The Viewfinder Podcast with Chris Hadley Chris Hadley

This week, actor/writer/producer Kevin Spirtas - co-star and co-creator of the Emmy, GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) and Indie Series Award-winning drama AFTER FOREVER - joins us to talk about the acclaimed series' third and final season, now streaming on Amazon Prime.
Watch all 3 seasons of the show on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/After-Forever/dp/B07CK6TL1P
Find out more about AFTER FOREVER on its official web site:
https://afterforevertheseries.com/
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Stranded aboard a distant outer space capsule, two women discover a danger bigger than any alien in writer/director Chris Maes' claustrophobic science fiction thriller HEMISPHERE. Maes joins us to discuss the making of his extraordinary first feature film on this week's Viewfinder Podcast.
Check out HEMISPHERE on Amazon and Tubi TV:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0CKDTS4MM/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r
Tubi TV: https://tubitv.com/movies/100011499/hemisphere
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Currently seeking funds for its production on IndieGoGo, the chilling horror film SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT is in the viewfinder on this week's show. Our guests: director/co-writer/co-producer Todd Braley, co-star/co-producer and indie horror film legend Debra Lamb, and co-writer/co-producer Itai Guberman.

For more information on how you can contribute to the film's IndieGoGo campaign, visit:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/shadows-of-the-night-unhinged-paranormal-horror

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Joining us on this week's podcast from the indie sci-fi drama DOLWA are its writer/director Alex Suszko and co-star/co-producer Jennifer Prettyman.
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Today I'm honored to welcome actor and filmmaker Anike Tourse - the writer, director and co-star of AMERICA'S FAMILY, a new movie that probes America's harsh immigration policy and its impact on the country's undocumented immigrant community through the struggles and resilience of the Diaz family: a family whose lives are suddenly altered when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities arrest mother Marisol (played by Tourse) and deport one of her three sons, Koke (played by Ricardo Cisneros). 

Fearing deportation himself, Marisol’s husband and the family’s patriarch, Jorge (played by Mauricio Mendoza), turns to a local synagogue for shelter.

As Marisol, Jorge and Koke contemplate their futures, the Diazes’ second oldest son, lawyer Emiliano (played by Emmanuel Lopez Alonso) confronts both a cruel legal system and overwhelming bureaucracy as he fights to bring his mother, father and oldest brother home.

Once Koke is sent back to Mexico, the stage is soon set for his emotional reunion with his grandmother/Marisol’s mother (played by Dionicia Alvarado Hernandez).

Meanwhile the Diazes’ youngest sibling, Valentina (played by Jailine Arias) reaches out to the social media world for support and guidance as she and her family encounter the greatest crisis they've had to endure: one that proves both their emotional strength and their love for each other. 

America’s Family is now available to stream on various digital and on-demand platforms, and is also available on DVD. For more information on the film, including ways you can share it with your community and use it to campaign for immigrants' rights, visit its official web site at:

https://www.americasfamilymovie.com

The film was produced in partnership with immigrant rights organization CHIRLA (the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights). For more info on how you can support CHIRLA's mission of advocating for the rights of immigrants, visit:

https://www.chirla.org/

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This week, I’m honored to welcome Sarah Beim, the creator of the new LGBTQ dystopian thriller cataclysm.begins.

Directed by Katherine Filiseta, the series is set in a world where a faceless but oppressive religious government called The Conclave mandates personal conformity and all but outlaws disagreement with its rule, the series - which is currently raising funds for its proof-of-concept pilot episode on Seed&Spark - co-stars Aria Martinez and Amiere A. Bell as queer teenage siblings Catalina and Xavien Maevery. 

After the death of their wealthy politician father, Catalina and Xavien are now tended to by his longtime colleague Helena Knightengale (played by Ami Sheth), a de facto parental figure to the siblings, and given her ties to the Conclave, a possible threat to their lives after a recording of a supposedly private quarrel between Catalina and Xavien regarding their civil rights is suddenly exposed.

Affected by both their sexuality and social class, Catalina, Xavien, Catalina’s friend Lennon (played by Bug Johnson), Xavien’s boyfriend Noah Archwell (played by Sam Vukic) confront the daily repression of their freedoms and their loves while attempting to survive an anti-government uprising that could liberate them if it succeeds - or make their suffering worse if it fails. 

Find out more about cataclysm.begins here:

https://www.cataclysmbegins.com/

Contribute to cataclysm.begins' Seed&Spark crowdfunding campaign:

https://seedandspark.com/fund/cataclysm-begins

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