Matthew Toffolo: What is your story about? Dossie H. Terrell: Clare could never reconcile the habitually dirty, disorderly lifestyle of Glenn, her morbidly obese spouse, with her puritanical sensibilities. To that end, she finally reached her coping limits. She wants out but, in the meantime, takes pleasure in tormenting him and waiting for what she… Continue reading Interview with Writer Dossie H. Terrell (Good Things Come To Those Who Wait)
Month: August 2018
Interview with Writer Paul Vitols (MOVING DAY)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your short story about? Paul Vitols: It’s about a 5-year-old boy witnessing, without knowing it, the breakup of his family. 2. What genres would you say this story is in? coming-of-age, memoir, literary 3. How would you describe this story in two words? sensuous, poignant 4. What movie have you seen… Continue reading Interview with Writer Paul Vitols (MOVING DAY)
Interview with Novelist Dayna Mason (I’m Just That Into Me)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your novel about? Dayna Mason: In a playful response to the book, “He’s Just Not That Into You” the authors demonstrate how to stop searching for love from impossible sources and find it within yourself. They tell a tale based on a true story of two traumatized friends attempting to get… Continue reading Interview with Novelist Dayna Mason (I’m Just That Into Me)
Interview with Novelist Wanda Adams Fischer (EMPTY SEATS)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your novel about? Wanda Adams Fischer: After being drafted by the Montreal Expos to play minor league baseball in Jamestown, NY, three young men who’d been champion ballplayers in their respective hometowns think it will be an easy ride to the big time. Little do they realize that they’ll be competing… Continue reading Interview with Novelist Wanda Adams Fischer (EMPTY SEATS)
Interview with Filmmaker Jim Wilmer (WATER)
WATER was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the August 2018 Documentary Short Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jim Wilmer: In our travels across the planet, shooting commercial video for travel and tourism, we realized that there are a several ‘constants’ in our global environments, the most… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jim Wilmer (WATER)
Interview with Filmmaker Jessica O’Sullivan (SISTER IN ARMS)
SISTER IN ARMS played to rave reviews at the July 2018 Female Feedback Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jessica O’Sullivan: I love female centric films and I love seeing women in roles that you don’t normally see them in and seeing how things play out. I also… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jessica O’Sullivan (SISTER IN ARMS)
Interview with Filmmakers Nate Lavey, Stephen Vider (A PLACE IN THE CITY)
A PLACE IN THE CITY was the winner of BEST FILM at the July 2018 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? SV: The film was originally produced for an exhibition I curated at the Museum of the City of New York, “AIDS at Home: Art and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Nate Lavey, Stephen Vider (A PLACE IN THE CITY)
Interview with Filmmaker Farman Abdalrahman Karim (ISIS WAS HERE)
ISIS WAS HERE was the winner of BEST FILM at the August 2018 Documentary Short Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Farman Abdalrahman Karim: My motivation was focus the human rights and I wanted to document the ISIS crimes. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Farman Abdalrahman Karim (ISIS WAS HERE)
Interview with Poet Gladys W. Muturi
1) What is the theme of your poem? An open letter to the KKK, Neo-Nazi, and other white supremacists groups. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? I remember watching the Charlottesville rally on the news and I was painfully distraught by the hate from Neo-Nazi groups. I thought of why this hatred is… Continue reading Interview with Poet Gladys W. Muturi
Interview with Poet Bob Mazzei
1) What is the theme of your poem? The poem Morbid Deceiver was published on a book my friend Jeff Lowe and I wrote in 2014, “Ziggurat – The Age of Total Dominion,” and it is about the sad condition of slavery that humankind lives under the power of our class-divided society. Jeff wrote… Continue reading Interview with Poet Bob Mazzei
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