Sundance Feels the Burn
There are two Sundance Film Festivals. The made-for-television, glamorous, Los Angeles-chic Sundance can be seen on Entertainment Tonight and Extra:…
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Don’t Worry, Film Happy
After more than twenty years in the business, I decided to quit my career as a costume designer. I was…
Rodney Evans
In the Flying Saucer café in Brooklyn, New York, Rodney Evans settles into the same chair he sat in to…
Lost Angels
I could just be romanticizing it now that I’ve moved, but in New York all the filmmakers I knew seemed…
Keeping it Real Weird
Long gone are the days when Austin, Texas was merely a breeding-ground for progressive types, presidential hopefuls, and music junkies….
Funder FAQ: National Center for Outreach
Public television stations have always been dedicated to airing programs that help their communities. But after the programs have aired,…
PBS’s Double Bind
There’s a phenomenon afoot that is increasingly evident this year—at Sundance, Real Screen, and beyond. Let’s call it producer fatigue;…
Don’t Shoot
Many might say the past few years have been good ones for independent filmmakers, largely because digital filmmaking has made…
Orlando Bagwell
After twenty years behind the lens, Orlando Bagwell is putting down his camera. But his recently Sundance-screened Citizen King is…