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Q&A with John e. Kilberg
“Sam is me, a tomboy who struggles to feel loved. I have always felt like a ‘tomboy’ not much of a man and not much of a woman somewhere in between. I am proud to feel that way about myself. It was exciting to create a character like Sam and to see the story play out the way it does.”
Why Can't I Be a Chinese Cowboy?
Joe ponders these ideas as he boldly tells his Chinese father, who has a traditional, "sensible" outlook, that he's moving from New York to a ranch to be a cowboy — that it's his dream, and we, as the viewer, don't get to decide it for him.
Q&A with Kerri Fernsworth Feazell
“When I actually sat down to properly write a script, I was motivated by the need to end a story in my life that didn't have a satisfying ending to me. I wanted to know and put to rest in my mind: what would have happened if I pushed my experience beyond the limit of what I actually did?”
Q&A with Adam Chitayat
“We got in touch with some locals and went down to the areas affected. We were a tiny 3 person team. A feared-to-be Katrina level hurricane hit right when landed. And then a process of discovery, empathy and expectations overturned.”
Q&A with Paul Lee
“I realized one day that all I wanted to do was to film places from my childhood. It didn’t matter if there was a story or not. So I wrote a little plot that somewhat mirrored what was happening in my partner and I’s lives, and filmed the scenes in places I grew up in.“
The Original Soundtrack behind 'A Shaming'
“When I approached Nigel and Mike about creating an original soundtrack for “A Shaming,” I could not have imagined the lengths they’d go to and the complex dimensionality they would add to a film I’d nearly abandoned for two years.“
Q&A with Aisha Amin
“Friday was born out of a photography project I did the year before where I explored storefront mosques in and around NYC. I thought the photo project would work well as a visual piece and short documentary...”
The Story Behind 'Volunteer'
A short documentary observing the life of 92-year-old Howard Henry, and how he chooses to stay busy and avoid aging by going to work every day.