During this unprecedented year of film festivals being canceled and postponed, independent filmmakers are forced to pivot.
Whether you’re officially in quarantine or just self-isolating, you probably have more time on your hands than ever before. And if you’re searching for a film to lose yourself in, look no further than Marc Meyer’s newly released film, “Human Capital.”
On Tuesday, January 21, CNN’s Alisyn Camerota hosted a special screening at Soho House in Manhattan of the award-winning film, “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone if You’re a Girl.” The beautiful film was followed by a Q&A with the director, Carol Dysinger.
At only 19 years old, first time director Phillip Youmans is already making his mark on the film industry. His debut feature film, “Burning Cane,” won the Founders Award at the Tribeca Film Festival this April making Youmans the first Black director to win the award and the youngest director to show a film at the festival.
Burning Cane was the talk of the Tribeca Film Festival this past April when it won the festival’s top prize. Not only that but it’s director, first-time filmmaker, Phillip Youmans became the first Black director to win the Founders Award and the youngest director to have a feature film shown at Tribeca, at 19 years old.
Director Nabil Elderkin uses his latest project, Gully, to skillfully lay out struggles men face in police patrolled neighborhoods, in one parent homes surrounded by gang violence and little inspiration.
Name a politically-charged issue, and the Sanford family has endured it all. Yet somehow, the charming family managed to emerge stronger and even more stoic than before in Davy Rothbart’s 20-years-in-the-making documentary, ‘17 Blocks’, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Directors Puloma Basu & Rob Hatch-Miller find their groove in this ode to the left of center record store, Other Music.
At ‘Swallow’s Tribeca Film Festival world premiere, star Haley Bennett discussed the making of the project along with her costar Austin Stowell and writer/director Carlo Mirabella-Davis.
The documentary “Maiden” tells the story of a group of women overcoming incredible odds and intense sexism to compete in a race around the world.