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The Intersection of Work and the Household – How to show up for your career and your family without losing yourself.
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IMPACT AS THE NEW “IP”
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In today’s filmed entertainment environment a screenwriter is often asked, “Why this, why now?” In other words they are asked to prove a story’s...
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For decades now, the conventional wisdom in the film industry has been that there are films made for entertainment, and films made with depth,...
Filmmakers
Impact Filmmaking as an Intervention of Imagination “Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and...
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When Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite won multiple Oscars at this past weekend’s 92nd Academy Awards, the reaction was one of almost unanimous joy from the...
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In the wake of a blossoming society that tells the Donald Sterlings of yesteryear that mainstream bigotry is indeed a thing of the past,...
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Photo Credit: Universal Pictures and Focus Features To say that it’s been hard to escape any mention of EL James’ juggernaut hit 50 Shades...
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In 2005 Andrew Bujalski’s “Mutual Appreciation,” and Jay and Mark Duplass’ “Puffy Chair” initiated a string of movies that embodied elements which would later...
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Storytelling has been around since the dawn of humanity. Narrative is perhaps the most universal cognitive tool for situated understanding. The idea of interactive...
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What are we to make of events that reach us in the form of a video clip of a police shooting that is sandwiched...
Filmmakers
Lars von Trier, the “enfant terrible” of contemporary cinema, has grown a reputation for putting his female protagonists in harms way. Half of von...
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There are many ways to look at films, and to have conversations about what we as filmmakers do and ought to do. The conversation...
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well the phrase that signals the beginning of the end: “They’ve become self-aware.” Now I’m no John Connor, but I am here to warn...
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The portrayal of people with disabilities in cinema has a surprisingly long and sordid story. One of the earliest, and in my mind the...
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