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Slamdance essay, 2012: ON FAILURE

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

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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Filmmaker Summit at Slamdance

Posted on January 21, 2011 by

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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An Open Conversation about Film Festivals

Posted on January 25, 2010 by

“SABI Pictures presents the first of the New Breed video reports realized this year in collaboration with Filmmaker Magazine and The Workbook Project. This one’s an open discussion between Lance Weiler, Peter Baxter, Saskia Wilson-Brown, Brian Newman and Paul Rachman … Continue reading →

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THIS IS NOT A MANIFESTO… It’s a survival mechanism.

Posted on January 20, 2010 by

Published in the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival catalog for the WorkBook Project, Open Video Alliance and Slamdance Filmmaker Summit. Of the 3661 feature films submitted to the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, about 120 made it into the festival. Of those, … Continue reading →

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