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- help with a location in central LA/ WeHo this thurs morning. a cool-looking wall, backdrop for a sit down interview, paid in coffee. ayuda! 3 days ago
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‘Work No. 16 (2011): Stories’, Season 2
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
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
Posted in links to interesting things, music, Travel, an obsession
Tagged Aka Pygmy, music, polyphonic, West Africa
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Slamdance essay, 2012: ON FAILURE
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
Posted in film, thoughts that seem deeper than they really are
Tagged failure, park city, slamdance
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Micah Hahn, on Typography
Made this. Love him. Here’s a link to his website.
Posted in art & design, film, friends doing cool things, people i admire, video
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I’m looking for films about L.A.
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
Posted in dispatches, film, video
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This week’s list: Filmmakers I’m drooling over
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
LA
And now for something even more awesome: ‘Los Angeles: A Love Poem‘, by Dylan King (featuring a poem by Sandra Beasley)
Posted in art & design, dispatches, photos
Tagged Los Angeles, love letter to LA, the standard
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Filmmaker Summit at Slamdance
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
Posted in diy distribution, film, GO
Tagged brian newman, filmmaker summit, Greg Pak, John Anderson, Lance Weiler, open video alliance, slamdance, Tiffany Shlain, workbook project
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Exercise for the new year
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
Posted in just killing time, self-referential
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