The Crowdstarter Revolution: How to Build an Audience
Master class presentation at IFP’s Independent Film Week on 9/21/11
Notes by Erin Essenmacher
“Get Over Yourself.”
That’s how Paola Freccero from Crowdstarter opened her Master Class presentation on how to build an audience at this year’s IFP Independent Film Week filmmaker conference.
“I’m going to be coming back to that [...]
Tags:Crowdstarter·IFP·Independent Film Week·Paola Freccero
WIFV DC Presents: Thelma and Louise 20th Anniversary Screening
and
Q and A with Geena Davis
by Erin Essenmacher
This year marks the 20th birthday of some of America’s greatest exports: The World Wide Web. Pearl Jam. Thelma and Louise. While I missed Eddie Veder and the guys at Destination Weekend festival in Wisconsin, I was able to [...]
Tags:Bechdel Test·Geena Davis·Neda Ulaby·Thelma and Louise·WIFV
One-On-One Q&A: Kris Swanberg,
Filmmaker/Entrepreneur, Nice Cream
Interview by Erin Scherer
When I last interviewed Kris in 2009, her company Nice Cream was in its infancy. Later that year, I traveled to Chicago and sampled Nice Cream’s Chocolate Basil flavor at the Swim Cafe.
Since then, Nice Cream has developed into a thriving business in [...]
