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Kicking a** in the name of independent media.

‘Work No. 16 (2011): Stories’, Season 2

Posted on February 16, 2012

Part of the art collaborative Mr. and Mrs. Hahn, the ‘Stories’ project is an ongoing series of true short stories, told on camera by fascinating people around the world. We’re excited to say that Season 2 is now underway. If … Continue reading →

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Aka Pygmy music

Posted on January 21, 2012

From Wikipedia: “The Pygmies are a broad group of people who live in Central Africa, especially in the Congo, the Central African Republic and Cameroon. Music is an important part of Pygmy life, and casual performances take place during many … Continue reading →

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Slamdance essay, 2012: ON FAILURE

Posted on January 21, 2012

Every year I write an essay for the Slamdance film catalog. This year, I decided to write about something filmmakers (and artists in general!) know a lot about: Failure. — Here we are. Another year at Slamdance with the crème … Continue reading →

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Micah Hahn, on Typography

Posted on December 24, 2011

Made this. Love him. Here’s a link to his website.

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‘Work No. 16 (2011): Stories’, Season 1

Posted on December 12, 2011

Part of the art collaborative Mr. and Mrs. Hahn, the ‘Stories’ project is an ongoing series of true short stories, told on camera by fascinating people around the world. You can watch all of Season 1 here on the Vimeo … Continue reading →

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I’m looking for films about L.A.

Posted on July 26, 2011

I’m looking for short films that present alternate (authentic) narratives about Los Angeles, preferably by L.A.-based filmmakers, for an upcoming program I am curating for Big City Forum. Please drop me a line at saskia [at] saskiawilsonbrown [dot] com with … Continue reading →

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This week’s list: Filmmakers I’m drooling over

Posted on June 7, 2011

Seven Nine (!) filmmakers I am way excited about right now. Michael Medaglia: Because he is about to release his short thriller Kitty Kitty on VODO (look for it on June 10th) and because he has a script he’s shopping … Continue reading →

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LA

Posted on April 8, 2011

And now for something even more awesome: ‘Los Angeles: A Love Poem‘, by Dylan King (featuring a poem by Sandra Beasley)

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Filmmaker Summit at Slamdance

Posted on January 21, 2011

For the second year in a row, I produced the Slamdance/ WorkBook Project/ Open Video Alliance Filmmaker Summit at Slamdance Film Festival (sponsored by IndieFlix, Banyan Branch and the Ford Foundation). The summit happened Saturday January 22nd, and was live streamed online. … Continue reading →

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Exercise for the new year

Posted on January 7, 2011

My friend Regina Gelfo sent this to me in the first few days of 2010 as an exercise to help me establish and put clarity into the year that had passed. She found it somewhere on the internet, not sure … Continue reading →

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