood Should Be Hiring.
Follow her on Twitter
https://twitter.com/IAmJenMcG
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Craig Sim Webb, a widely-traveled speaker-singer-songwriter who sometimes enjoys wearing other hats such as "author", "dream analyst-researcher", "inventor," and "friendly frisbee fanatic".
He is a McGill University physics graduate and had the good fortune to be part of the pioneering research team at Stanford University that brought lucid dreaming to the mainstream a few decades ago. Craig has designed personal growth and educational tools distributed worldwide, yet his TV remote often still confuses him. His book The Dreams Behind the Music reveals little-known dreams that inspired tremendous success for over 100 top artists, and highlights principles anyone can use to harvest their own dreams for significant breakthroughs.
To learn more, visit:
http://www.dreamsbehindthemusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lucidheartist/
http://applieddreaming.com
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What are you doing to get your projects started, made and completed?
Weekly SHORT THOUGHTS ON BIG IDEAS.
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Richard J. Bosner, also known as Rick, produced the politically-charged true story Fruitvale Station starring Octavia Spencer and Michael B. Jordan which received the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category and the Sundance Audience Award, U.S. Dramatic, presented by Acura along with 44 nominations/wins during the 2013 Awards Season.
Bosner also produced Nick Sandow’s The Wannabe starring Patricia Arquette, with Executive Producers, Dean Devlin and Martin Scorsese. In the summer of 2015 he executive produced Other People starring Molly Shannon and Jesse Plemons which was the opening night film at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
Bosner was honored as one of the LATINX 2019 Trail-Blazing producers. He is currently in post-production on Axelle Carolyn’s horror feature Crones with Blumhouse TV and Amazon Studios. He also Produced the dramatic thriller, BlackBear, starring Aubrey Plaza and directed by Lawrence Michael Levin which premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2020.
Follow him on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/rickbosner/
Check out his production company:
https://bluecreekpictures.com/
Brave Faves from our live chat with producer Richard J. Bosner were impossible burgers, @krystinawrayjackson faved Marvel 616, and the movie Antebellum and @TonyGapastione faved the book: No Rules Rules by Reed Hastings, founder of @netflix.
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https://www.instagram.com/kirinstagram/
Kirin Bhatty is a celebrity makeup artist that has achieved many steps in the industry. She has made many artists shine like Zoe Kazan, Tessa Thompson, Jenny Slate, and others. Bhatty was born in a family of immigrants from Pakistan.
Los Angeles native and UC Berkeley graduate Kirin Bhatty became a professional makeup artist after a brief stint in publishing. Inspired by beauty images in the magazine she worked for, Kirin began assisting on-set, contributing in any way she could to build a career in makeup. Today, with her characteristic emphasis on glowing skin, Kirin collaborates with top photographers on fashion editorials and advertising, as well as creating memorable looks for red carpet events. Kirin’s editorial clients include Vanity Fair, V Magazine, CR Fashion Book, Teen Vogue, ELLE, Marie Claire and Vs. Her celebrity clients include Tessa Thompson, Freida Pinto, Kaya Scodelario, Kate Upton, Florence Welch, Jenny Slate, Rosario Dawson, and Zoe Kazan.
Kirin will be chatting live from New York.
For her future, she wants to keep working with amazing women and make them feel beautiful. She states: “At the end of the day, I’m a makeup artist because I like to make people feel good.”
https://www.a-frameagency.com/
Brave Faves:
Tony faved chocolate covered expresso bean from @traderjoes Kristina faved @majorlazer f@kirinstagram faving NYC’s @mahzedahrbakery
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New LIVE CHAT monthly with LA film school student Tobey Lynn.
What's it like to go to film school?
https://www.instagram.com/tobey.lynn/
Brave Faves this week:
Tony Gapastione: LSTN Headphones
https://lstnsound.com/
Krystina Jackson: Amazon Book
Gray Matters
https://www.amazon.com/Gray-Matters-Dolores-Arden/dp/1642471968
Tobey Reyes: New Girl on Netflix
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https://www.instagram.com/zoeylytle/
Join us for our monthly chat with actress/dancer/singer Zoey Lytle who moved to NYC this year to pursue her dreams and goals on Broadway.
https://www.zoeylytle.com/
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Cody Smart is an L.A.-based independent writer and script doctor from Chile. She holds degrees in English Literature & Linguistics, Screenwriting, Development and Producing. She worked as a script analyst for Sony, she’s a judge for multiple script and film competitions, she’s written some award winning shorts, she’s head of the coverage department at Story Data, she's the face of the vlog The Helpful Reviewer with tips on Screenwriting, and she teaches Script Doctoring at UCLA Extension.
https://www.storydata.io/
She takes pride in helping writers take their work to the next level.
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https://www.hollismorrissette.com/
Hollis Morrissette was born and raised in Lansing, MI (Capital to the state) and home to Michigan State University. Growing up, Hollis has always been interested and involved in arts and entertainment. At the age of eight, Hollis got his start with his first theatre role which inducted him officially into the arts and entertainment industry. It was then he discovered his love for not only acting, but singing as well. In elementary school, he joined the choir serving as the lead singer touring the city for Christmas concerts. Moving on to high school, Hollis continued great academic achievements such as class vice president, and continuing his musical journey in orchestra where his parents put him at the age of nine. While Hollis loved acting, he took a break from it in high school, and found his love for modeling where he was scouted and worked for Hollister and Co.
In college, Hollis transitioned from modeling back into acting where he served as lead roles in theatre and small PSA commercials. After graduating with his degree in theatre and psychology, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career in entertainment.
At the age of 20, he got his start on television as a guest star on HBO’s hit show Vice
Principals. From then, he’s starred in a number of short films, television shows and voiceover work to name a few. In 2020, Hollis won his state title as Mr. Michigan United States, making history competing in a pageant during a pandemic, walking away as Mr. United States 2nd runner up, Gentleman of the year honoree, and winning an academic achievement award. During Hollis’ 19-year career, he not only has acted, modeled, and found success in his pageant, but he also
owns his own online boutique clothing store, has written and released music, started his YouTube channel, and is currently writing his third book. Hollis Morrissette is a powerhouse that sees and shows no signs of stopping or slowing down in the future.
