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Interviews with a top geek advocate, celebrity, and icon about their current and past geek projects.
Fantasia Film Festival 2020: An Interview with Quinn Armstrong, Director of ‘Survival Skills’
Quinn Armstrong’s Survival Skills has proved to be an audience favorite at this year’s Fantasia Film Festival. A parody of police training videos of the 1980s, Armstrong’s film delves deeper into the outmoded teachings of these officers and presents a much more nuanced look into the police training construct as a fresh-faced and naive officer, Jim desperately tries to do the right thing.
By MovieBabble5 years ago in Geeks
Musa In The Gambia
Name: Musa Darboe Location: Brufut Village The Gambia. Profession: Actor, Script Writer ,Producer Musa Darboe commonly known as Chief in the Gambia film industry is the youngest filmmaker in my country . When it comes to filmmaking his country is behind . Government and National Center For Art And Culture doesn't help filmmakers at all, it is really frustrating for him. Actors need another job to support themselves, but can't depend on the film acting .
By Tammy Reese5 years ago in Geeks
Carrie Bernans Discusses Her Time On The Set Of 'Avengers,' Her New Show 'Ultimate Tag,' And More
I had the opportunity to interview my friend Carrie Bernans, an award-winning actress and stunt woman. She is well known for Marvel's Black Panther, Luke Cage, and Avengers, as well as CBS series SEAL Team and more.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Geeks
Terri Abney
Terri Abney received her breakout role as Mildred’s (Ruth Negga’s) sister in the Oscar- nominated film, LOVING. She can also be seen on-screen in John Hillcoat’s Triple 9 and Peter Billingsley’s Term Life. Terri recently starred alongside Gary Carr and Ian McShane in Dan Pritzker’s Film “Bolden” set in the 1906, based on the Jazz Musician Buddy Bolden, which premiered in theaters May of this year.
By Tammy Reese5 years ago in Geeks
New York State International Film Festival Online
The 5th Annual New York State International Film Festival in conjunction with the Upstate NY Women in Film & TV and Haydenfilms Institute is taking place virtually, September 25th through October 9th. The festival will be screening on the All Abilities Live online platform
By Tammy Reese5 years ago in Geeks
Jayleen S Perez
Award winning Film Director Jayleen S Perez is a former Jersey City, Miss Puerto Rico 2011. In addition to beauty pageants she was very athletic and has won many softball awards from the ages of 9-17, including a stand out MVP award. After receiving a degree in Health Service Administration, She was hired as a Spanish Translator for the NJ public school system. Shortly after that she became the Research Manager and Office Administrator for a dermatologist. At the age of 25, In 2019 Jayleen wrote her first short film “Karmen” which she then directed and co-produced in the fall of the same year. “Karmen” is a romantic thriller with a strong Latina and LGBTQ presence. It has been well received in film festivals both domestic and internationally. “Karmen” has won racked up various nominations and awards in reputable film festivals some examples include: Best Drama at the Couch Film Festival in Canada, Best First Time Director award in the Brightside film festival in Jersey City, Best Director nomination at the IndieX film festival in Los Angeles, as well as a nomination at the Oniros Film Awards in Italy.
By Tammy Reese5 years ago in Geeks
Campbell Grobman Films
Hey Vocal readers check out this amazing "Tesla" trailer which dropped recently from IFC Films. The biopic, which debuted at Sundance, stars four time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke and is set for a theatrical and on-demand release August 21st. "Tesla", a freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.
By Tammy Reese5 years ago in Geeks
MIFF 2020: An Interview with Allison Chhorn, Director of ‘The Plastic House’
Cambodian-Australian, Allison Chhorn is an artist of many talents. A skilled photographer, painter, composer, and filmmaker, Chhorn is a bold and intriguing new voice in Australia’s artistic landscape. Her latest experimental cinematic effort, The Plastic House is a wholly absorbing ‘docu-fiction’ film about mourning, passage of time, and capturing the strange and alluring atmosphere of the titular greenhouse. The Plastic House is screening as part of MIFF’s online festival program for 2020 and I had the privilege to talk to Allison Chhorn about her film.
By MovieBabble5 years ago in Geeks
Mike Camoin
Mike Camoin is best known for his documentary series on Adirondack culture: Inside the Blue Line, How to Make an Adirondack Packbasket which have screened in Northeastern U.S. and Canadian television markets. On a cinematic mission, Camoin is currently in development on Scared To Debt: America’s Student Loan Scam and in post with Life Or Death featuring David Kaczynski and Bill Babbitt, a story that reveals how two families turn mentally-ill brothers in to authorities with dramatically different consequences.
By Tammy Reese5 years ago in Geeks
Elliot Grove . Top Story - August 2020.
Elliot Grove - Film Producer, Screenwriter , Founder of the Raindance Film Festival and The British Independent Film Awards. Elliot was born in Canada, he moved to London in the late 1980s and in 1993 he launched the Raindance Film Festival, a festival dedicated to independent filmmaking and its emerging talent. In 2009 he was awarded a Doctorate from the Open University at Plymouth College of Art.
By Tammy Reese5 years ago in Geeks
