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Breaking Boundaries: Diversity and Humor in Television with Hollis Rich. To contact Hollis send your email to hollisrichwrite@gmail.com. 

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Our guest, Rachel Elizabeth Seed, is a DIRECTOR/PRODUCERoriginally from London, and is a Los Angeles and Brooklyn-based nonfiction storyteller working in film, photography and writing. Join us as Rachel talks about her feature documentary Photographic Memory. She says this about the film ... "After a decade+ of shooting, editing, and producing, my debut feature documentary A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY, was launched this month at the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri to standing ovations and with RogerEbert.com calling it one of the best docs they’ve seen this year!

A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY is an intimate, genre-bending portrait of my attempt to piece together a portrait of my mother, Sheila Turner Seed, an avant-garde journalist I never knew. Uncovering the vast archive she produced, including lost interviews with photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gordon Parks, Cecil Beaton, Lisette Model, and others, the film explores memory, legacy, and stories left untold.

It feels amazing to finally share this passion project with the world and to see people connecting with it in meaningful ways. One of my favorite parts of the weekend was witnessing audience members see new possibilities for connecting with departed loved ones, as I do myself in the film."

  To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com. 

For years, Steve Kaplan has been one of the industry's most respected and sought-after experts on comedy. His first book, The Hidden Tools of Comedy is a best-seller in its field, and his second book, The Comic Hero's Journey: Serious Story Structure for Fabulously Funny Films was recently released in an audio version.

In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other universities, Steve Kaplan created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. In addition to development projects for HBO, he has taught workshops at companies such as DreamWorks, Disney Animation, Aardman Animation, NBC's Writers on the Verge, and others.

For more info about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.

Join us as Christie Marchese shares about how Kinema helps audiences discover & watch great films in creative places, and in community with others. Kinema provides an operating system for filmmakers to manage their screening tours, and developing partnerships with mixed-use spaces in real life and community leaders & influencers online - all to reach audiences everywhere. 

To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.

Introducing Mark Mori: Renowned Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker and Emmy Award-winning TV producer, Mark Mori is at the forefront of social justice storytelling. As the former chair of the Non-Fiction and Documentary Committee of the Producers Guild of America, East, and a seasoned union activist, Mark has consistently used his lens to capture powerful narratives. Currently, he is directing "The Baristas vs The Billionaire," a groundbreaking documentary showcasing the generational uprising of Millennials and Gen Z as they courageously battle Starbucks owners for their right to unionize. This film sheds light on the plight of America's disappearing middle class and their resolute stand against corporate oppression, offering a gripping portrayal of a community fighting for its future.

 

Chris White: Exploring the Rich Legacy of American Documentary

To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.