https://www.instagram.com/thehollismorrissette/
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https://www.benduffypresents.com/
Ben Duffy has bled filmmaking for the past 17 years of his life. He started off making skate videos with his best friends on driveways, and now is a filmmaker with 10 documentaries under his belt, 4 of which are features. In the humble opinion of this writer, Ben Duffy has redefined the meaning of micro budget filmmaking. If money fell from trees, Ben grabbed the pennies while others got to the bills first, and always finished the film with the pretty penny. We Are Skateboarders, Bens most acclaimed published film, was made from him riding on bus’s with expired weekly bus passes to get to the shoots, holding two skateboarders, a big ass tripod, and a heavy loaded camera bag…and lets not forget about the food stamp grocery bill for when the shoot was over. Ben transformed digital video tapes to an hour and 50 minute, 2nd highest viewed feature length skateboard documentary for the price of what could have cost the average production nearly 900,000 dollars. That was just the beginning of this humanitarian’s career. While Ben could have used his existing success as a skateboard documentarian, he chose to diversify and tap into the world of the underdogs, the community of people who are never fully seen; fully heard. Using only crowdfunding campaigns as a financial source to carry him through, Benjamin created Amazon Prime featured documentaries on autism and the world of disabled people as professional athletes. When I talked to Ben he told me that after his what would much later be his most financial successful film, Tin Soldiers, featuring 4 time Paralympic gold medalist, Alana Nichols, he was fucking over filmmaking. It wasn’t until 6 months later a quadriplegic man spoon fed Ben a new idea to document love and sexuality in the disabled community, did he find himself crying on his friends couch that he was living on and said, “I have to believe that this this going to work, because I have nothing left to lose”, Ben raised in total 55 thousand dollars to turn what was a caterpillar of an idea to a beautiful butterfly that will fly this November. Ben also said, or should I say, boldly states, that Take A Look At This Heart is the film he wants to be remembered by because it the only film he’s made that no one else can touch - it is truly a 1 of a kind unique demonstration of passion and pulling something from with in you that you didn’t know you had in order to find the love for yourself that’s been missing for so long. Maybe it is that you need a heart of gold in order to be successful while running on empty. Or maybe Ben has showed the world with his films that in order to fill the emptiness with gold, you just can’t stop running. This website shows Bens endless search for the little miracles that remind us we are human, and it all started with a camera 5 times the size of your new iphone.
https://www.instagram.com/runseahorserun/
Watch some of Ben’s work here:
Here is Episode 1: HOPE
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i4vFQ_eXGDY
Here is episode 2: “Love and Suicide”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FRP6R2o5XrA
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Meet filmmaker: Miguel Angel Caballero (Director, Writer, Producer) and his film team which include producer and actors of the film: ACUITZERAMO
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze99dCab4LE
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Four years after Jordan's death, filmmaker Justin Robinson set out on an 8 year journey to bring his brother's story to life. With the help of 102 interviews and 300+ home videotapes, equaling 450+ hours of footage, "My Brother Jordan" chronicles Jordan's life and death and paints the bond of brotherhood between Jordan and Justin Robinson.
BEHIND THE SCENES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5zls...
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6918740/...
written, produced, directed and edited by Justin Robinson
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Born and raised in Texarkana, Arkansas, Telvin quickly immersed himself into the entertainment industry after graduating college in 2012. He's booked numerous National Commercials including being the National Spokesman for "Black People Meet dot com." Telvin has also appeared on numerous television shows and films including Fox's Deputy, CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful, and later this year an episode of Black-Ish. His latest film "Tazmanian Devil" was an official selection to the ABFF (American Black Film Festival) in Miami this year where it won the Inaugural John Singleton Award for Best First Feature Film for the director. Telvin's goal and purpose in life is to inspire others to never giving up on your dreams and if you believe something stand on it with integrity even if you have to walk alone for a short time. Be the best you can be and trust God!
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https://www.instagram.com/parkerjessechase/
Parker Jesse Chase is a Honduran-Irish-American screenwriter & costume designer residing in Los Angeles, CA. Chase’s work is dramatic, addressing themes to challenge society expectations, understand the complex layers of human relationships, & the art of overcoming traumas. Her latest release, “The Ghost Who Walks” released on Netflix this past April and was ranked the #8 film to watch in the US. Chase is currently producing her first feature film “An Ideal Candidate” starring Callie Deering, Adria Dawn, Matt Gorkis, and introducing Tyra Banks America's Next Top Model Winner Jaslene Gonzalez.
****with special guest appearance from Danielle Merri
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https://lisalwilson.com/
Lisa L. Wilson is an Emmy® award winning producer from Houston, Texas. Lisa has produced programming in all sectors of media including live news and entertainment, musical performances, scripted television and film. She has developed content that has been seen in over 50 million homes. Throughout her career Lisa has also dedicated time and resources to mentor and empower the next generation of female producers and content curators through professional development. As a producer Lisa's mission is to develop content with the sole purpose of exploring and discovering life through the lens. Recently she produced for Jada Pinkett on her show RED TABLE TALK.
https://www.instagram.com/lisarraine/
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https://www.instagram.com/fkachler/
Francy loves editing and her passion is in unscripted. There is so much magic in realism for her. She mainly edits documentary films and reality television. But recently cut a friend's short film recently and had a blast. And film had a nice festival run and was used as a jumping-off point for her friend's directing television career. Recently Francy finished working on a doc that played at the most recent Outfest, " Freedia Got a Gun." It was accepted at Tribeca and Afi docs this year, as well. She's edited films that have gone to Sundance, Belingdale, Tribeca, and all over the world. She's currently working on a 6 part doc for HBO, but it hasn't been announced yet. Francy loves to talk about editing process and workflow, and how to get into the industry especially working as a minority and woman in the industry. She's done teaching in the past and recently did a session with grad students at UC Santa Cruz.
See her resume of work here:
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Tony and Krystina chat with Clayton Davis. He is Variety Magazine's Film Awards Editor. He founded and was the Editor-in-Chief of AwardsCircuit.com.
He's covered awards, film, and television for more than 15 years. He's the founder and president of the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association, and a member of Critics Choice, AAFCA, and NYFCO.
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@Variety Awards Editor/ AwardsCircuit Founder / Black-Latino Writer
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https://www.irenetu.com/
Irene Tu is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. In 2017, the San Francisco Chronicle singled her out as an “artist on the brink of fame,” on the heels of being named one of the “Bay Area’s 11 Best Stand Up Comedians” (SFist) and one of 20 “Women to Watch” (KQED). She has performed at numerous festivals including SF Sketchfest, Comedy Central’s Clusterfest, RIOT LA, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and Outside Lands. Irene has opened for comedians such as Patton Oswalt, W. Kamau Bell, Brian Posehn, Anthony Jeselnik, Gary Gulman, Judah Friedlander, Hari Kondabolu, and Aparna Nancherla. You can see her on season 2 of “Take My Wife” and on VICELAND’s “Funny How?”
Follow her on IG: https://www.instagram.com/irene_tu/
Irene was named one of Vulture’s “Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2019”
“She is confident onstage and offstage. Her caring demeanor belies a dark side that I can relate to.” - W. Kamau Bell
“She excels at pleasant—almost parental—condescension and the confident undercut” - Portland Mercury
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LIVE CHAT with actor/writer/director Josh Ruben who debuted his first feature film at Sundance 2020.
https://www.instagram.com/joshruben/
He is now gearing up for a release on Thursday October 1st, 2020 via https://www.shudder.com/ (which you can try out for FREE for seven days).
