DISCOVERIES: Jenny Douglas, “To Build a Brooklyn Cottage: Journey of Discovery in Six Parts” (2/6)
Yazmany and I decided that the Brooklyn Cottage would have monthly themes…
Communications
DISCOVERIES: Jenny Douglas, “To Build a Brooklyn Cottage: Journey of Discovery in Six Parts” (1/6)
That the The Brooklyn Cottage exists is itself a mini-marvel of the 21st century. This…
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “On Successful Interviews” (6/6)
I have finally figured out what drives me to make films: I want to connect! Connect with my subjects and connect with my audience. I like intimate, hand-made, personal films.
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “On Film Festivals and Dealing with Rejection” (5/6)
One of the conundrums about making the films that I do is that I am making the films that I want to make—I’m not making them…
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “Elizabeth King” (4/6)
This is an artist whose absolutely uncanny work I also grew up with in my family house, but I had never met her. When I was working on “Curious Worlds,” David Beck…
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “Curious Worlds: The Art & Imagination of David Beck” (3/6)
The biggest change for me in approaching this film and subject was that I knew I could not film it myself—the limits of my skills as…
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “The Cardboard Bernini” (2/6)
I always marvel at the way this film grew totally organically out of the sudden death of my father and the way that one of his artists confronted his death. And at the same time…
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “The Collector” (1/6)
Olympia Stone grew up in a house where the artworks […]
DISCOVERIES: Julie Flanders, “The Book of Rounds” (6/6)
Musical rounds create hypnotic effects that are good for the brain. The lyrical phrases in the rounds create a mantra-effect or positive fugue of messages. I wrote these 21 Rounds…
REFIRING: Michele Mitchell & Nick Louvel, Hamptons Film Festival and Awards (6/6)
Film at 11 and its documentaries have alrady been the recipients of many great awards. In 2013, “Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?”…
REFIRING: Michele Mitchell & Nick Louvel, “Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?” (5/6)
Before there was “The Uncondemned,” there was “Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?”: “Through interviews with the American Red Cross, Catholic Relief Services…
REFIRING: Michele Mitchell & Nick Louvel, “A Brief History of How Wine Built ‘The Uncondemned'” (4/6)
It all started over a glass of wine. “The Uncondemned” co-director Michele Mitchell was with wine distributor Josie Zeiger at…
REFIRING: Michele Mitchell & Nick Louvel, “Speaking to Rebels” (3/6)
“Some of our most memorable conversations happen with a few people over a good glass of wine. That’s what inspired us to launch our monthly salons featuring thought…
REFIRING: Mitchele Mitchell & Nick Louvel, “What’s Rape’s Brand?” (2/6)
Earlier this year, Michele Mitchell gave a TedX talk called “What’s Rape’s Brand?”. Michele presented everything her film “The Uncondemned” is trying to achieve…
REFIRING: Mitchele Mitchell & Nick Louvel, “The Uncondemned” (1/6)
As a lifelong media junkie, I despair at how much […]
REFIRING: Franklin Vagnone, “Pull Back the Curtain” (6/6)
Historic properties that become HHMs are rarely found perfectly intact, although they are often presented as if they were, because the process of conservation is hidden.