Why is it that, despite the fact that technology has made it easier and cheaper to make and distribute your own films than ever before, being an independent filmmaker has become no easier than it ever was? In this episode, I talk to my friend, the filmmaker Charles Davis, about the life and times of today's independent filmmakers.

ABOUT CHARLES

Charles Davis is an independent filmmaker and head of Chunkle Freaky's Movies, an independent film company that makes low budget weirdo films for your viewing pleasure.  Check out his site at www.chunklefreaky.com and catch his movies on Amazon and Vimeo.

-Athas: https://www.amazon.com/Athas-Leslie-Dame/dp/B07YXCKRZL

-Portal Man: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JK9GW19

-Eddie Glum: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/eddieglum

THINGS CHARLES THINKS YOU SHOULD SEE

-vimeo.com

-Chain Film Festival: www.chainfilmfestival.com

-Newark International Film Festival: http://newarkiff.com/

-New Filmmakers New York: www.newfilmmakers.com

-Corey Nikolaus - Fish Eye - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q7InAGvSFg

-Bob Rose - Timecrowave - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX2roqxRRqc

-Kate Lavin - The Eye in the Clock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7zGiN1bzz8

MUSIC

-Theme music and consultation: Georgina Rossi, www.georginarossi.com

-Interlude: Aleksandr Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia