The NYWIFT Podcast

🍂 Happy Fall festival season from The NYWIFT Podcast! 

🎥 This week, Jessica Moskowitz interviews award-winning documentary filmmaker and photojournalist Jessica Earnshaw on her latest documentary BABY DOE, which follows Gail Ritchey, a suburban mother and grandmother whose life is upended decades after a tragic event from her past.  

🎙️Meet new co-host MéLisa Best and hear recommendations and programming updates from Katie Chambers 

📩 To be featured on the podcast, email us at [email protected]

🔗 For more great content, go to NYWIFT.org

🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

News Links 

Sept 23, Sept 30, Oct 7: Masterclass: Character Building with Pamela Gray 

Oct 11: Hamptons Burnch & Short Film Showcase 

Oct 17: NYWIFT @ Woodstock Film Festival - Breaking the Frame - How Far Have Women in Film Really Come?

For more upcoming NYWIFT Events, see https://www.nywift.org/events/ 

Socials 

Jessica Earnshaw: www.jessicaearnshaw.com / IG: @jess_earnshaw / LinkedIn: Jessica Earnshaw 

Baby Doe Film: www.babydoefilm.com/about / IG: @babydoefilm

Jessica Moskowitz: IG: @jessmoskowitz / LinkedIn: Jessica Moskowitz

Katie Chambers: IG: @katiegchambers 

MéLisa Best: IG: @melisathebestofficial / IMDB: MéLisa Best 

NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

🎙️Welcome back to The NYWIFT Podcast!

☀️ Janine interviews Award-Winning Director-Producer Kavery Kaul about her latest documentary The Bengali, and the ensuing #UnderOurSun impact campaign.

📢 Hosts Katie and Janine share good news about production in New York and a preview of NYWIFT happenings to look forward to. Plus, they dish on all things Emmys! 

📩 To be featured on the podcast, email us at [email protected]

🔗 For more great content, go to NYWIFT.org

News Links 

New York Sees Film and TV Spend Surge, California Halts Exodus For Now

Social Media 

Kavery Kaul: Website: kaverykaul.com / IG: @riverfilmsunlimited / River Films FB: https://www.facebook.com/riverfilmsunlimited

The Bengali Film: Website: https://thebengalifilm.com//

Under Our Sun: Website: https://www.underoursun.com/ / IG: @underoursun / FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61579441311378

Katie Chambers: IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers

Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod 

NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

🏳️‍🌈 🎵🌞 Happy Summer, Happy Pride Month, and African American Music Appreciation Month from The NYWIFT Podcast!

🎬 Hosts Tammy and Katie recap the Tribeca Festival and share their latest binge-watch recommendations.

🎞️ Katie interviews filmmakers Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani about Bouchra, an animated film following a 35-year-old queer artist navigating life between New York City and her family in Morocco.

🏆 Christine Stoddard joins Jess to share wisdom from her prolific career spanning journalism, podcasts, comedies, features, shorts, and experimental film, including 5 Reasons I Didn't Marry You, which took home an editing award from the NYWIFT Online Shorts Festival presented by iWomanTV.

📩 To be featured on the podcast, email us at [email protected]

🔗 For more great content, go to NYWIFT.org

Links: 

Orian Barki’s Website: https://orianbarki.com/ 

Christine Stoddard’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@stoddardtv 

Christine Stoddard’s Website: christinestoddard.com 

Socials: 

Orian Bakri: IG: @changeme2012 

Meriem Bennani: IG: @meriembennani

Bouchra film: @filmmovement (Distributor)  @2lizardsproduction (Production company)

Christine Stoddard: IG: @stoddardtv 

Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers

Jessica Moskowitz: IG: @jessmoskowitz / LinkedIn: Jessica Moskowitz 

Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia

NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

🤖 Hosts Katie and Jess discuss Dreams of Violets, the first fully AI-generated film accepted to a major festival.

