Producer Peter Phok and I speaking on a panel at IFP’s Filmmaker Conference.
In the year and a half since Brian Newman wrote his very apt and memorable post, “Killing the Film Fest Panel,” panels haven’t improved much. In that time, I’ve spoken on or moderated over a dozen panels, …
I was super excited when I learnt that my short documentary “Flutter” was accepted to SXSW. After weeks of prepping postcards, business cards and posters, it was time to go.
My buildup to departure was full of anxiety. With full east coast snowstorm alerts, it wasn’t a sure bet I’d make …
I’ll be honest with you. It wasn’t until a week ago that I could see straight.
When I stumbled off of the red eye at JFK and headed to my apartment in Manhattan after attending The 29th Annual Sundance Film Festival, all I could do was run to my …
My name is Shaka King and my film Newlyweeds premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, January 18th. I intended to blog about the experience throughout but didn’t have the energy. The month and a half leading up had been a dead sprint to finish, promote and hopefully sell the film …
I had an amazing opportunity to return to Park City this year with my film WITHOUT SHEPHERDS. I was more than excited as not only was I going public with the first documentary film I had produced, but I was playing Slamdance for the first time in my career.
Short interviews with the heads of some of the most exciting new companies such as Dylan Marchetti (Variance Films) and Josh Braun (Submarine Entertainment) working in independent film & media today. Hear about their work, and the ways they are working to make change for independent media makers. The panel …
In the days and weeks leading up to our film’s premiere at Sundance, I pulled from the shelf my dog-eared copy of Steven Soderbergh’s sex lies and videotape diary, which I’d purchased from a second-hand bookstore my sophomore year in high school and devoured (along with the screenplay included therein) before …