In July, Scott and I attended an ITVS workshop with Richard Saiz, their program director. Wooey! That guy is good. I hung on every word. It took me back to when I flirted with being an English major. In the workshop we picked apart accepted ITVS films like we did Goethe in college. Richard spoke [...]
Sundance funds feature documentaries “about pressing human rights, social justice, civil liberties and related topics from the US and internationally. Proposals to the Documentary Fund are evaluated on effective storytelling, global relevance, originality, artistic innovation and potential social engagement.”
Sweet serendipity! This week we were introduced by our good friend from forever, Erin, to her friend, Jennifer. Jennifer found out about Girlworld via Facebook without knowing who we were at all. She chose Girlworl to be the fundraising focus for a Rocky Votolato concert she is hosting in her living room this summer. When [...]
Scott and I are working and reworking our Girlworld pitch. You know, what we tell people when they ask us what we’re doing. We are getting better and better, the more we do it. One thing that is becoming very clear is that for funders we really need to explain how our documentary will bring [...]
We knew on the flight home from Nepal two years ago, that we would be back. Scott and I are far from the first people to say, “Nepal changed my life.” It is practically cliche’, right? But man, it really did. Well, I shouldn’t say it was Nepal, the country, that did a number on [...]