🏆 NAACP Image Award-nominee Dara Frazier shares insights with Tammy on leading the creative team behind her latest film, Not Every Woman.

📖 Penni speaks to author, screenwriter, and producer Karen Goeller, who tells a powerful story about bullying through her book and film, Missy's Voice.

🔮 Katie gives a sneak peek at what's next for NYWIFT Programming — including masterclasses, salons, and celebrations!

📩 To be featured on the podcast, email us at [email protected]

🔗 For more great content, go to NYWIFT.org

Links 

Dara Frazier’s Website: DaraWrites.com 

Dara Drazier’s Production Company, 1642 Studios: 1642Studios.com

First Trailer for Fully AI-Generated Movie 'Dreams of Violets,' Premiering at Tribeca 

'Dreams of Violets' Review: An AI-Generated Movie Is Worrisome for All the Right Reasons 

NYWIFT Salon Conversation: An Evening with Women Authors - New York Women in Film & TelevisionNew York Women in Film & Television | June 23 at Stuart Cinema 

Socials 

Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers

Dara Frazier: IG: @1642studioproduction

Karen Goeller: IG: @missysvoice / IG: @karengoeller / X: @karengoeller / Facebook: Swing Set Fitness

Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1

Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod 

Jessica Moskowitz: IG: @jessmoskowitz / LinkedIn: Jessica Moskowitz 

Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia

🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

🎞️ This week on The NYWIFT Podcast: 

🍿Penni interviews two filmmakers with projects at this year’s Tribeca Festival: 

👢 Dori Berinstein is a six-time, Tony-winning Broadway producer, an Olivier winner and an Emmy-award-winning director, producer and writer of film & television. She is the Director and Producer of Couture to the Max, which follows a 9 year old fashion prodigy fusing boundless imagination with an unwavering commitment to sustainability. 

🗣️ Eliza Licht has been working in the social-issue documentary field for 20 years as an engagement strategist, impact producer, and television executive. She is the Producer of Hollywood Does Abortion, to reveal how the power of Hollywood narratives shape today’s harsh realities.

💵 Tammy talks about leadership in media companies, major industry shifts, and personal financial strategies (plus 4 must-ask questions for your accountant) with Wendy Rubin, an executive, media veteran, and creator of Fintimacy: A Women's Guide to Financial Freedom. 

🎥 Hosts Tammy and Katie look forward to all things Tribeca, and the NYWIFT members with films and podcasts at the festival. 

📩 To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]

🔗 For more great content go to NYWIFT.org

Links:

NYWIFT Celebrates 25 Years of Women Filmmakers: Panel at the Tribeca Storytelling Summit | Saturday, June 6 at 12:00 PM 

Couture to the Max | Saturday, June 13 at 8:30 PM | Sunday, June 14 at 2:00 PM

Hollywood Does Abortion | Sunday, June 07 at 5:30 PM | Monday, June 08 at 5:45 PM | Wednesday, June 10 at 8:45 PM

Tribeca Festival | June 3-14 

Dori Berinstein’s Website

Hollywood Does Abortion Website 

Socials:

Dori Berinstein: IG: @dori.berinstein

Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers

Eliza Licht: IG: @hollywooddoesabortion / IG: @teamredowl / IG: @elizalicht / Facebook: Eliza.Licht

Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1

Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod 

Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia

Wendy Rubin:  IG: @wendyrubin70 / Facebook: Wendy Reitman Rubin / LinkedIn: Wendy Rubin

NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

🎙️ This week on The NYWIFT Podcast, we’ll hear from visionaries in comedy and documentary 

🔥 Executive Producer and Actor Trish Appello shatters Invisible Woman Syndrome with The EffYou 50s series, a comedy that  embraces midlife as the boldest era yet 

🏛️ Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Director, Writer, and Producer Rita Coburn’s documentary W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause explores the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer  

🏆 Hosts Penni Malloy-Harper and Catherine Woo spotlight the upcoming Tribeca Festival, New York African Film Festival, Met Gala, and the Academy Awards’ new AI-related rules