Just in time for Halloween.
ScareMe
http://joshsmindhouse.com/
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Irving Ruan is a Chinese American writer, actor, comedian, playwright, and software engineer.
His work has been published in The New Yorker, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Funny Or Die, CollegeHumor, and elsewhere. He is a member of the San Francisco Writers Grotto.
He graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a degree in Computer Science and has studied improv, sketch writing, and satire at The Second City in Chicago.
Irving lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is represented by Danielle Svetcov at Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency.
We are grateful for Irving's continued hosting on our podcast and highlighting the art of writing and comedy!
https://www.instagram.com/irvingruan/
One of the pieces we discussed on the podcast:
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/tv-game-shows-inspired-by-online-dating
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https://theprisonwithin.org/
The Prison Within is narrated by Hill Harper (The Good Doctor, Homeland, CSI:NY, Covert Affairs) and author of Letters to an Incarcerated Brother, which speaks to the current mass incarceration crisis. Director Katherin Hervey, a former Los Angeles Public Defender and volunteer prison college instructor, is the first filmmaker to gain access to chronicle these intimate and revealing sessions inside San Quentin Prison.
People incarcerated for murder inside San Quentin Prison transcend the barriers of the punitive prison system by working with victims of violent crime to unearth the root cause of their own violence. Each character undergoes a radical transformation revealing how every human being, on both sides of the wall, can break out of their own personal prisons to stop the cycle of violence.
The Prison Within exposes the devastating impact untreated trauma has on individuals and communities through the powerful stories of survivors of violent crimes and prisoners incarcerated for murder in San Quentin prison. The prisoners and survivors come together and participate in the Victim Offender Education Group (VOEG)—an innovative restorative justice program enabling prisoners to discover how the trauma they’ve experienced contributed to their criminality and to understand the impact their crimes have on their victims. Together, the prisoners and survivors confront and expose the pain, shame, and rage caused by the extreme trauma they’ve experienced throughout their lives.
We are asking the audience to set aside what they think they know about incarcerated people. Most people in prison are first a victim. Anger and violence stems from untreated trauma. When our justice system excludes the notion of rehabilitation, it necessarily perpetuates the cycle of violence by failing to address trauma. And the fallout from untreated trauma ultimately affects the entire community. This film serves as an example of how all people can change, how we can evolve as a community, and the power of connecting to the humanity in others, even those who have committed harm.
https://www.instagram.com/prisonwithinfilm/
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Episode 74 is hosted by Krystina Jackson + Tony Gapastione
http://d4darious.com/
Darious Britt is a Director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
He attended film school at the University of Arizona and graduated in May of 2012 with a bachelors in Media production.
He toured his short film “Seafood Tester” to four international film festivals including the oscar qualifying Aspen Shorts fest in 2012.
Darious created the youtube channel D4Darious, in August of 2013 and it has since grown to over 140,000 subscribers and over 5 million views in three years.
He have Toured his first feature film “Unsound” on the film festival circuit screening at over 20 international film festivals, winning 7 awards including best director at The Pan African Film Festival in 2015.
He loves telling stories and helping other filmmakers learn the craft to reach their highest potential as storytellers.”
He vlogged the entire journey with his first freature film UNSOUND on youtube.
At minute 33 we share a TRAILER to THE SCARLET THREAD can be found here:
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Watch the BBC film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ptvmahVE-s&feature=emb_logo
It’s been 30 years since the World Health Organization declassified homosexuality as a psychological disorder - being gay is no longer considered something that can be ‘cured’. 'Gay conversion therapy' attempts to change sexual orientation through psychological, spiritual and sometimes physical means. It's been widely labelled unethical and potentially harmful. But so-called gay conversion therapy is still widely available around the world.
BBC News Arabic has met a doctor in Jordan who’s been offering ‘gay conversion therapy’ and talked to people who have suffered as a result of going through this so-called treatment.
It is extremely rare for a doctor offering this controversial practice to speak openly and this is the first time anyone has covered this issue in depth in the Middle East.
This film highlights the emotional toll experienced by two young people who, in a desperate attempt to fit in, undergo ‘gay conversion therapy’. This film exposes the negative impact of such therapy and we hear details of what both characters experienced and how the treatment almost cost them their lives.
We also hear from a doctor who practices gay conversion therapy who believes homosexuality is a psychological disorder that can be cured. The film is about two people’s emotional struggle to be accepted and to love freely despite social stigma and family rejection.
A film by Jason Hanasik.
https://www.instagram.com/jasonhanasik/
http://www.jasonhanasik.com/
Animation by Leah Nichols.
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Live Chat with Hollywood Teen Actresses Izabella Alvarez + Talia Jackson hosted by Tony Gapastione
Most recently Izabella can be heard voicing the lead spunky character, 'Ronnie Anne Santiago,' in Nickelodeon's "The Casagrandes." The animated series tells the story of 11-year- old Ronnie Anne after she moves to the city with her older brother Bobby and her mom, where they now live with their big, loving multi-generational family, the Casagrandes. By depicting stories based on Mexican-American and Latino themes, "The Casagrandes" is a bridge to Latino culture.
And will be seen as lead in the in the upcoming CW's "The Republic of Sarah," currently in production.
LA Times writes, "Izabella Alvarez, a Rising Latina Star, commands desperation-ridden scenes with skill and maturity."
https://www.instagram.com/izabellaalvarez/
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Talia Jackson has been auditioning since the age of 7 and didn't get her first break until August 2018 when she booked the series regular role of Jade McKellan in Netflix's Family Reunion and Zoe in ABC's Station19. She booked the series regular role of Dusty Gable on ABC/Warner/Berlanti/Diablo Cody pilot Raised by Wolves in 2017 but it didn't get picked up. Talia is also a singer and will release her first single "I'm not Jealous" in July 2019.
Talia moved from Wisconsin with her mother and brother to Santa Barbara in February 2009 after a divorce to be near relatives and to pursue her dreams of becoming an actress and singer. For 10 years she auditioned and booked 1 small independent film and a couple of commercials but didn't book a TV role or film that actually aired somewhere. She was close to giving up on her acting career right before she booked a starring role in Family Reunion and Station 19 in the same month.
https://www.instagram.com/taliajacksonofficial/
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Charles Yu is the author of four books, including the novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, which was a New York Times Notable Book and named one of the best books of the year by Time magazine. He received the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Award, and was nominated for two WGA awards for his work on the HBO series, Westworld. He has also written for upcoming shows on AMC and HBO. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in a number of publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times, Slate and Wired. His latest book, Interior Chinatown, was published in January 2020.
