10 to Watch 2018: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Maddy Kadish speaks with 2018 10 to Watch winner Reinaldo Marcus Green on his first feature film Monsters and Men.
Maddy Kadish
Maddy Kadish is a writer and producer. In addition to The Independent, she has contributed articles to MovieMaker Magazine, IndieWire, and No Film School, profiling festivals, filmmakers, and new technologies. She has worked as a consultant for the Boston Jewish Film Festival and Glovebox Short Film & Animation Festival. Maddy spent 10 years as a film, video, and multimedia producer in NYC, Boston, and London, specializing in educational media. She currently works at PBS Education in Washington DC as a content development manager, helping PBS filmmakers bring their work to classrooms across the US. She holds a B.S. from Cornell and an Ed.M. from Harvard. She can be reached at maddy@independent-magazine.org.
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2018
10 to Watch is our annual list of filmmakers who we think you should keep an eye our for that year. In 2018, we are rolling out a new one every day for 10 days. This year’s list reflects filmmakers, nominated from readers and industry colleagues, who remind us of our common humanity, lift alternative voices, and show us multiple perspectives.
10 to Watch: 2018 Nominating Jury
For 10 years now The Independent has been tooting the horn for indie filmmakers everywhere with our annual 10 to Watch. Read on about how to help us in our 10 for 10 year by nominating a filmmaker. We want to hear the stories of characters who often hide in the shadows of cinema. We will post our list this spring.
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2017
We update our 10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2017 list every day for 10 days as we announce each filmmaker. With reader recommendations and industry colleagues, 10 to watch identifies artists who are breaking new ground, either in their own career or in the form at large.
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2017: Peter Nicks
Peter Nicks is on our 10 filmmaker to watch list in 2017 for his film, The Force, a cinema vérité look into the Oakland Police Department from 2014-2016. Nicks had hoped to capture the department emerging out from federal oversight, only to document another scandal. The film is part of a thematic trilogy about institutions and communities in Oakland, California.
VR at Tribeca Film Festival
Film Critic Maddy Kadish details new advances in virtual reality storytelling through her highlights of the Immerse section at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.
VR In the Spotlight
Staff writer Maddy Kadish explores a new ‘reality’ taking the Festival circuit by storm.
When Institutions Foster More Than Education
“An educated black population could not be an enslaved black population,” Kimberlé Crenshaw, Executive Director of the African American Policy…
Beyond 10 to Watch, 2016
In addition to our 10 filmmakers to watch, we want to put a handful of others on your radar with work coming out in 2016 and later. We have Khalik Allah, Hunter Baker and Jordan Fein, Julie Bayer and Josh Salzman, and Nicolas Steiner.