📩 To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]

🔗 For more great content go to NYWIFT.org

NEWS 

The 25th Tribeca Film Festival 

The Met Gala 

The 33rd New York African Film Festival

The Devil Wears Prada 2 

Tony Nominations 

The Oscars and AI 

GUESTS 

Trish Appello: The EffYou 50s 

Rita Coburn 

Rita Cobrun: W.E.B. DuBois: Rebel With A Cause 

NYWIFT 

NYWIFT Masterclass: Navigating Reinvention with Carolyn Michelle | May 12, 19, and 26 | Virtual 

Mergers, Defunding, and Public Media! Oh, My! - Examining the Future of the U.S. Media Landscape | May 21 | Los Depressos Studio 

NYWIFT Partners for Film Fatales Artist Connection NYC Spring Social | May 29 at Museum of the Moving Image 

The New Works Lab Annual Reading | May 20 | Pen & Brush 

Socials 

Trish Appello: IG: @TheEffYou50s / Facebook: The EffYou 50s 

Rita Coburn: IG: @IAmRitaCoburn / LinkedIn: Rita Coburn 

Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1

Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod 

Catherine Woo: IG: @kate.anne.woo / LinkedIn: CatherineAWoo

NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT
🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

🎧 This week on The NYWIFT Podcast, hear from two trailblazing documentary filmmakers.

🌍 LaKisa and Tammy sit down with Veteran Corporate Executive Dominique Debroux, channeling her expertise in fundraising, branding, and women’s empowerment in her new documentary, Wise Women - Humanity’s Untold Origins, which reframes aging, power and the female body.

📢 Tammy speaks with Shareen Anderson, who has developed and produced documentary films and series for networks including A&E, PBS, Netflix, CNN, and Discovery. Now, she takes us to the front lines of the fight against exploitation in her eye-opening film, The Right Track, screening at Hunter College on May 13th! 

🎒 Hosts Penni and Janine celebrate the 8th Annual New York City Public School Film Festival 

🤝 Senior Director Katie Chambers highlights NYWIFT’s upcoming masterclasses on Film & Television Writing and Navigating Reinvention, and an Artist Connection Mixer with Film Fatales 

📩 To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. 

🔗 For more great content go to NYWIFT.org

NEWS LINKS 

The 8th Annual New York City Public School Film Festival 

The Right Track Website 

Fort Greene Filmworks - Shareen Anderson’s Production Company 

Wise Women Website 

NYWIFT Masterclass: Writing for Film and Television: Craft Workshop & Refresh with Amy Fox 

NYWIFT Masterclass: Navigating Reinvention with Carolyn Smith

Artist Connection NYC Mixer with Film Fatales on May 29 

SOCIALS 

Dominique Debroux: IG: @debrouxdominique

Shareen Anderson, The Right Track: IG: @righttrackfilm 

Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers

LaKisa Renee: IG: @LaKisaRenee

Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1

Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia

Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod 

NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song.

🙌 Penni brings us two interviews with women bringing bold stories to audiences 

📺 Black Public Media’s Executive Director Leslie Fields-Cruz takes center stage hosting CUNY TV’s Frame By Frame Series and this year’s PitchBLACK Awards Ceremony, which awards $150k to visionary media markers 

🎭 Actress, Writer, and Solo Performer Jessica Lia Berry brings us front-row to her one-woman show, I’m Still Not That Girl, bringing complex characters and emotions to the stage 

🌸 Hosts Katie and Catherine share binge watch recommendations 

📩 To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. 