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/203055/how-to-live-safely-in-a-science-fictional-universe-by-charles-yu/ Interior Chinatown: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/216162/interior-chinatown-by-charles-yu/
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Kyra Jones is a queer Black multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker based in Chicago, IL. Kyra received her degree in Theatre and Gender Studies from Northwestern University. As an actor, she's appeared on Empire (Fox), Chicago Justice (NBC), Kappa Force (Revry), Seeds (OTV) and more. She's the co-creator, executive producer, and star of the award-winning web series,The Right Swipe (OTV). She's currently in pre-production for her first feature film, Go to the Body, a boxing film that tackles sexual violence in the Black community. In addition to her work in film, TV, and theatre, Kyra is also an educator and advocate, working with survivors of gender-based violence. She's represented by Stewart Talent.
https://www.instagram.com/kyra.a.jones/
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Teen singer/actor Becky Alex is on the show to talk about her song and music video.
https://www.instagram.com/becky.alex/
Watch her video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUu5nwcIXUg
Behind the scenes here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63thue_JELo
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https://www.legerecreative.com/
Légère Creative was founded by Minna Rogers to fill the need of rest and introspection in our culture and daily lives. Busy schedules, routines, and living on auto-pilot often causes us to lose sight of ourselves and our creative energies. Each person is gifted with a desire to create and thrive, and we want to honor, nurture, and cultivate that at Légère. Through our programs, participants take the time to slow down and create, to get back in touch with their innermost, creative selves. This provides the opportunity for introspection and rest at a spiritual level, causing a ripple effect to other arenas of life, and creating the possibility of living life more aligned with self and purpose. The goals of Légère: To use creative arts to facilitate healing and renewal. To provide a safe space to explore creativity and self. To explore mind-body connection. To locate the source of your deepest inspiration and creativity . To connect with others who are interested in looking inward. To provide inspiration and the opportunity for rejuvenation, so participants can return to their lives refreshed.
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Our last film selection for our VIRTUAL FILM FEST was: THE LOST, a short film written and directed by Vincent Cortez.
In this interview Tony and Krystina interview the very talented CORTEZ FAMILY who produced and acted in the film.
Find more about the film here: https://www.mitchellstreetpictures.com/
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Meet the filmmakers of WONDER on HBO
Gabriel Furman and Javier Molina
WEBSITE: http://www.realtalkfilms.com/wonder
INSTAGRAM: @wondertheshort / @therealtalkfilms / @gabriel_furman / @everydayisamondayproductions
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/wondertheshort/ / https://www.facebook.com/therealtalkfilms /
TWITTER: @wondertheshort
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5T8kjFG8wc
Special Guest Andres from the San Mateo Pride Center, hosted by Krystina Jackson + Tony Gapastione
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Oscar Nominated WALK RUN CHA CHA BY LAURA NIX
WATCH THE FILM HERE: https://vimeo.com/380740144
Paul and Millie Cao reunited in California after the Vietnam War. Forty years later, they are rediscovering themselves on the dance floor.
Directed by -Laura Nix
Laura Nix is a director, writer and producer working in non-fiction and fiction. Her most recent work, a short film titled WALK RUN CHA-CHA (Tribeca Film Festival) launched on New York Times Op-Docs fall 2019. Her critically acclaimed feature documentary INVENTING TOMORROW, about teenagers around the globe tackling environmental issues through science, premiered in US Competition at Sundance Film Festival 2018, was broadcast on PBS’ series POV, and won awards including the Grand Jury Prize at Seattle International Film Festival.
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https://tja.agency/
Tiauna Jackson is a Talent and Literary Agent for The Jackson Agency. Ms. Jackson built her agency from the ground up within the entertainment industry’s most competitive market, Los Angeles. Anchored on Avenue of the Stars in Century City, California, Ms. Jackson built her agency from the ground up within the entertainment industry’s most competitive market, Los Angeles.
Anchored on Avenue of the Stars in Century City, Tiauna decided to start her own agency after finding barriers of entry for writers of color, LGBTQ+, and Senior Citizens.
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Want to know what it's like to be in VOICEOVER? Michael Schwalbé gave us the goods!
https://michaelschwal.be
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Update on our ORG!
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BlackLivesMatter
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Writer/Director: Spencer Folmar in conversation with Timothy Mcmahan King and licensed social worker Aimee Noel.
https://www.heroinfilm.com/
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Filmmaker Jason Hanasik documents a story of childhood trauma. When Nick Hurndon was six years old he and his two older brothers were set on fire by their stepfather in their San Francisco home. Now in his early forties, Nick is a retired Marine and is raising two sons that are about the same age he was when he was set ablaze. This is a film the effects that abuse had on Nick's sense of self worth, and the ways in which one man is interrupting a cycle of violence so that his two sons can thrive.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2020/jan/17/a-childhood-on-fire-documentary-video
https://www.instagram.com/jasonhanasik/
http://www.jasonhanasik.com/
Nick Hurndon
https://www.instagram.com/nick.hurndon/
Co-Host Keren Southall
https://www.instagram.com/kerensouth/
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You just need to listen.
https://www.beyoncemass.com/
Thank you to Reverend Yolanda for her creative force. He has curated and music and life's work of Beyoncé into life changing, culture impacting expression of humanity and empowerment for black women.
Rev. Yolanda M. Norton is the H. Eugene Farlough Chair of Black Church Studies at San Francisco Theological Seminary. Her womanist scholarship explores how Scripture treats foreign women and how this has led to the oppression of women of color who encounter the Bible today. She is also a PhD candidate in Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel and Theology and Practice Fellow at Vanderbilt University.
Rev. Norton is ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and she holds a Master of Divinity and Master of Theological Studies degree from Wesley Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Syracuse University.
https://www.instagram.com/beyoncemass/
Special thanks for our BraveMaker ambassador: Keren Southall for co-hosting the conversation.
https://www.instagram.com/kerensouth/
www.BraveMaker.com
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Mia Mercado is a humor writer based in Kansas City. Her work has been featured in places like The New Yorker, the New York Times, Washington Posts’s The Lily, New York Magazine’s The Cut, Bustle, McSweeney’s, and Hallmark Cards. Her debut collection of funny non-fiction essays Weird but Normal explores the contradictions of being a person, sharing the awkward, uncomfortable, surprisingly ordinary parts of life. Weird but Normal comes out with HarperOne on May, 19, 2020.
Order Mia's book "Weird But Normal": https://miamercado.com/book
Mia's website: www.miamercado.com
Mia's Twitter: www.twitter.com/miamarket
Mia's Instagram: www.instagram.com/mia.market
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https://www.instagram.com/kerensouth/
https://www.facebook.com/keren.southall
Find our episode : Jedi Douche
http://www.doucheaholics.com/
Meet Markus Robinson
https://moviesmarkus.com/
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TV showrunner and show creator JEFF LIEBER. Originally from Chicago, now in LA, Jeff co-created LOST and his most recent credits include episodes of Charmed, Lucifer, The Originals, Impulse and NCIS: New Orleans... to name a few.
