Film Forward

Alison Wong is a staff writer for the hit show One Day at a Time which is currently in it’s 4th season.

We chat with Ms. Wong about what it was like joining a writer’s room in the fourth season of a show. We also discuss how their entire team has had to adjust to the Covid-19 pandemic.

This is a great episode for aspiring writers and lovers of three-camera sitcoms! I will also add that Alison is hilarious - so if you like to laugh, this should be a fun thirty-five minutes.

One Day at a Time airs Tuesday nights on PopTV.

In honor of Women’s History Month, we bring you another Gimme Three episode. Each of us suggest 3 films we love directed by women.

Our guest of honor this week is LADFF Alumni Alle Hsu.

In the episode, Alle references her short film, Sophie that was shot in Honk Kong. Here's a link to that short:

https://www.viddsee.com/video/sophie/mhask?locale=en

If you take any of our film suggestions, let us know what you think in the comments section - or hit us up on Instagram @ladiversityfilmfest or on our Facebook page. Enjoy!

We are honored to be joined by Award-Winning Filmmaker, creative partner and dear friend Ryan Lacen (The Dust Storm, All The World Is Sleeping).

During these… “interesting” times of self-isolation and quarantining, the team at Film Forward wanted to help out by offering 3 amazing and poignant double features to check out while you are cooped up at home.

Enjoy the episode and let us know what you think of the movies!

For this episode of Film Forward, we decided to do something a little different. Each of our producers joins us as our guests as we all do a Gimme Three for 2019.

Check out this fun episode and listen to us discuss some of our favorites from last year, and if you choose to watch any of them (and we hope that you do), please let us know what you think by leaving a comment.

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Kit Williamson is he co-creator, director, writer and star of the hit Netflix show - EastSiders.

Join us as we discuss the fascinating and inspiring backstory of this series. We do a deep dive on the show and it's themes and talk about the importance of diverse Queer content and representation.

As always, we finish the show with Gimme Three, Kit offers three EXCELLENT recommendations to our audience.

All 4 seasons of Kit's show EastSiders are available to stream on Netflix, and this episode is the perfect primer for your binge party!

In October, we sat down with Academy Award-Nominated Screenwriter Virgil Williams to discuss his film Mudbound and it's profound affect on audiences.

Virgil invites us into his writing process, offering keen insight for upcoming screenwriters. We also discuss his upcoming project wth director Denzel Washington, "A Journal for Jordan"

Elena Weinberg & Duncan Coe "A Room Full of Nothing" by Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival

Filmmaker Thiago Dadalt discusses his film "Duke" and what is was like adapting a true story into a narrative film. He also gives us three fantastic recommendations in our Gimme Three segment.

Duke is playing August 24th at the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival. Tickets are available at LADFF.com

Behold! The greatest interview with a Gay, Asian, Musical Comedian from Canada that you will hear today! Kevin Yee joins us to discuss his career and his new movie "About A Short Film."

Listen, laugh and enjoy! And if you dig this episode, come see Kevin's film at LADFF on August 24th. Tickets on sale now at LADFF.com

David & Marli discuss their film "The Gospel of Combat" and their relationship with it's subject, Sensai Ben Kiyaga. This short documentary was shot in Kenya and is a beautiful character study.

We're thrilled to screen it in the Doc Block at this year's Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival. Tickets available at LADFF.com