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CINEMACTIVIST episodes
- 04 - Unearth Theatrical Announcement
Our feature film, Unearth, will premiere theatrically, both in-person and in virtual cinema formats, on Earth Day: Thursday April 22nd, 2021! We're kicking off the theatrical opening in person, in Los Angeles, at Laemmle Theatres. How does an independent filmmaker approach independent cinemas? We share our method in this episode.
Unearth Theatrical Schedule: http://www.unearthmovie.com/schedule.html
Laemmle Theatres Unearth Page: https://www.laemmle.com/film/unearth
| Published on April 7, 2021 | Produced by Lyons Den Productions | Hosted by John C. Lyons | Music by Tony Grey |
Support CINEMACTIVIST and Lyons Den Productions by becoming a Patron at www.patreon.com/lyonsdenproductions
17 min - 03 - How Adrienne Barbeau Found a Way to Earn a Living Doing What She Loved
When we heard actor/author, Adrienne Barbeau, was interested in being in our upcoming feature film, Unearth, we were over the moon. Her involvement, passion for the material, and efforts as a collaborator took our production to the next level. In this episode, we bring you Part 1 of our conversation. Listen wherever you podcast. Patrons of Lyons Den Productions will receive the complete conversation in the coming weeks. For more information go to www.patreon.com/lyonsdenproductions.
Adrienne began her career in 1963. She's travelled the world many times over for the stage and screen. She received a Tony nomination and a Theatre World Award for her creation of Rizzo in the original Broadway production of Grease. She played the role of Bea Arthur’s daughter, Carol, in the hit series Maude. She has become a best selling author, a recording artist, and the star of numerous features, films for television, concert performances, musicals and plays.Adrienne has a Golden Globe nomination, over 450 screen performances to her credit and has starred in over 25 theatrical productions. Movie fans know her best for her performances in The Fog, Escape From New York, Creepshow, Swamp Thing, Back to School, Cannonball Run and the Academy Award winning, ARGO. She starred as Ruthie, the Snake Dancer, on HBO’s fascinating series, Carnivale. She was Oswald’s mom on Drew Carey, Victoria Grayson’s mom on Revenge, and Venus’s mom on Sons of Anarchy. Daytime viewers know her as Suzanne Stanwyck on General Hospital. Her recent television appearances include Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy, and the Netflix series A.J. and the Queen, starring RuPaul.Off camera, Adrienne is the voice of Catwoman in Batman, The Animated Series, Ms. Simone in Scooby-Do on Zombie Island, and Scooter’s Mom in the 3-D animated film Fly Me To The Moon. She can be heard in a myriad of video games: God of War, Halo 4, and Fallout 76 among them. Adrienne is the author of four books: the best-selling memoir There Are Worse Things I Could Do; the comedic thriller Vampyres of Hollywood and its comedy romance sequels, Love Bites and Make Me Dead.[2:43] - Getting into writing, and (creatively) writing what you know
[9:38] - Screenplay writing and revisiting grease
[18:18] - Becoming a performer
[26:42] - Achieving the dream goal
[29:22] - Advice for entertainment industry newcomers
[36:02] - Collaboration between actor, director and writer
[41:15] - Working with John Carpenter on The Fog
[42:51] - Adrienne’s writing process
[50:54] - Always reading
[56:55] - Politics
| Published on March 31, 2021 | Produced by Lyons Den Productions | Hosted by John C. Lyons | Music by Tony Grey |
Support CINEMACTIVIST and Lyons Den Productions by becoming a Patron at www.patreon.com/lyonsdenproductions
59 min - 02 - How to Survive the Current Independent Film Landscape with Clapboard Jungle's Justin McConnell
We met filmmaker Justin McConnell, virtually, last year in the Discord filmmaker community space at the Fantasia International Film Festival, where our new feature film, Unearth, had its world premiere and his new documentary, Clapboard Jungle was in the middle of its festival run.
Clapboard Jungle follows five years in the life and career of an independent filmmaker (Justin McConnell), supported by dozens of interviews, posing one question: how does an indie filmmaker survive in the current film business? We feel the documentary is required viewing for creatives, especially filmmakers. In this episode, we bring you our complete conversation. Listen wherever you podcast.[00:00] Justin McConnell and his film industry background[11:36] The Horror genre
[15:02] Recent changes in the film industry
[24:05] Does the cream rise to the top?