Follow him on Twitter if you want to write TV!
He's always sharing tips and once we get out of shelter in place he's gonna come up to the Bay to be with us!
https://twitter.com/jefflieber
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Hope you are all staying well during SHELTER IN PLACE and taking care of yourself.
Enjoy Ragiv's story and meet him online live: April 7th or 8th, 2020.
To sign up go to BraveMaker.Org and subscribe to our email list.
Follow him:
IG
https://www.instagram.com/rajivgoshah/
https://twitter.com/rajivgoshah
IMDB
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Krystina is a force.
https://www.instagram.com/krystinawrayjackson/
More on Lisa Keating , Bay Area photographer:
http://www.lisakeatingphotography.com/
MDT Talent Agency
http://mdtagencysf.com/
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Episode 53 is up! We had to postpone our film screening with these two--but we get them on our podcast. Great guys who have lots to share. Recorded on ZOOM via NYC + LA.
Find them online:
Danish on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/danishrenzu/
Their movie: THE ILLEGAL
https://www.instagram.com/theillegalmovie/
Suraj on Twitter
https://twitter.com/imsurajsharma
If you liked the film LIFE OF PI, actor Suraj Sharma talks about working with (one of) the 500 pound tiger from the film!
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On Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/official_morley/
Website
http://iammorley.squarespace.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MorleyArt/
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So much going on right now in our world regarding Covid-19/Corona Virus. We're sad to postpone our March and April events in order to flatten out the virus growing.
This podcast also includes a short response about our February 2020 film screening Burden. It created a lot of conversations which is what we had hoped for, but we never want to increase the hostility and aggression for people of color and specifically the black community in this experience. Take a listen.
MUSIC by:
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As interviewed: Irving Ruan
Henry Alford is a humorist and journalist who writes for The New Yorker, the New York Times, and Vanity Fair. His stories have also appeared in Spy magazine, the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Vogue, The Village Voice, McSweeney's, Harper's, the Los Angeles Times, and The Paris Review. He is the author of five books Including How to Live, which won the James Thurber Prize for American Humor, and his most recent, And Then We Danced.
Website: www.henryalford.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/henryalford
Henry's writing in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/henry-alford
Bruce Springsteen Interview for Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/09/bruce-springsteen-cover-story
MUSIC at the end of the podcast by Neil Swany
https://www.instagram.com/swanybeats/
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Tony met director Andrew Heckler and producer Robbie Brenner (Oscar nominated for Dallas Buyer's club) at Sundance in 2018. Burden is an award winning film, Audience Award and it is premiering in the Bay Area 2/24/2020 before it rolls out at the end of February and March nationwide.
https://www.instagram.com/burdenmovie/
Andrew's IG
https://www.instagram.com/workheck/
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If you love theatre, especially Broadway theatre and the genius of Lin-Manuel Miranda, you'll love all of Rick's stories.
Rick Negrón has worked on two of theatre's greatest hits: In the Heights and Hamilton. He was selected to perform both of these shows in Puerto Rico which was quite the full circle experience because he was born and raised in that very place.
He plays the role of KING GEORGE III with quite the swagger. Don't miss it!
His website:
http://ricknegron.com/
Rick on IG
https://www.instagram.com/1stpuertoricanking/
Rick on Twitter
https://twitter.com/ricknegron3
TICKETS FOR HAMILTON SF:
https://orpheum.ticketsoffice.org/venues/orpheum-theatre-san-francisco
Rick talks about his brother-in-law's New York walking tour:
http://www.indepthwalkingtours.com/
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Born and raised in Los Angeles, Brandon Armstrong struck gold when he booked a role touring as DONKEY in Shrek the Musical.
Take a listen to how he was hand picked by Lin-Manuel Miranda to perform in Puerto Rico (after many, many auditions). He is now a resident of San Francisco. He plays Hercules Mulligan and James Madison at the Oprpheum Theatre on Market St.
Find him on IG
https://www.instagram.com/louiecinema/
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I (Tony) met Kathryn connected on Twitter after I saw her at ACT's WAKEY WAKEY co-starring with actor Tony Hale.
Go see it! You have ONE MORE WEEKEND to see it in San Francisco, Valentine's weekend.
act-sf.org
Follow her work! She's also on the show DEPUTY on THURSDAY NIGHTS.
https://www.kathrynsmithmcglynn.com/
IG
https://www.instagram.com/kathryn_with_a_k_no_e/
https://twitter.com/kathrynsmithmcg
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Underwear for all shapes, sizes + preferences. That's Play Out Apparel. A non-gendered place to get the underwear you've always wanted. (Have you heard about Athleisure? You have now!).
What is the story here? Ask Abby Sugar: Entrepreneur, fashionista and LGBTQ+ advocate. From NYC but currently living in the Bay while attending Palo Alto's Founder's Institute. She'll also be at BraveMaker's 2/24/2020 event. She's open to get connected with you and talk!
https://fi.co/
https://www.playoutapparel.com/
IG + Twitter
https://twitter.com/playoutnyc
https://www.instagram.com/playoutnyc/
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Recorded in Park City, Utah FROM SUNDANCE.
Tony and Diane talked about meeting in Chicago at the Blue Whiskey Film Fest, her Oscar/Emmy nominated and Peabody/Sundance winning film MINDING THE GAP as well as her two full length documentaries at South By Southwest this March, 2020--AND ALL THE WORK IT TAKES TO MAKE MOVIES!
Follow Diane on Twitter
https://twitter.com/dmquon
Her short film CLIFF SUPERFAN
https://cliffsuperfan.com/
See her production group
https://kartemquin.com/
Blue Whiskey Film Fest
https://bwiff.com/
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Jim Cummings and Tony Gapastione sat down in a hallway, yes a hallway and just talked. And it's all recorded for our listening pleasure.
Jim is very accessible. Say hi on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/jimmycthatsme
Watch his short film THUNDER ROAD:
https://vimeo.com/174957219
See his production company here and look up the films BEAST BEAST, THE BETA TEST AND THE WEREWOLF
https://vanishingangle.com/
**Thanks + shout out to Jeremy Hersh and Twitter for making connections that create stories that become films.
https://twitter.com/Jeremyhersh
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Another great interview from correspondent IRVING RUAN! @irvingruan
Claire Friedman is a staff writer on Showtime’s Desus & Mero. Previously she wrote for Saturday Night Live, in which she won a Peabody award for as well as an Emmy nomination. Her comedy has been published in the New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and The Harvard Lampoon.
