Mental Health

Film Festivals, Interviews, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Awareness Month, Short Films

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Salute Your Shorts 2024: Conversation with directors Renée Felice Smith and Chris Gabriel about their short film “Hoodie”

by Rebecca Martin

August 23, 2024

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

Film Festivals, Interviews, new orleans film festival

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NOFF 2023 Interview: Jaclyn Bethany on her mystery “Before the World Set on Fire”

by Rebecca Martin

November 6, 2023

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

Comedy, Indie Films, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Awareness Month, Short Films, Stream Short

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“Withdrawals” director Jorja Hudson and producer Kelly Stier talk mental health, comedy, and creating on screen magic

by Rebecca Martin

June 17, 2021

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

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