Pogi Studios Champions Kindness and Visibility
They first met at lunch in high school. “We didn’t really talk until this one time we were in the Philippines at the same time for separate reasons,” JP Quindara says.... Read More
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Bone Black: Midwives vs the South
All images are courtesy of the creative team behind Bone Black: Midwives vs the South. Bone Black: Midwives vs the South is an experimental documentary that is a... Read More
Live, Laugh, and Learn: Advice from Past Community Builders Grant Winners & Judges
The Community Builders Grant launched in 2019, with the vision of “helping build bridges between filmmakers and the community while elevating their production by arming them with the necessary tools... Read More
Ashley C Battle Breaks the Rules
“Like every other kid that was born in the late eighties, early nineties, I was watching a ton of television music videos… MTV, BET…” Ashley rattles off. Ashley Battle is... Read More
George Ellzey Jr. Transcends the Limits
George Ellzey Jr. was always a lover of stories. He was raised in Chicago by a single mother. They didn’t have a lot of money. Whenever his mother wanted to... Read More
Grecia Aguilar Knows the Destination
When Grecia Aguilar was little, her mom would work night shifts. So, during the day, her mom would sometimes take Grecia and her two siblings to the movies to catch... Read More
National Hispanic Heritage Month: Women Filmmakers to Follow
National Hispanic Heritage Month: Women Filmmakers to Follow Today's post is by guest writer Anna Cox from Pragda. Living in a post-Roe v. Wade world has shifted our... Read More
Rosaleah Gonzalez Does What She Loves
When Rosaleah Gonzalez toured the campus that would eventually become her college, she wanted to study gaming development.... “I grew up playing a bunch of video games,” she says,... Read More
Troy Gueno: From VHS to Venice with Chance the Rapper
Being an award-winning director and cinematographer might be the sole bragging point for many. But, for Troy Gueno, he isn’t in love with how the titles sound. “It’s a little too... Read More
Five Chicago South Asian Filmmakers You Should Know
The total Asian population in Chicago grew from 144,903 in 2010 to 189,857 in 2020 — a 31% increase. The South Asian community is especially prominent in Chicago, given that,... Read More