Claire was born and raised in New York City. She attended Hunter College High School, Harvard College, and Harvard Business School. She lives on the Upper West Side, where she spends her free afternoons wandering through Zabar’s in a full sweatsuit.
Website: www.clairefriedman.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/clairegfriedman
Instagram: @clairegfriedman
Desus & Mero Season 2 premieres on Showtime February 3rd. SNL's "This Is U.S." sketch: https://www.metatube.com/en/videos/404138/SNL-This-Is-U-S
Claire's piece in The New Yorker, "Deleting Instagram, Installing Instagram: The Vicious Cycle": https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/deleting-instagram-installing-instagram-the-vicious-circle
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Joy Elizabeth Hoover is MAKING CHANGE + CUPCAKES IN LAS VEGAS. From her INSTAGRAM: She's a life + mama founder + ceo | @cupcakegirlsorg @localforall podcast | @humanswhogiveashit ambassador | @lululemon social impact coach 👇🏼 joyhoover.com
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Interviewed by BraveMaker correspondent IRVING RUAN (listen to his BraveMaker interview ep 20)
https://twitter.com/irvingruan
https://www.instagram.com/irvingruan/
Caitlin Kunkel is a writer and satirist. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The New Yorker, McSweeney's, among others, and she's a co-founder of the Satire and Humor Festival as well as The Belladonna Comedy. Along with the other Belladonna editors, in 2018 she published the gift book, "New Erotica for Feminists: Satirical Fantasies of Love, Lust, and Equal Pay." She created the online satire program for The Second City and teaches and gives talks around the world.
Caitlin's Website: www.caitlinkunkel.com
Satire and Humor Festival: www.satireandhumor.comThe Belladonna Comedy Publication: www.thebelladonnacomedy.comNew Erotica for Feminists: www.neweroticaforfeminists.com
The Second City - Writing Satire for the Internet: www.secondcity.com/classes/chicago/online-writing-satire-for-the-internet-2020/Class Instructors: Riane Konc: www.rianekonc.comBrooke Preston: www.brookeprestoncomedy.com
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You might know him from playing YOUNG/TEEN RANDALL PEARSON on NBC's "This is Us"
But he also stars in the new film directed by R.J. Daniel Hannah called: Miss Virginia starring UZO ADUBA (out now).
https://www.missvirginiamovie.com/
Follow him on IG
https://www.instagram.com/nilesfitch/
This guy is a rising start. Catch him on a new film March 2020 on Disney+.
Listen to find out more.
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His film starring Uzo Aduba + Niles Fitch + Matthew Modine is coming to BraveMaker 12/5/19!
Get tix: bravemissvirginia.eventbrite.com
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https://www.instagram.com/rjdanielhanna/
https://twitter.com/rjdanielhanna
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Tony met Gianmarco in NYC!
Follow this funny guy with a great ITALIAN name:
IG:
https://www.instagram.com/gianmarcosoresi/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/GianmarcoSoresi
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And he won a SAG AWARD for BEST STUNTS.
Cool story. Never give up. Wakanda forever.
Mark is also a TARGET MODEL + RECENTLY was seen playing Basketball in a scene on SHAMELESS.
Find him on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/marquillis33/
https://twitter.com/marquillis33
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Currently (as of Nov 2019) Sullivan is in NYC in SLAVE PLAY but he's originally from the Bay Area! You can also find him on: Wu Tang: An American Saga.
Follow him on the Socials:
https://twitter.com/_SullyJones
- https://twitter.com/SlavePlayBway
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/_sullivanjones_/
- https://www.instagram.com/slaveplaybway/
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Friendly, witty and British--this is: Adam Campbell.
You might have seen him on a show called GREAT NEWS playing Greg, the young executive producer of the cable news show "The Breakdown." It did two seasons on NBC and now can be streamed on Netflix.
Or you might have seen him in an episode of Drunk History.
Or you might have met him at the SAG AWARDS (That was me, Tony). He's now voicing a character in the new animated film I'm working on called: PICCOLO.
Enjoy our conversation.
Adam tweets to his six friends every leap year (let's help him grow his followers).
https://twitter.com/AdamCampbelly
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From LOS ANGELES--
Tony and Loretta have worked together before on 1440 and Counting and Neighbor (Tony's two short films available on Amazon Prime).
While on set recording voice-over for a new animated project called PICCOLO, they sat down and chatted about Loretta's career from four years on Broadway in Dream Girls, to winning in an Emmy for Grey's Anatomy as well her live performance in Los Angeles happening this week. They also reflected on their first meeting at the airport in San Francisco.
Loretta is the best.
Follow her on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/lodivadevine/
And binge her show FAMILY REUNION ON NETFLIX
or catch her on this season of Black-ish on ABC.
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Actress Izabella Alvarez is a rising Latina star (according to the LA Times).
She's had roles in:
Shameless.
Westworld.
Splitting Up Together (and more)... AND had a leading role in one of BraveMaker's favorite feature films: COLLISIONS!
Now she's voicing the lead character RONNIE ANNE SANTIAGO in Nickelodeon's THE CASAGRANDES. (and she's only 15 years old!).
Congratulations to this brave talent!
Find her on all the socials:
https://www.instagram.com/izabellaalvarez/
https://twitter.com/izabellaalvarez
Her show:
https://www.instagram.com/thecasagrandes/
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Liz Manashil is straight up filmmaker GOLD.
Podcast co-host of MAKING MOVIES IS HARD + writer/director of two feature films: Bread and Butter and now Speed of Life (screening Thursday November 14th in Redwood City)--(and new mom of baby boy)--- Liz Keeps it real. Take a listen to her process of making micro-budget films, casting diverse body shapes, and creating a canon of 5-6 films she's proud of (before she dies!).
Tickets here to see her DAVID BOWIE inspired sci-film in Redwood City: https://bravespeedoflifemaker.eventbrite.com
SPEED OF LIFE
IG
https://www.instagram.com/lizmanashil/
https://twitter.com/LizManashil
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Producer of the now released film: JINN + upcoming HOSEA
http://www.azuspeak.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/azuspeak/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/azuspeak
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They say write what you know. I (Tony) know the church world. I've had this unique perspective being both an ordained pastor and filmmaker. I love it and I often roll my eyes at it. I have to poke fun at myself and the institution that I have been a part of for most of my life. It formed me and messed me up. We have good hearts, but we are also ridiculously stubborn, privileged, irrelevant, offensive, racist, power hungry, awkward and down right wrong. (If we would only admit it we might be able to do more good in the world, which is why most of us pastors get into the "biz" to begin with. Oh well, it's been good fodder for my screenwriting. I still believe in the church and value my faith in God...but I also think we need to laugh and pick it apart. So...Here ya go.
Let me know what you think. Want to help me produce it?
