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Diversity in Potsdamer Platz

The star studded 73rd Berlinale came back to life after Covid and hybrid physical events. My interaction with the to Potsdamers Platz fest was limited to invited events. Staying with the times, “Diversity” was front and enter at many professional get to togethers. Giving voice and opportunity to those who were normally excluded from the industry came front at center. Show business needs to do better. As a person of color who has been both in the business as well on the periphery in different rolls, I hope this topic develops into a tangible advancement for the benefit of entire field.

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Dictatorship Effects

The second segment of the chat with director Aliaksei Payuyan talks about the effects of oppression on society.

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Those Wigs on Bridgerton

The hit series BRIDGERTON is known for inclusive casting, sexy Victorian Age storylines and those wigs.

In the first in a series of quick conversations from the Anamorphic Cafe Club, award-wining cinematographer Jeff Jur talks about he shoots the Netflix show to get the hairpiece details.

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Femme moves to 2023

I interviewed filmmakers Sam Freeman and Ng Ping for a Chat Cinema podcast last year. The BAFTA nominees had completed their short film noir FEMME. Fast forward to this week, the duo unrolled their feature debut FEMME at the Berlinale. A continuation on the sexual repression theme from the duo’s first work, the longer version stars Charles MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett in a cat a mouse game of revenge. The reviews have ranged from mixed to positive.

Femme 2023
Femme 2023

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A Belarusian Spirit

I admit when I first interviewed Aliaksei Paluyan about his film COURAGE I was a bit nervous for him. Our conversation happened after a plane was “diverted” to Minsk with a Belarusian dissident. Mr. Paluyan has a defiant spirit considering there is a nemesis only a few hours away with a long arm, thin skin with a thirst for pay back.

At the Berlinale the filmmaker introduced the new Belarusian Independent Film Academy with his fellow creative colleagues.

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Which Decisions?

Iranian Luxembourg filmmaker Cyrus Neshvad’s work THE RED SUITCASE recently received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Short Film. The Paris educated director’s somber story of forced decisions builds a subtle rush.

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UTAMA on Chat Cinema

For this episode of Chat Cinema, a conversation with Director Alejandro Loayza Grisi about his highly acclaimed film UTAMA. The Bolivian film has been selected for entry for Best International Film Oscar.

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Visual Poetry from Bolivia

Utama has won acclaimed for its visual poetry style. Bolivian Director Alejandro Loayza Grisi‘s film follows the affects of severe weather on a shepherd family.

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Chat Cinema Podcast with the filmmaker coming soon.

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Chat Cinema on Techno Music.

Techno Music came from Detroit Michigan. The Motor City gave the world another sound from its streets in 1979.

Check out the Chat Cinema Podcast episode with filmmaker Kristian R. Hill. The documentary storyteller gives the backstory of his work and the history of the sound.

GOD SAID GIVE EM DRUM MACHINES was screened at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.

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Chat Cinema Talks Living on The Fringe

Chat Cinema talks to award-winning filmmaker Jon Alpert on his film LIFE OF CRIME. Screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the work shows lives on the fringe of American Society.

“Life of Crime” was screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.