I’m stoked and honored to be a part of Reunion Labs, a new live series dreamed up and hosted by Sean Glass and . Sean describes it as “a curriculum of sorts behind what we think we should be talking about these days in film and theater, along with the people behind the work.”

There will be a free-wheeling panel discussion interspersed with short screenings and distribution case studies, followed by a hang afterwards. It’s gonna be fun!

I’ll be talking about and other stuff alongside from and Mike Hogan from .

We’ll also preview upcoming films by Patrick Wang (A. Rimbaud, opening May 12 at the Roxy), NB Mager (Run Amok, Sundance 2026) and Delilah Napier + Lucy Powers (Floating Carousel, Woodstock 2025). Each filmmaker will briefly share the journey of making and releasing their film — three case studies exploring the current distribution landscape from different perspectives — and then we’ll open up the conversation to the panel and see where it goes from there.

Doors — 6PM
Talks + Movies — 630PM
Drinks + Hang — 8PM

Venue: artXnyc, 409 W 14th St., New York, NY

Seats are first come, first served, subject to capacity. The event is free with RSVP (donate what you choose). RSVP on Partiful or Eventive.

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