Email tony@bravemaker.com
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From BraveMaker correspondent Irving Ruan:
I had a super energizing interview with Jeremy. We talked about his experience at art school, how much he struggled to make ends meet as an artist when he first moved to New York (e.g. sitting on top of a milk crate and using a table left on the sidewalk for his studio), and his beginnings submitting cartoons to The New Yorker magazine.
In short, we went deep on the artistic journey and how he dealt with an avalanche of rejections.
His Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremywins
His Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jeremywins
His website: https://www.jeremywinslife.com
His Waldo cartoon that we talked about at the end: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw9ryh_ncPK/
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Sensitive + Strong Content! Listeners strongly cautioned.
Thank you to filmmakers Liza Meak + Kathryn Basiji:
The film:
https://edgeofsuccessmovie.com/
(click above for resources and discussion guides).
Check out these partner organizations!
SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFE-LINE: 1-800-273-TALK [8255]
https://star-vista.org/
https://www.northmarincs.org/
https://www.nami.org/
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Daniel is a filmmaker exploring sexual identity , gender formation + religion in his newest film.
We will host https://www.fortheyknow.org/ in October 2019.
Find Dan on all the Social Medias:
https://www.instagram.com/fortheyknowmovie/
https://www.facebook.com/FTKNWTD
https://twitter.com/dogooderdan
FILM SCREENINGS:
Tuesday 10/15/19 in Novato Ca
Wednesday 10/16/19 Redwood City CA
Tickets here:
www.bravemaker.org
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Actor Jesse Garcia is on the podcast.
Not only did he star in one of our BraveMaker film DARLINGS---the feature screening of Collisions. He's starred in and led other TV shows like Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (and you'll be seeing a lot of Jesse in 2020 on certain amount of unannounced streaming shows! Stay Tuned)---but he acted in a BROADWAY PRODUCTION of Pee-wee Herman's show! If you listen in on this episode--you'll hear podcast host Tony Gapastione try to do his best impression of PeeWee's iconic laugh, (which sounds a lot like Tony's real laugh). 🤣
Follow Jesse on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/jessejohngarcia/
Watch Jesse's short film THE PRICE WE PAY
https://vimeo.com/75692429
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Evan is our resident photographer, web designer + BraveMaker! A very passionate, committed and driven guy...and he's a HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT--take a listen to his story and see what motivates him!
Looking to get odd jobs done around your house? Need some extra labor for moving or landscaping from a non-professional yet hardworking student? Want to connect with teens and help them find work? He's got a solution for you.
https://www.instagram.com/evanajuria/
https://www.grindstoneapp.com/
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Austin plays HAMILTON! What a great humble guy!
Check out his story and follow him in IG!
https://www.instagram.com/austinscott93/
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https://www.youtube.com/user/kvoncomedy
This guy! He's funny and generous. Free tickets to the first 20 people who reach out to him.
https://www.instagram.com/kvoncomedy/
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Wanna follow our programmer and assitant director RHOBERTINO?
https://www.instagram.com/rh0b3rt1n0/
Join us OCT 16th for an amazing documentary
FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO
https://www.fortheyknow.org/
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Rebekah + Tony talk about the process of getting his feature film THE THORNS WE LIVE WITH of the ground.
In this podcast we share a 22 minute dramatic (table read) reading with actors. Please note there is a sensitive scene that deals with suicide and adult language.
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The unconventional route to comedy and creative writing.
http://www.irvingruan.com/
https://twitter.com/irvingruan
https://www.instagram.com/irvingruan/
https://www.instagram.com/andieyehoney/
Short film: ANDI
Starring Irving as the AGENT.
https://vimeo.com/321628034
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Another interview with our BraveMaker podcast correspondent Jon Fusco who sat down with RIVER GALLO. River [pronouns he/his] is a GLAAD award-winning Salvadoran-American filmmaker, actor, writer, model and intersex advocate with interACT. His work explores the dynamics of personal and confessionary storytelling, and media's healing abilities through re-envisioning minority narratives. He is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Experimental Theatre Wing and the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts MFA program.
"Ponyboi," his USC thesis which he wrote, co-directed, and acted in, is the first narrative film created by and starring an out intersex person in the history of cinema---produced by Stephen Fry and Emma Thompson. This year River received the ‘Rising Star Award’ at the 2019 GLAAD Media Awards. He was named one of the “Most Exciting Queer People to Follow in 2019” by Out Magazine and made PAPER Magazine’s list of “100 People Taking Over 2019”.
https://www.rivergallo.com
https://www.instagram.com/rivergallo/
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Welcome Jon Fusco who joins the BraveMaker team as podcast correspondent!
Nick Borenstein:
http://www.nickborenstein.com/
Nick is a writer, director + dancer.
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He's known as Detective Alex Sanchez (#DetectiveHottie) in CBS' Bold + The Beautiful but he's also my (Tony) buddy.
Enjoy our chat from TWIST (cafe) in Los Angeles (Hancock Park).
Follow him on INSTAGRAM
https://www.instagram.com/jeremyrayvaldez/
YOUTUBE
https://www.youtube.com/user/JeremyRayValdez
https://twitter.com/JeremyRayValdez
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During a visit to Spain, Rebekah sits down with friend, YouTuber, & Content Creator Katya Constantine. They talk of Katya's experience growing up in Spain, finding her Niche, finding the power of YOU (being yourself), shutting down your negative voice, and all about being real with procrastination and anxiety.
Follow Katya on her social media channels:
Instagram and Twitter: - kat_constantine
Youtube: Katya Constantine
https://www.youtube.com/user/MissxXxMannequin/videos
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Teenager.
Singer.
Songwriter.
Actress.
BraveMaker
Music on SPOTIFY
SUMMER LOVE Music Video
Behind the Scenes of SUMMER LOVE
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Well, our first ever SUMMER FILM FEST is complete!
Now, let's recap!
A few references:
On the Corner of Ego + Desire film by Alex Ferrari
Dragon Theatre GENDER SHORT PLAYS
Melanie Victor's Actor's Lounge Podcast
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This guy.
Just make your films. No excuses.
https://indiefilmhustle.com/
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https://endofthedayfilm.com/
We could have called this segment FILMMAKERS IN CARS TALKING ABOUT MOVIES. Listen to find out why.
Florida filmmaker Kevin O'Brien + Tony Gapastione chat about the making of At the End of the Day, Screening SUNDAY JUNE 2nd 10am at Century 20 theater. Kevin calls his film a story about the tension between the LGBTQ+ community and the evangelical church. A very BRAVE film. A very BRAVE filmmaker.
