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
Craig Bass on ‘Ghostlord and Quest for Dark Presence’
Craig Bass almost lost his lead. “I was driving by the arcade and I saw this huge array of skypanels out front with semi-trucks down the side streets, crew everywhere,”... Read More
Keri Pickett Finds Commonalities
Outside In..... Award-winning filmmaker, photographer, author, and artist Keri Pickett often finds herself observing. In college, she became involved with a group that supported John Trudell, who at the time... Read More
Judy Febles is Interested in Creating
When she was a teenager, Judy Febles watched Girl Interrupted for the first time... It was one of the first times that she’d witnessed a film with a large... 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