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  • Leah Ibrahim Sams — Power of Women

    Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

    In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, founder and artist Leah Ibrahim Sams shares insight from her NFT project, Power of Women. Sams discusses her journey into web3, building Power of Women, the amplification of unheard voices, diversity in web3, using NFTs as a form of activism, the stories that fuel art, what it takes to nurture an online community, the necessity to be doxed, usings NFTs to make a positive impact on the real world, among other topics.

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    For more on Leah and Power of Women head to:


    Web | https://powerofwomen.io/
    Twitter | @PowerOfWomenNFT
    Discord | https://discord.com/invite/wrtsGTW9bP

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    Power Of Women is an NFT movement of BOLD, DIVERSE, EMPOWERING artworks by the illustrator, Leah Ibrahim Sams.

    Leah's work celebrates empowered women from around the world through vibrant colors, striking compositions and compelling messages.

    Her aim is not only to define what it means to be a woman today, but empower and inspire future generations of women, girls and non-binary people around the world through art and social action.

    To date, Leah’s artworks have seen a minting and trading volume of over 400 ETH, she was one of the only 1/1 artists to be featured alongside World of Women, Women Rise & Boss Beauties at the ADIDAS International Women’s Month Exhibition in London in March 2022, her art is owned by SIA, she is a HUG Artist in Residence, an NFT.NYC Award Winner and her drops have been known to SELL OUT in seconds.

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    Cool Hand Crypto

    Host & Executive Producer: Matt Silverman

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    #coolhandcrypto, #PowerOfWomen #LeahSams, #LeahIbrahimSams, #PowerOfWomenNFT, #BlazingWomen, #cinema,#culture,#crypto,#legal, #meta,#metaverse,#movies,#Hollywood,#nft,#dao,#cryptocurrency,#matt silverman,#TikTok

    49 min
  • The Sherwood Project — Go Big or Go Home

    Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

    In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Matt Silverman is joined by his Sherwood Project Co-Founder, Luke Dale, to discuss this moment in The Sherwood Project's evolution. The Sherwood Project is a Web3 film project focused on film, art, and positively impacting culture and the environment. Silverman and Dale discuss how building an ambitious Web3 project takes patience, time, and a delicate balance of staying connected to their community during a build-phase.

    For more on The Sherwood Project, head to:

    www.TheSherwoodProject.com

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    Cool Hand Crypto

    Host & Executive Producer: Matt Silverman

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    #coolhandcrypto, #mattsilverman, #cinema,#culture,#crypto,#TheSherwoodProject, #LukeDale, #RickDugdale, #Web3Pictures, #ZeroContact, #Enderby, #Vuele

    17 min
  • Anthony Hayes — The Dark Army NFT

    Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

    In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, veteran actor/director Anthony Hayes returns to discuss The Dark Army, the premiere NFT release for his Retrogression cinematic universe! Hayes discusses the Retrogression story, The Dark Army NFT release strategy, and how the NFT fits into a P2E (Play-to-Earn) game, metaverse, and film trilogy. Additionally, Hayes discusses FilmCrib.io, a streaming film platform and haven for independent filmmakers. 

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    The Dark Army is coming to Mintable.app on September 30th! To score a White List spot:
     
    1. Follow Retrogression on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RTGNMovie
    2. Join the Retrogression Discord: https://discord.gg/VXzhF8GXmC
    3. Join the Retrogression Telegram: https://t.me/RTGNuniverse
    4. Tag @RTGNMovie and @C00LHANDCRYPT0 on Twitter for a chance to win a spot!
     
     
    The Retrogression team will randomly select 10 people for White List spots.
     
    Winners will be selected on September 26th.

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    For more on Anthony and Retrogression head to:


    IMDB | https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370892/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
    Web | retrogression.io
    Telegram | @rtgnuniverse
    Film Crib | crib.retrogression.io

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    Anthony Hayes is an actor from War Machine with Brad Pitt, The Light Between Oceans with Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, Cargo with Martin Freeman, Animal Kingdom with Ben Mendelsohn and Joel Edgerton, The Rover with Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson among many other films. Most recently, Hayes produced, directed and co-wrote Gold, starring Zac Efron. Hayes is also the creator of Retrogression, a multi-faceted Web3 film studio.

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    Cool Hand Crypto

    Host & Executive Producer: Matt Silverman

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    #coolhandcrypto, #TheDarkArmy, #retrogression, #AnthonyHayes, #ZacEfron, #cinema,#culture,#crypto,#legal, #meta,#metaverse,#movies,#Hollywood,#nft,#dao,#cryptocurrency,#matt silverman,#TikTok

    43 min
  • Web3 Pictures & The Sherwood Project Update

    Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

    In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Silverman is joined by his Sherwood Project Co-Founder, Luke Dale, to discuss the future of filmmaking with Web3 Pictures, LLC. Silverman and Dale also discuss the latest updates with their NFT project, The Sherwood Project.

