9. A Thousand Little Things
When I tell people I’m making a film, two questions are lobbed from two camps: folks in the film biz (whatever that is, now) want to know how it’s being financed.
How to Build a Fire
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8. Full Circle
The picture above is a shot from our film, How to Build a Fire. This beautiful walking labyrinth is an important space for Jenna, one of the characters. It was built by her mother, “going through her Wiccan phase,” as a way to escape the contentious politics of their extended family. Jenna finds herself there toward the end of the film, desperate to find some peace, reckoning with her past and…
7. The Activism Trap
Stories we own vs stories we share
6. The Why
In 1989 my mother took my eight-year-old hand and led me inside a small church in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
5. All Bets Are Off
I love a snow storm in New York.
4. Write to Resource
How to add priceless value to a micro-budget film
3. Collaboration = Alchemy
I could never be a full-time writer.
2. The Film
My aim with this newsletter is to explore much more than purely the sausage-making of an indie film.
1. The Experiment
Welcome to How to Build a Fire.