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Jennifer G. Robinson: Doing for Self — Women Of The Lens and the Power of Representation

Women of the Lens is a film festival based in the UK. Founded by filmmaker and educator Jennifer Robinson, the festival is in it’s 8th year. Jennifer spoke with with Floyd Webb in the run up to the 2025 festival.

INTERVIEW: Chris Adams: Building Worlds from the South Side

Christopher Adams, a Chicago native and founder of Impakt Studio, combines self-reliance with creativity in film and animation. His versatile works include Grammy-nominated music videos and documentaries. Influenced by his father’s ingenuity, Adams emphasizes care in storytelling, aiming to rewrite narratives about Chicago’s Black community while fostering an independent film ecosystem.

INTERVIEW: Logan Coles – Producer Rising

As film and television is thrust into an ever-changing landscape with the advent of streaming and digital distribution, the art of storytelling remains the same. The craft of storytelling is still a process. As producing/writing partner to one Hollywood’s biggest stars, Logan Coles continues to rise with the past releases…

So You Want to Be a Filmmaker…
bfm interviews Toni Bell There are numerous avenues to create, be it digital or film. But telling the simple story is always the same. bfm sits down with Toni Bell,  Filmmaker Services Manager for the International Documentary Association (IDA) in Los Angeles to discuss the state of documentary film... Read more
Funding your film – A personal journey of success and failure
The world of film finance can present itself like the Art of War, where only those who have the right weapons and strategy will win the battle and in this case, the battle is garnering funding for your film. Well, that’s how it felt for me when I embarked... Read more
INTERVIEW: Zuko Nodada: Giving Voice to the Voiceless
bfm interviews Zuko Nodada Zuko Nodada is a director making waves in South Africa. His debut film Between Friends https://youtu.be/BNMgLzTXd9E in 2014 brought him national and international acclaim. Zuko talks to bfm about his latest feature Uncovered. bfm: Hi Zuko, tell us about your movie Uncovered and what was... Read more
Filmmakers Therapy Couch
In this episode of Filmmakers Therapy Couch, I interview Shola Lynch – Award-winning Documentary Filmmaker who is best known for the feature documentary FREE ANGELA & All Political Prisoners and the Peabody Award-winning documentary CHISHOLM ’72: Unbought & Unbossed.   Join me, filmmaker Dami Rock as I caught up with Shola... Read more
Find Your Unique Voice
Having a unique voice is a journey of discovery that can be engineered if you know how, but I fell into it naturally. There are many factors that go into your signature writing style known as your unique voice. Our writing voice comprises of your style and your tone,... Read more
Approaches to Craft: Perspectives on Music, Sound and the Visual
My excitement here is twofold: taking part in a crucial eco system of information, and the opportunity to ruminate with my passion. Let me be transparent: I am a musician, and ethnomusicologist filmmaker. This combination means that I work across the spectrum of sound and music. The methods I... Read more
Every Action Movie Needs Theme Music, Sucker!
“Cool, guy, loud and quietIf your head’s in the way, he’ll FLY ITDon’t try it, cause Jack of Spades doesn’t BUY ITHe’s a one-man riotCleaning the community, of all its debris – The C-R-I-M-E” — KRS-1 – Jack of Spades As a child of the 1980s in the great... Read more