Salute Your Shorts 2024: Conversation with directors Renée Felice Smith and Chris Gabriel about their short film “Hoodie”
Mental health and how it is reflected onscreen has always been something I’ve been passionate about elevating. I wrote about my own personal journey with mental health in 2019 with Not just Gilda, but Rita too and covered films that have portrayed women onscreen with mental illness in a real way as in “Pink Skies […]
NOFF 2023 Interview: Jaclyn Bethany on her mystery “Before the World Set on Fire”
Everything that Jaclyn Bethany does has such a depth and poetry to it. I’ve interviewed her about several of her projects, and people whom she’s worked with. Jaclyn has an eye for working with emerging talent, and it has been so exciting to follow her career. I got to speak with her about one of […]
“Withdrawals” director Jorja Hudson and producer Kelly Stier talk mental health, comedy, and creating on screen magic
When “Bridesmaids” came to the screen in 2011, I was floored by its all-women ensemble. I had not seen a female comedy like that before in that way, and I wanted to see more of it. When I watched “Withdrawals” for the first time, I felt the same way. Like “Bridesmaids”, the short film is […]