🔗 For more great content go to NYWIFT.org

NEWS LINKS 

Jessica Lia Berry’s website 

Black Public Media

Buy tickets to PitchBLACK on April 30 

CUNY TV

Watch Frame by Frame: NYC Filmmakers in Focus            

SOCIALS  

Leslie Fields-Cruz: LinkedIn: LeslieFields-Cruz

Black Public Media: IG: @BlackPublicMedia / X: @blkpublicmedia / Facebook: BlackPublicMedia / YouTube: Black Public Media 

Jessica Lia Berry: IG: @jessica_lia / Facebook: JessicaLiaBerry / TikTok: @jessicaliaberry

Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1

Katie Chambers: IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers 

Catherine Woo: IG: @kate.anne.woo / LinkedIn: CatherineAWoo

NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song.

Making a five minute film in 5 days…no problem!

In this special bonus episode, host Janine McGoldrick talks with filmmaker Anna Pakman about her short film - Back to the Dark Ages - a sharp, imaginative dramedy that uses humor and surrealism to explore chronic illness, isolation, and the long-term impact of Long COVID.

Back to the Dark Ages is Anna’s entry for this year’s Easterseals Disability Film Challenge and she talks about the importance of inclusive filmmaking both in front of and behind the camera, and how initiatives like this are opening doors for disabled creators and their stories.

Watch Back the Dark Ages on Easterseals YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_Lc0rRD7M 

To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org.

Social Media:

Anna Pakman: IG: @annatated @darkagesfilm  / X: @annatated / Linkedin

NYWIFT: IG:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

🎤 Tammy and LaKisa bring you interviews from Muse Awards Red Carpet! 

🥂 Host and Muse Producer Katie Chambers recaps the Muse Award’s celebratory and uplifting spirit and insights on our theme of Reinvention 

🏆 Hear advice, stories, and musings from Honorees Audra McDonald, Joy Reid, Jane Raab, Izzy Harrison, Rebecca Damon, and Jamie Brewer 

🦋 Meet NYWIFT Board Members Okema T. Moore and Sibyl Santiago

⭐ Our Muse Audience shares the excitement in the room, including Executive Vice President of SAG-AFTRA Linda Powell, Maria Soccor, Iliana Guibert, Lauren Concar Sheehy, and DJ LUV 

📧 To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org.

News Links:

Associated Press: Interviews with Gwyneth Paltrow, Audra McDonald, Izzy Harrison, and Joy Reid 

The Knockturnal: NYWIFT Muse Awards Serves Up Inspiration at Annual Luncheon

People Magazine: Audra McDonald Shares a Sweet Story About How Her 9-Year-Old Daughter Helped Finish Her Speech

People Magazine: Gwyneth Paltrow Jokes She’s ‘One of the Original Nepo Babies’

NYWIFT’s Creative Workforce Summit Publication: Creative Sustainability in the Age of AI 

Audra McDonald: IG: @AudraMcDonald / Facebook: Audra McDonald

Joy Reid: IG: @JoyAnnReid / Facebook: Joy Reid Official / YouTube: The Joy Reid Show

Jane Raab: IG: @JaneRaab

Izzy Harrison: IG: @omg_itsizzyb / X: @OMG_itsizzyb

Rebecca Damon: IG: @RebeccaDamon / X: @RebeccaDamonNYC / LinkedIn: Rebecca Damon

Jamie Brewer: IG: @itsmemsjamiebrewer / X: @msjamiebrewer / Facebook: MsJamieBrewer

Okema T. Moore: IG: @OkemaTMoore / X: @OkemaTMoore / Linkedin: Okema Moore

Sibyl Santiago: IG: @SibylSantiago / Linkedin: Sibyl Santiago / Facebook: Sibyl Santiago 

Linda Powell: IG: @lindapnyc

Maria Soccor: IG: @iammariasoccor / Facebook: Maria Soccor / LinkedIn: Maria Soccor

Iliana Guibert: IG: @Iliana.Guibert / Facebook: Iliana Guibert.Actress / LinkedIn: Iliana Guibert 

Lauren Concar Sheehy: IG: @lauren_concar_sheehy / Linkedin: Lauren Concar 

DJ LUV: IG: @luvl1sa 

Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers

LaKisa Renee: IG: @LaKisaRenee

Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1

Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia

NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

🎵Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song.