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 Writer Ed Kulzer (Twitter Short Story)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your story about? Ed Kulzer: The story is about a standard, carbon copy, cardigan-wearing office worker, a woman becoming aware of how suffocating the lack of fulfillment in her monotonous life has become. “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation”, opined Thoreau, presciently foretelling the gargantuan army of spiritual… Continue reading Interview with Writer Ed Kulzer (Twitter Short Story)

Interview with Writer Paul Levinson (Twitter Short Story)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your story about? Paul Levinson: About saving some of the books that were destroyed when the Ancient Library of Alexandria was burned. Some historians regard this as the worst intellectual disaster in history – as many as 750,000 volumes were lost, some were unique copies, including the only copies of about… Continue reading Interview with Writer Paul Levinson (Twitter Short Story)