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Interview with writer/producer Yolanda Reid Chassiakos (THE FULL CATASTROPHE)

THE FULL CATASTROPHE, 4min,. USA, Documentary Directed by Yolanda Reid Chassiakos Ethnic Cleansing in Smyrna, 1922: A Family’s Odyssey http://www.amphitritepublishing.com/ Get to know the filmmaker: 1. What motivated you to make this film? I heard our family’s heartbreaking story from my mother when I was growing up. They were victims of ethnic cleansing in the… Continue reading Interview with writer/producer Yolanda Reid Chassiakos (THE FULL CATASTROPHE)

Interview with Filmmaker Brandt Miller (QUEER MONGOL)

QUEER MONGOL, 16min., USA, Documentary Directed by Brandt Miller Queer Mongol follows four characters over the course of Mongolia’s LGBTQ+ Pride Festival, who embody a diversity of gender and sexual identities. The film is a meditation on queerness in the non-west and a nuanced glimpse into a nascent movement on the Central Asian Steppe. Get… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Brandt Miller (QUEER MONGOL)

Interview with Filmmaker Martín Cerviño (BACK TO OUR ROOTS)

BACK TO OUR ROOTS, 11min, Panama, Documentary Directed by Martin Cervino, Vernny Arguello Set in the paradisiacal Cahuita, by the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, Back to our Roots invites you to discover how the Calypso, a musical rhythm with African roots, became the voice and symbol of protest of African-American people that straggles against… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Martín Cerviño (BACK TO OUR ROOTS)

Interview with Filmmaker Robbie Kruithoff (THINGS WE SHOULDN’T TALK ABOUT)

THINGS WE SHOULDN’T TALK ABOUT, 11min,. USA, Documentary Directed by Robbie Kruithoff The mental health impact of religion on the LGBTQIA+ community is unchecked and misunderstood. Alone and largely ignored, queer individuals from conservative, religious communities commit suicide at alarming rates. How many must die before we start talking about it? https://thingsweshouldnttalkabout.com/ Get to know… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Robbie Kruithoff (THINGS WE SHOULDN’T TALK ABOUT)

Interview with Filmmaker Pamela Torrance (WE’RE NOT GOING BACK!)

WE’RE NOT GOING BACK!, 79min., USA, Documentary Directed by Pamela Torrance Pro-choice documentary film to promote awareness of what’s at stake before and now that Roe v Wade has been overturned. https://torranceproductions.com/were-not-going-back-1 https://www.facebook.com/RoeRoeRoeYourVote https://www.instagram.com/roeroeroeyourvote/ Get to know the filmmaker: 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to do something impactful to support… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Pamela Torrance (WE’RE NOT GOING BACK!)

Interview with Filmmaker James Elazzi (YANNIS)

YANNIS, 9min., Australia, Drama Directed by James Elazzi Yannis, a first-generation Greek/ Lebanese Australian older teenager has been rejected by his family for being gay and now lives under a bridge, working the local beats as a sex-worker. Omar, his best friend, once in the same situation as Yannis, is now determined to better his… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker James Elazzi (YANNIS)

Interview with Filmmaker writer/producer Kaitlyn Farley

CLOSURE, 9min., USA, Action Directed Gui Agustini A detective. A mercenary. Of course it didn’t work out but when a relationship ends messy, can you ever really have Closure? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt13954882/?ref_=nm_knf_i2 https://www.instagram.com/nycstagecombat Get to know the writer/producer Kaitlyn Farley: 1. What motivated you to make this film? This project began as part of a stage combat… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker writer/producer Kaitlyn Farley