The BraveMaker Podcast

He's known as Detective Alex Sanchez (#DetectiveHottie) in CBS' Bold + The Beautiful but he's also my (Tony) buddy. 

Enjoy our chat from TWIST (cafe) in Los Angeles (Hancock Park). 

Follow him on INSTAGRAM

https://www.instagram.com/jeremyrayvaldez/

YOUTUBE

TWITTER

https://twitter.com/JeremyRayValdez

During a visit to Spain, Rebekah sits down with friend, YouTuber, & Content Creator Katya Constantine.  They talk of Katya's experience growing up in Spain, finding her Niche, finding the power of YOU (being yourself), shutting down your negative voice, and all about being real with procrastination and anxiety. 

Follow Katya on her social media channels: 

Instagram and Twitter: - kat_constantine

Youtube: Katya Constantine

https://www.youtube.com/user/MissxXxMannequin/videos

Teenager. 

Singer.

Songwriter.

Actress.

BraveMaker

Music on SPOTIFY

Instagram

SUMMER LOVE Music Video

Behind the Scenes of SUMMER LOVE

Well, our first ever SUMMER FILM FEST is complete!

Now, let's recap!

A few references:

On the Corner of Ego + Desire film by Alex Ferrari

Dragon Theatre GENDER SHORT PLAYS

Melanie Victor's Actor's Lounge Podcast

www.bravemaker.com/donate

to DOUBLE your donations!

This guy. 

Just make your films. No excuses. 

https://indiefilmhustle.com/

https://endofthedayfilm.com/

We could have called this segment FILMMAKERS IN CARS TALKING ABOUT MOVIES. Listen to find out why.

Florida filmmaker Kevin O'Brien + Tony Gapastione chat about the making of At the End of the Day, Screening SUNDAY JUNE 2nd 10am at Century 20 theater. Kevin calls his film a story about the tension between the LGBTQ+ community and the evangelical church. A very BRAVE film. A very BRAVE filmmaker. 

Follow KEVIN on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/imkevinob/

Tricia not only survived cancer but made a movie about it. When her stage 4 breast cancer metastasized  to her brain she was faced with even more obstacles to overcome. She wanted to survive and she also wanted to become a parent with her husband Matt. Once she started pursuing that dream through surrogacy she had to answer the question: what if she wasn't around to meet her child? So she started filming the journey and rest is history. Love Always, Mom is a love story to an unborn child. 

We hosted Tricia and her film Monday May 13th, 2019. But this interview was recorded December 2018. 

Say hi on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/lovealwaysmomthemovie/

Link for the film and screenings

https://linktr.ee/lovealwaysmomthemovie

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THE BRAVEMAKER FILM FEST KICKS OFF THIS FRIDAY MAY 31ST, 2019!

TICKETS HERE:

https://www.bravemaker.com/

Welcome JON FUSCO to the BraveMaker family. Jon's debut short film THE GUY will premiere on the west coast with us on June 2nd at 630pm in the Redwood City, Ca, Century 20 theater. Tickets here.

Recorded January 2019 in the cold of Sundance,  Park City Utah, Jon and Tony dish on all things filmmaking, festivals and podcasting. 

Check out Jon's FILM articles 

Indie Wire

See the kickstarter to THE GUY; his film here.

Follow him on IG https://www.instagram.com/jimscam/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jim_jon_jim/

3 Short film podcasts  by JON

How to make a short

pod 2 production

Editing

Episode 9 is an adult conversation. NSFW or young children. 

Diana Kelly, author of THE SKY TURNED GREEN AND THE GRASS TURNED BLUE. DIANE'S STORY. 

About the Story: When Diane’s lover and friend, Jack, comes out  seven years into their relationship expressing his well-kept secret  desire to transition from male to female, Diane’s world turns upside  down.  With little information to help answer the question ‘do I stay or  do I go’ Diane searches for direction on her own. Navigating the murky  waters of the unknown that accompany the challenges of Jack’s changing  persona, she is guided by love, loyalty, and a willingness to  sacrifice.  In this true story, Diane  provides  her personal and intimate view into gay the lesbian community in her attempt to gauge what impact  Jack’s changes might have to their relationship and to her own authentic self.

https://greenskypublishing.com/dianakellyauthor/

https://www.instagram.com/dianakellyauthor/

https://twitter.com/greenskysf

https://www.facebook.com/greensky.sf

Race + gender biases. We all have them but what do we do about them?

https://www.biasfilm.com/

We were honored to host a San Francisco filmmaker and her film that challenges us to confront our hidden biases and understand what we risk when we follow our gut. Through exposing her own  biases, award-winning documentary filmmaker Robin Hauser highlights  the nature of implicit bias, the grip it holds on our social and  professional lives, and what it will take to induce change.

After the film we had a dialogue with leaders who are also doing work in the race space: 

Ana Avendaño + Andre Henry (full interview with him on ep 7). 

You will also meet BraveMaker's first FISCAL SPONSEE Samah Damanhoori who is making an animated film on her experience of liberation from her oppressive past. More on that soon.