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A Conversation with Amy Seimetz, Kentucker Audley, and Kate Lyn SheilDirector and Stars of Sun Don’t ShineInterview by Erin Scherer

Full Disclosure: The author of this interview gave money to the film’s production, and as such, her name appears in the credits. This interview was conducted shortly after the March 11th screening of the film.

Erin [...]

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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 [...]

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One-on-One Q&A with Amir Bar-Lev – Director, The Tillman Story

The Film Panel Notetaker will co-present Amir Bar-Lev’s The Tillman Story at Stranger Than Fiction at IFC Center on Monday, Dec. 20 at 8:00 P.M. The Tillman Story will be available on DVD beginning February 1 (Pre-Order here), but if you can’t wait, or already saw the [...]

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One-on-One Q&A with Bradley Glenn
Director, Battle of the Bozos
By Brian Geldin

“The Battle of the Bozos” Trailer from Bradley Glenn on Vimeo.
On a beautiful sunny day in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, I met up with filmmaker Bradley Glenn for a One-on-One Q&A during the first annual Docnic (short for Documentary Picnic and organized by Lesli Klainberg). Glenn [...]

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One-On-One Q&A with Lena Dunham
Writer/Director, Tiny Furniture

Interview by Erin Scherer
This interview has been a long time coming. I’ve been wanting to interview Lena since I met her at SXSW 2009, when her first feature, Creative Nonfiction, played at the festival. We had initially tried to do the interview this past March, while she [...]

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One-On-One Q&A with Jon Reiss
Author, Think Outside The Box Office

Interview by Erin Scherer

Perhaps it was inevitable that Jon Reiss would be the one to write a book on self-distribution. Reiss (pronounced “Reese”) began his career with Target Video in the 1980s, a group that taped performances of important punk bands of [...]

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One-on-One Q and A with Kimberly Reed – Director, “Prodigal Sons”
Interview by Brian Geldin
Opens February 26 at Cinema Village in New York via First Run Features

“Prodigal Sons” is a compelling family portrait and personal documentary told from the point of view of its director, Kimberly Reed, a transgendered woman who works as magazine editor in [...]

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One-on-One Q&ARory O’Connor, Director/Producer/Writer
“The Battle of Durban II”

Tomorrow night, November 17 at 6:30pm, will be the first of two screenings of Rory O’Connor’s documentary, “The Battle of Durban II,” at the New York Tolerance Center in New York City. An encore will take place on Wednesday, December 2 at 6:30pm.
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Hello Everyone,
I covered the 2009 SXSW and Woodstock Film Festivals for The Film Panel Notetaker.
On Monday, I published an interview I did with Andrew Bujalski in The Ithaca Journal’s blogs section, in preparation for a screening of Beeswax at Cornell Cinema this weekend.
To read the interview, just click on the picture of Andrew.
Thanks,Erin Scherer

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NewFestPop Star on IceInterviews with Johnny Weir and Paris ChildersJune 11, 2009By Kelly Deegan

Paris Childers and Johnny Weir. Photo by Brian Geldin.
This is a quick bonus for fans of the film, figure skating, and fabulous men.
After the screening I was very excited to speak to the stars. First I cornered Paris. We discussed Nina Flowers, [...]

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