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    Cool Hand Crypto

    Host & Executive Producer: Matt Silverman

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    #coolhandcrypto, #mattsilverman, #cinema,#culture,#crypto,#TheSherwoodProject, #LukeDale, #RickDugdale, #Web3Pictures, #ZeroContact, #Enderby, #Vuele

    23 min
  • Ethan Feldbau — EEAAO VFX

    Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

    In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Silverman speaks with Lead VFX Artist of Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ethan Feldbau. Silverman and Feldbau discuss their past experience working together on music videos, production design, transitioning practical design skills into VFX, and various anecdotes from working on Everything Everywhere All at Once, including the design of the bagel, verse-jumping and Raccacoonie.

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    For more on Ethan, head to:

    http://www.ethanfeldbau.com/
    https://www.pretendvfx.com/

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    \\ THE SHERWOOD PROJECT - JUNE 15 LIMITED PUBLIC SALE \\

    For more on The Sherwood Project head to:

    https://www.TheSherwoodProject.com

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    Cool Hand Crypto

    Host & Executive Producer: Matt Silverman

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    #coolhandcrypto, #mattsilverman, #cinema,#culture,#crypto,#The Sherwood Project, #Ethan Feldbau, #Everything Everywhere All at Once #EEAAO, #VFX, #PretendVFX, 

    46 min
  • Jason Charnick — Steering into the Scarcity

    Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

    In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Silverman speaks with filmmaker Jason Charnick on the emerging community of filmmakers harnessing the promise of Web3 to produce content. In this episode, Silverman and Charnick discuss "legacy" filmmaking, film distribution, the gatekeepers of Hollywood, the altruistic ethos of Web3, his film Getting Over, among other topics.

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    Jason Charnick is an award-winning filmmaker & New Yorker now living in Southern California. He has been in the entertainment industry for almost 25 years, including over a dozen with Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions family. He has worked with clients such as Universal, Warner Bros., Fox, Paramount, A&E, Comedy Central, Viacom & more.


    His first feature, the critically acclaimed documentary GETTING OVER, premiered at the prestigious SXSW Film Festival in 2018, and he currently hosts a filmmaking & mental health podcast called HEAD ABOVE WATER.

    NiftyFilm is also home to his personal NFT film project, THE ABSENCE IS ALWAYS PRESENT.

    For more on Charnick, head to:

    https://www.upstartfilmcollective.com/

    https://www.niftyfilm.io/
    https://www.niftyfilm.io/projects/dreads/ https://www.niftyfilm.io/projects/absence/ https://www.headabovewaterpodcast.com/

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    \\ THE SHERWOOD PROJECT - JUNE 15 LIMITED PUBLIC SALE \\

    For more on The Sherwood Project head to:

    https://www.TheSherwoodProject.com

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    Cool Hand Crypto

    Host & Executive Producer: Matt Silverman

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    #coolhandcrypto, #mattsilverman, #cinema,#culture,#crypto,#The Sherwood Project, #Jason Charnick, #Getting Over, #NiftyFilm, #Upstartfilmcollective, #latenightdreads, #headabovewaterpodcast, 

    57 min
  • Rick Dugdale — Zero Contact in the Vueleverse

    Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

    In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Silverman speaks with President and CEO of Enderby Entertainment, Co-Founder of VUELE™ and director of Zero Contact, Rick Dugdale. Silverman and Dugdale discuss traditional film financing, production and distribution with Enderby Entertainment, onboarding Hollywood into Web3, feature films as NFTs on VUELE™, the utility of NFT content, working with Anthony Hopkins, the logistical challenge of filming Zero Contact, among other topics. 

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    Rick Dugdale is the President and CEO of Enderby Entertainment, a film finance and production company founded in 2006 by Dugdale and partner, Daniel Petrie, Jr. Dugdale oversees all aspects of Enderby Entertainment’s business, finance and production and spearheads the company’s relationships with its worldwide community of financial partners.


    Dugdale is also Co-Founder of VUELE™, the first NFT digital collectible viewing and distribution platform launched in 2021 with the first-of-its-kind feature film ZERO CONTACT that dropped in September 2021 generating nearly six figures with 11 NFT offerings. Created in 17 countries without a single handshake during the global Covid pandemic in 2020, ZERO CONTACT is a thriller with an ensemble cast led by Academy Award-winner Anthony Hopkins.

    Also in 2020, Dugdale’s World War II thriller Recon starring Alexander Ludwig and directed by Robert Port premiered at the Austin Film Festival and will be released by Fathom Events for Veteran’s Day. Additional recent films include Enderby’s most ambitious project since inception: The Intrigo Anthology, a trilogy of feature films based upon a series of European best-sellers by the immensely popular Swedish author Håkan Nesser distributed by Lionsgate.

