Filmmaking for Change

Welcome back to the Cause Cinema Spotlight.  Where I share 3 worthy projects, streaming on a variety of platforms.  I aim to highlight engaging, often inspiring, new or timely movies and series, and save you time.  Hear the trailers and learn where to find them. 3 projects. Under 10 minutes.  

So let's jump in with the power of music, and pay tribute to David Crosby, who we lost this week at the ripe old age of 81.  He was a founding member of The Byrds, and then Crosby Stills and Nash.  

“The power of music is undeniable.  I truly believe that it can change the world”. Graham Nash (From the documentary Echo in the Canyon)

This week’s picks include:

Echo in the Canyon

Nothing Compares

The Return Of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile

Until next time, you be well.

Welcome back to the Cause Cinema Spotlight.  Where I share 3 worthy projects, streaming on a variety of platforms.  I aim to highlight engaging, often inspiring, new or timely movies and series, and save you time.  3 projects.  Under 10 minutes.  

This week’s picks include:

The Last of Us

The Territory

Ari pu (Declaration) 

Until next time, you be well.

Welcome to the Cause Cinema Spotlight, where I will highlight 3 films I think you should know about.  Many of them will fit squarely into the social impact film space.  Others may have less of a call to action but they will always have some social relevance, what we call filmmaking for change.  

With the onslaught of movies being released on a variety of platforms, our hope is to save you some time in searching. We'll share insights on some great movies and tell you WHERE you can see them.

This week's picks include:

• Banshees of Inisherin
• Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me
• Triangle of Sadness
  

Enjoy!

Vessel begins with a young doctor who lived by the sea, and an unlikely idea.  Rebecca Gomperts, horrified by the realities created by anti-abortion law around the world, felt compelled to challenge this.  Her method: to provide abortions on a ship in offshore waters.

Diana's film premiered at SXSW where it won the Audience Award for Documentary in Competition.  Supported by Impact Partners, the movie went on to win many more prizes, before playing on college campuses, engaging in education screenings and playing on Netflix.  The film is now available on multiple platforms.

The interview includes the following highlights:

• Background on the origins of the project
• The partnerships that supported the distribution
• Tips for filmmakers embarking on social impact campaign
• Engaging in community screenings
• Diana's 3 movie picks

This week, we're excited to have a special guest who wears multiple hats in the impact film space.  Michael Kuehnert has directed films and created numerous Impact Campaigns for filmmakers, leading acquisitions for documentary distributor The Video Project.

Mike shares the backstory on how this project become a reality, how they hit their stride on the festival circuit and how their grassroots campaign is affecting viewers across the country.

For more information on the film, to see the trailer and join their mailing list so you can get the latest news on their distribution, visit:

http://www.reboundthefilm.com/

"Ideas + Empathy = impact"  is the motto for The Nation of Artists.  We sat down with the Founder and CEO of this innovative company, Elliot Kotek to learn more about how they work with a broad range of parters to leverage the power of story to create change.

The social impact space continues to expand and Elliot is connecting a lot of dots - branded storytelling, innovation and impact.  

Show Notes

1. You wear a lot of hats, and are continue to be very respected in film and music world.  Tell us more about your workflow, and how your film and music roles intersect.
2. You've managed to have a successful career, living on the indie side of Hollywood, before we jump into your current work, give us a few highlights from projects over the years.  A story or two, lessons learned (emerging filmmakers want to learn from these podcasts)
3. So you have two films that have been playing the fest circuit, that will soon be seen by audiences, on their platform or choice I assume.  7 Splinters in Tim  is one of them.  Tell us more about this project and how/when our listeners can see it?
4. Beauty Mark is another film of yours recently acquired for distribution.  Give us some background on how you got involved in that project.
5. Since this is clearly in the Cause Cinema space, and knowing it is based on a true story, was there a mission to just share this important story, or was there an intention to create a call to action or movement?

You can find Gill via http://www.sonablast.com/

We’re excited to continue our exploration of distribution – in this modern digital world, and we’re pleased to be joined by the Head of Global Sales & Licensing at Filmhub, Roger Jackson.

Show Notes: 

1. Tells us more about Film Hub and your mission as a company.

2. I'm sure it's on your website, but is there a straight forward rev share model you can explain...filmmaker split?

3. Are you active in the Acquisition space, or do most films come to you?  and general Sales strategy

4. What if a filmmaker wants Netflix and/or iTunes, do you submit everything or essentially curate what you believe they will want?

5. Would you say overall, this is a very exciting time for independent filmmakers, with so many distribution outlets?  Or that we need to narrow the Platform playing field, and/or support more curation tools?

Learn more at FilmmakingforChange.com

Cinema Libre supports projects on a mission, distributing more than 200 films over the past 15 years.  While many of  their films are acquisitions from  the film festival arena, they do have a production division and provide post production services.

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