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The Mediator explores the structural changes reshaping the media industry and what they mean for the media business, culture, and society. I try to get at the why, not just the what.
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The Angry Gay Grandpa web series was created in the wake of anti-trans/LGBTQ legislation sweeping the U.S. and 5 trans youth suicides in a single county in PA in 18 months. Creating in public the feature film, A Still, Small Paw. www.angrygaygrandpa.com.
We make grounded, emotional genre films that help people feel seen. Get early film news, transparent insights, and behind-the-scenes stories from the front lines of indie filmmaking.
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I am a veteran documentary film and television producer writing this newsletter to think about how to keep making documentaries during these complex times. Here we go….
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Cinema Body Cinema Mind is a home for thinking and feeling our way through film. I explore how movies work on us—not just in our heads, but in our senses, memories, and everyday lives through essays, podcast episodes, and video lectures.
Observations on culture, power, storytelling, merit, and - yes, inevitably, the beautiful game. Occasionally featuring The Undiscovered, a series of conversations with people I think are worth listening to about what remains undiscovered and why.
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New Means discusses politics in the broadest possible ways, from our neighborhoods to our workplaces to our religious lives to organizing to the ways we collectively think.
I am an educator and filmmaker from Lafayette, Louisiana. I am here to share my journey into taking control of my work through micro-budget filmmaking.