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https://www.instagram.com/imkevinob/
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Tricia not only survived cancer but made a movie about it. When her stage 4 breast cancer metastasized to her brain she was faced with even more obstacles to overcome. She wanted to survive and she also wanted to become a parent with her husband Matt. Once she started pursuing that dream through surrogacy she had to answer the question: what if she wasn't around to meet her child? So she started filming the journey and rest is history. Love Always, Mom is a love story to an unborn child.
We hosted Tricia and her film Monday May 13th, 2019. But this interview was recorded December 2018.
Say hi on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/lovealwaysmomthemovie/
Link for the film and screenings
https://linktr.ee/lovealwaysmomthemovie
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THE BRAVEMAKER FILM FEST KICKS OFF THIS FRIDAY MAY 31ST, 2019!
TICKETS HERE:
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Welcome JON FUSCO to the BraveMaker family. Jon's debut short film THE GUY will premiere on the west coast with us on June 2nd at 630pm in the Redwood City, Ca, Century 20 theater. Tickets here.
Recorded January 2019 in the cold of Sundance, Park City Utah, Jon and Tony dish on all things filmmaking, festivals and podcasting.
Check out Jon's FILM articles
Indie Wire
See the kickstarter to THE GUY; his film here.
Follow him on IG https://www.instagram.com/jimscam/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jim_jon_jim/
3 Short film podcasts by JON
How to make a short
pod 2 production
Editing
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Episode 9 is an adult conversation. NSFW or young children.
Diana Kelly, author of THE SKY TURNED GREEN AND THE GRASS TURNED BLUE. DIANE'S STORY.
About the Story: When Diane’s lover and friend, Jack, comes out seven years into their relationship expressing his well-kept secret desire to transition from male to female, Diane’s world turns upside down. With little information to help answer the question ‘do I stay or do I go’ Diane searches for direction on her own. Navigating the murky waters of the unknown that accompany the challenges of Jack’s changing persona, she is guided by love, loyalty, and a willingness to sacrifice. In this true story, Diane provides her personal and intimate view into gay the lesbian community in her attempt to gauge what impact Jack’s changes might have to their relationship and to her own authentic self.
https://greenskypublishing.com/dianakellyauthor/
https://www.instagram.com/dianakellyauthor/
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Race + gender biases. We all have them but what do we do about them?
https://www.biasfilm.com/
We were honored to host a San Francisco filmmaker and her film that challenges us to confront our hidden biases and understand what we risk when we follow our gut. Through exposing her own biases, award-winning documentary filmmaker Robin Hauser highlights the nature of implicit bias, the grip it holds on our social and professional lives, and what it will take to induce change.
After the film we had a dialogue with leaders who are also doing work in the race space:
Ana Avendaño + Andre Henry (full interview with him on ep 7).
You will also meet BraveMaker's first FISCAL SPONSEE Samah Damanhoori who is making an animated film on her experience of liberation from her oppressive past. More on that soon.
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Anti-racist educator, writer, and activist ANDRE HENRY joins the BraveMaker PODCAST.
Find him on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/theandrehenry/
Dig in, listen and get activated.
Want to sign up for Andre's HOPE AND HARD PILLS?
http://www.andrerhenry.com/
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The second interview of our Spain sessions with multimedia artist and designer Diptee Thapa. Join us as we talk about the power of connection and collaboration, her life as a spiritual teacher, using obstacles to increase creativity and so much more.
Diptee
https://www.instagram.com/diptee2018/
http://diptee-thapa.com/
Esa's Photography
isopahkalaphotography.com
ENJOY MUSIC BY SMXF (in our outro!)
https://soundcloud.com/smxf
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Our first ever PODCAST recorded LIVE WITH AN AUDIENCE... at BOX in Redwood City, Ca.
NOTES & links from our panelists in this conversation :
Nicolas Jara
https://www.nicolasjara.com/guardian-2018
Matt Nightingale
https://www.instagram.com/mattnightingale/
Matt's TEDx Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHJs04-YIYc
Erin Ashford: Photographer
https://www.instagram.com/erinash/
San Mateo Pride Center
https://sanmateopride.org/
Join us for our next event MARCH 25, 2019. BIAS DOCUMENTARY at Century 20, RWC.
https://www.bravemaker.com/events/
Suicide prevention LIFELINE
1-800-273-8255
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Rebekah went to Spain for three weeks and this is the first of her interviews. Enjoy a conversation with Sheena Karegi and the ups, downs and changes of a designer's life. Go behind the scenes and hear how she BRAVELY rediscovered her creativity.
https://www.instagram.com/_karegi/
https://www.instagram.com/kali_by_karegi/
ENJOY MUSIC BY CLOUD5 (in our outro!)
https://www.instagram.com/andrew_lam/
https://www.instagram.com/sur.nate/
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500 Miles. 2 best friends. 1 wheelchair.
That is I'LL PUSH YOU an incredible documentary by filmmakers Terry Parish and Chris Karcher. This interview co-director Terry Parish came to the BraveMaker office before our monthly screening to share about his journey.
For more on Terry's creative agency see:
http://www.emota.com/#/
For more on the film or to order: Use code: BraveMaker for a discount.
https://www.illpushyou.com/
Oh ...
What are the odds that when we screen a film set in SPAIN Rebekah would actually BE IN SPAIN. Take a listen!
PS. February film screening is FEBRUARY 22ND 7PM IN REDWOOD CITY at Box Inc! Live music and LIVE PODCAST RECORDING with special guest Matt Nightingale and Director Nicolas Jara screening his film GUARDIAN. This event will feature an in-depth LGBTQ+ discussion. It is sure to be an eye-opening event.
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Storytellers.
Filmmakers.
Drive-thru tellers.
Tony & Rebekah interview each other and share their creative journeys.
Rebekah on IG
https://www.instagram.com/ramosa_kah/
Tony on IG
https://www.instagram.com/tonygapastione/
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JANUARY 19TH FILM SCREENING IN REDWOOD CITY 2019
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bravemaker-january-feature-film-screening-ill-push-you-tickets-53775618322
BraveMaker video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWWLv6LemIg&feature=youtu.be
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The very first episode of the BraveMaker podcast hosted by Tony Gapastione & Rebekah Amosah. Scripts, stories & conversations with creators.
Filmmaker Richard Levien won the audience award at the Mill Valley Film Festival October 2018 with his touching coming of age immigration story: Collisions. His film stars Jesse Garcia (currently filming Netflix's Narcos: Mexico and the El Rey Network's From Dusk Til Dawn) and Ana de la Reguera (also of TV shows like Narcos, Amazon's Goliath and Power).
He had all star cast of two amazing children as well. Listen in to hear the journey of bravely making this movie and telling this story.
He did a private screening for BraveMaker on 12/17/18 in Redwood City.
https://www.instagram.com/CollisionsMovie/ https://twitter.com/CollisionsMovie https://www.facebook.com/CollisionsMovie http://collisionsmovie.com/
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