[30:58] How do you handle rejection? Was making Clapboard Jungle therapeutic?
[42:44] Ideas and Writing alone or with a Partner
[51:54] Considering your audience
[57: 22] Landing Interviews and Leveraging connections
[1:05:39] Raising Money, Benefits of a Sales Agent early in the process
[1:16:25] Watch out for Predators
[1:21:09] What to look for in a Sales Agent or Distributor and Contract tips
CINEMACTIVIST explores the films and filmmakers who use the art form to bring about political or social change, inform their audiences of important issues and perspectives, and whose goal is to ultimately make the world a better, more informed and empathetic place.| Published on March 24, 2021 | Produced by Lyons Den Productions | Hosted by John C. Lyons | Music by Tony Grey |
Support CINEMACTIVIST and Lyons Den Productions by becoming a Patron at www.patreon.com/lyonsdenproductions
1 hr 31 min - 01 - How Joshua Pribanic and Melissa Troutman Became Investigative Fracking Journalists
Our new feature film, Unearth, would not exist without the tireless work of Public Herald.
Co-founded in 2011 by investigative journalists Joshua Pribanic and Melissa Troutman, Public Herald’s mission is two-fold: truth + creativity. Their work uses investigative journalism and art to empower readers and hold accountable those who put the public at risk. Public Herald has garnered millions of readers, over 2,000 Lifetime Members, published exclusive investigations that reshaped the narrative on fracking, been cited in more than 20 peer-reviewed studies, regularly cited in national coverage, is licensed to more than 100 U.S. colleges, led to probes of criminal conduct, and produced three feature-length documentaries with international distribution.This is Part 1/3 of our conversation. Listen wherever you podcast.[00:00] Meet Joshua and Melissa[15:52] Creating Public Herald and uncovering widespread water contamination cover-ups in Pennsylvania[24:48] 30 sec. Intermission[25:24] Making their first documentary feature: Triple Divide[41:10] CollaborationCINEMACTIVIST explores the films and filmmakers who use the art form to bring about political or social change, inform their audiences of important issues and perspectives, and whose goal is to ultimately make the world a better, more informed and empathetic place.| Published on March 18, 2021 | Produced by Lyons Den Productions | Hosted by John C. Lyons | Music by Tony Grey |
Support CINEMACTIVIST and Lyons Den Productions by becoming a Patron at www.patreon.com/lyonsdenproductions
52 min - 00 - The 5 W's of CINEMACTIVIST
Cinema is the venue for exhibiting a motion picture or the art or technique of making a motion picture. Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct, or intervene in social, political, economic, or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. CINEMACTIVIST is a podcast for anyone who appreciates the power of film and craves context.
On CINEMACTIVIST, we will be exploring the films and filmmakers who use the art form to bring about political or social change, inform their audiences of important issues and perspectives, and whose goal is to ultimately make the world a better, more informed and empathetic place.There’s a story behind every film, and on CINEMACTIVIST we will tell a number of those stories. Stories from our own films. And with those films and series that inspire us in their courage to swing for the fences, hold a mirror up to its audience or the storytellers themselves.
CINEMACTIVIST will also serve as the companion piece to everything we’ve done at Lyons Den Productions, and do, going forward. We’ll answer that question every filmmakers hears the moment they complete a project: “What are you working on next?” In fact, we’ll not only answer that question, but bring you along through the motivations and process of creating, and reflecting.
| Published on March 17, 2021 | Produced by Lyons Den Productions | Hosted by John C. Lyons | Music by Tony Grey |
Support CINEMACTIVIST and Lyons Den Productions by becoming a Patron at www.patreon.com/lyonsdenproductions
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Filmmaking and immersive theatrical experiences at the intersection of art and activism. We explore the films and filmmakers, immersive theater and their creators, who use their art to bring about…
political or social change, inform their audiences of important issues and perspectives, and whose goal is to ultimately make the world a better, more informed and empathetic place. This is the official podcast of Lyons Den Productions and Tethered Immersive.