Vibrant Visionaries

Award winning character actor / producer / publicist Jonah Blechman shares his drive to champion marginalized voices and spotlight queer stories on the second episode of Vibrant Visionaries available to watch on YouTube!

Jonah and I discuss his involvement in four diverse, dynamic projects this Spring including the SXSW World Premiere competition film SWAN SONG, the release of the Director’s Cut of his iconic queer cult comedy classic ANOTHER GAY MOVIE, the new dark comedy series PET PEEVES, and a turn in the horror comedy film CLAW.

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My guest today is the amazingly versatile voice actor, comic and virtual event producer Selene Luna. We had a blast swapping bargain shopping tips and talking arts and crafts. Hear how Selene found the silver lining of lock-down, successfully producing Selene Luna’s Comedy Liberation, a virtual standup comedy show spotlighting comics with disabilities. She also hosts a weekly sing-along, low-impact workout class on Instagram that we can all join from our very own bunkers!

This episode is now available as a video on our new YouTube Channel: The Vibrant Visionaries Network

My editor is David Smith

Check out all of Selene’s amazing work at SeleneLuna.com

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Welcome to Season 3 of Vibrant Visionaries. Today I’m sharing my grand plans for the podcast and our upcoming YouTube channel! I’ll continue to bring you interviews with amazing creative professionals, but you can also expect the unexpected. Have a listen and find out!

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Join me for some warm and cozy streaming media recommendations as I put season 2 of Vibrant Visionaries to bed and celebrate 50 episodes! I’ll be OFF social media for January and February to decompress and deeply focus on Season 3 and other secret surprises.

I’ll be back with season 3 in MARCH of 2021 after a short hiatus – so if you want to stay connected…

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Hilarious Bridget Gelms (co-host of Radaptations Podcast) returns to discuss Season 2, Episode 13 of Parks and Recreation: The Set Up.

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Experimental Composer Robert Allaire shares the fascinating process behind collaborating with Writer/Director Maria Bissell to create just the right musical mood for her hilarious dark comedy holiday caper How To Deter A Robber.

Robert Allaire is a Los Angeles based composer whose work at the intersection of music and sound design has garnered accolades from LA Weekly and The New York Times. His style fuses dark electronics, contemporary experimental techniques, and bold orchestral writing into a unique voice which has been heard in films, video games, and over 1,000 episodes of television.

Find his music and social links HERE

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Director Amelia Moses and Co-writer/Producer Wendy Hill-Tout reveal how their instinct and creative process informed the experience of creating the Canadian Horror Film Bloodthirsty which debut at this year’s Fantastic Fest!

Wendy co-wrote Bloodthirsty with her daughter singer/songwriter Lowell who provided original songs for the film.

Amelia is the writer/director of slow-burn thriller Bleed With Me

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Acclaimed documentary filmmaker David Weiner is back and he’s been very busy since joining me on S1, Episode 12 of Vibrant Visionaries. Have a listen as we catch up and David shares how you can join the fun and be a part of film-making history!

David is the director/writer/producer of IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS, a critically acclaimed four-and-a-half-hour documentary about ’80s horror movies, its follow-up IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS: PART II, and IN SEARCH OF TOMORROW, a documentary about ’80s Sci-Fi movies, for CreatorVC.

You have until midnight, October 31st to buy In Search of Darkness: Part II and get your name in the credits, 3 posters, and a collectible enamel pin… PLUS a 12-month season pass to the ultimate ‘80s Horror community. Only available until midnight on Halloween and only available here.

This four-hour-plus sequel to In Search of Darkness delivers more of what made the original so popular. Featuring more critical takes, insider tales, and unheard anecdotes.

Featuring: Tom Savini, Robert England, Linea Quigley, Shinya Tsukamoto, Geretta Geretta, Gedde Watanabe, John Carpenter, Nick Castle, Keith David, Barbara Crampton, Mick Garris, Clancy Brown, Andre Gower, Nancy Allen and many MORE!

Follow the fun at 80s Horror Doc on Twitter and Instragram

Keep up with David Weiner on Twitter, Instagram and at his critically acclaimed, multi-Rondo-nominated It Came From… retro genre pop-culture site!

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Writer/Director Maria Bissell shares her experience debuting her first feature film – How To Deter A Robber at Fantastic Fest 2020! I loved this hilarious instant holiday classic and talking with Maria was a blast! Stay tuned for more interviews from Fantastic Fest.

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How to Deter A Robber via Fantastic Fest:

Two teens are settling in for an uneventful holiday at the family cabin in the woods, when they notice a light on in the adjacent, vacant cabin. Taking it upon themselves to investigate, they find nothing amiss, and engage in a little harmless fun…at least that’s what they think. During their revelries, they break a ceramic hodag figurine…a little known cryptid native to Wisconsin. Under this harbinger of bad luck, they pass out in the cabin, awakening to find the place trashed, and themselves under suspicion for a crime committed while they were fast asleep.   

With the help of their Uncle Andy (Chris Mulkey of TWIN PEAKS fame), and some humorous booby traps straight out of HOME ALONE, they eventually come face to face with the criminals, and it’s going to take more than some well-placed paint cans and party poppers to stop them.   

Maria Bissell deftly handles the wide variety of tones in this film, crafting a straight comedy that morphs to a tense home invasion thriller, in an impressive first feature. The film makes the most of its beautifully snowed-in, desolate location in Northern Wisconsin, and consistently upends your expectations in every act.  Anchored by excellent performances from the charming leads Vanessa Marano and Benjamin Papac and an extremely catchy soundtrack, this fun, fresh crowd-pleaser is destined to become essential holiday viewing. (LISA DREYER)

Insightful and delightful Elaine Best of the Angus Eye Tea podcast and I share our thoughts and observations on Parks & Recreation season 2 episode 9 The Camel. Check out her wonderful podcast Angus Eye Tea.

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