    Based in Los Angeles, Dugdale is a member of the Producers Guild of America, filmmaker and entrepreneur as well as an avid hockey player.

    For more on Rick Dugdale, check out:

    Vuele: vuele.io

    Enderby Entertainment: enderbyentertainment.com

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    \\ THE SHERWOOD PROJECT - JUNE 1, 2022 PRESALE, JUNE 15 PUBLIC SALE \\

    Discover an artist. Support a film. Join the community. 

    For more on The Sherwood Project head to:

    https://www.TheSherwoodProject.com

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    Cool Hand Crypto

    Host & Executive Producer: Matt Silverman

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    #coolhandcrypto, #mattsilverman, #cinema,#culture,#crypto,#The Sherwood Project, #Rick Dugdale, #ZeroContact, #Vuele, #Enderby, #Enderby Entertainment, #Vueleverse, #Anthony Hopkins

    37 min
  • Amy Suto — SutoScience

    Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

    In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Silverman speaks with Web3 copywriter Amy Suto on the toxicity of hustle culture, knowing your value as a freelancer, transitioning from TV writing to Web3 copywriting, using the Hero's Journey to anchor a story, the problem with tech jargon, among other topics.

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    Amy Suto is a freelance writer specializing in web3 copywriting and creative writing. She started her career in Hollywood as a TV writer before jumping into tech and traveling the world as a digital nomad. When she's not writing, you can find her writing on her blog AmySuto.com, learning a variety of new and obscure hobbies, or planning her next trip.

    For more on Amy, check out:

    Web: AmySuto.com 

    Amy's Web3 Writing Packages: Sutoscience.com
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sutoscience
    Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sutoscience
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/sutoscience

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    \\ THE SHERWOOD PROJECT - JUNE 1, 2022 PRESALE, JUNE 15 PUBLIC SALE \\

    Discover an artist. Support a film. Join the community. 

    For more on The Sherwood Project head to:

    https://www.TheSherwoodProject.com

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    Cool Hand Crypto

    Host & Executive Producer: Matt Silverman

    Assoc. Producer: Cassidy Slamin

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    #coolhandcrypto, #mattsilverman, #cinema,#culture,#crypto,#TheSherwoodProject, #AmySuto, #Sutoscience

    37 min
  • Alex Qian — From Cubicle to Creator

    Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

    In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Silverman speaks with filmmaker, photographer, and NFT artist, Alex Qian on his background in finance and how that shaped his journey into being a full-time creator. 

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    Alex Qian is an LA based creator that took a deep dive from his last career in Financial Services. He is now an established NFT artist, content creator, and social media influencer with a focus on mental health and community.

    For more on Alex, check out:

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_alexqian/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/_alexqian
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@_alexqian?lang=en

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    \\ THE SHERWOOD PROJECT - JUNE 1, 2022 PRESALE, JUNE 15 PUBLIC SALE \\

    Discover an artist. Support a film. Join the community. 

    For more on The Sherwood Project head to:

    https://www.TheSherwoodProject.com

     

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    Cool Hand Crypto

    Host & Executive Producer: Matt Silverman

    Assoc. Producer: Cassidy Slamin

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    #coolhandcrypto,#cinema,#culture,#crypto,#TheSherwoodProject,#LukeDale,#Hanscap,#meta,#metaverse,#movies,#Hollywood,#nft,#dao,#cryptocurrency,#matt silverman,#TikTok, #AlexQian, #_alexqian

    50 min
  • Anthony Hayes — Retrogression Defi Studio

    Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

    In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Matt speaks with veteran actor and director of Zac Efron's new film Gold, Anthony Hayes! In this episode Hayes discusses what it's like to direct Zac Efron, the tumultuous shooting conditions faced when filming Gold, his storied career as an actor, the ability to work both within the Hollywood studio system and outside of it, the impulse to reward creators more directly, and the various facets of his blockbuster defi Web3 studio, Retrogression. 

    For more on Anthony and Retrogression head to:


    IMDB | https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370892/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
    Web | retrogression.io
    Telegram | @rtgnuniverse
    Film Crib | crib.retrogression.io

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    Anthony Hayes is an actor from War Machine with Brad Pitt, The Light Between Oceans with Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, Cargo with Martin Freeman, Animal Kingdom with Ben Mendelsohn and Joel Edgerton, The Rover with Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson among many other films. Most recently, Hayes produced, directed and co-wrote Gold, starring Zac Efron. Hayes is also the creator of Retrogression, a multi-faceted Web3 film studio.

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    Cool Hand Crypto

    Host & Executive Producer: Matt Silverman

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    Listen and subscribe to the Cool Hand Crypto Podcast!

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    #coolhandcrypto, #retrogression, #AnthonyHayes, #ZacEfron, #cinema,#culture,#crypto,#legal, #meta,#metaverse,#movies,#Hollywood,#nft,#dao,#cryptocurrency,#matt silverman,#TikTok

    58 min

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