Camera Q&A: Patsha Bay Mukuna on Viva Riva! and Kinshasa

Who: Patsha Bay Mukuna is a Congo-born singer and star of the Kinshasa-set film, Viva Riva!. He was selected by director, Djo Tunda Wa Munga to play the physically-demanding role…..

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April 9, 2011

Camera Q&A: Zina Saro-Wiwa on Nigeria's Nollywood cinema

Who: Zina Saro-Wiwa is a Nigerian-born and New York-based documentary filmmaker whose production company, AfricaLab made the recent HBO documentary This is My Africa. The AfricaLab-produced art exhibition, “Sharon Stone…..

29 minutes read

February 21, 2011

Camera Q&A: Billy Corben on Miami's cocaine 'n pot haulin legacy

Who: Billy Corben is a Miami-based documentary filmmaker and area native who co-founded and operates film company, Rakontur with his longtime friends/producers Alfred Spellman and David Cypkin. Their 2006 film,…..

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29 minutes read

February 21, 2011

Camera Q&A: Billy Corben on Miami’s cocaine ‘n pot haulin legacy

23 minutes read

January 28, 2011

Camera Q&A: Storm Saulter on filming in Jamaica

Who: Storm Saulter is a Jamaica-based filmmaker who grew up in the town of Negril. His first feature film, Better Mus Come, opened in Jamaica this past October but has…..

6 minutes read

January 12, 2011

Camera Q&A: Benji Kohn on Producing Films in NY, CA and PA

Who: Benji Kohn co-founded Paper Street Films in 2007 with friends/filmmakers Austin Stark and Bingo Gubelmann. The three have produced five feature-length films over that period, including Werner Herzog’s, My…..

20 minutes read

January 6, 2011

Camera Q&A: Laurie Gunst on Jamaican Films, Music and Gangs

Who: Laurie Gunst is the author of Born Fi’ Dead: A Journey Through The Jamaican Posse Underworld — a history/memoir of Kingston’s outlaw “posse” ranks before and during her visits…..

10 minutes read

January 3, 2011

Camera Q&A: Abel Ferrara on shooting films in New York and Italy

Who: Abel Ferrara is a New York City-based filmmaker who has written and directed several features set/shot in Manhattan. A decade ago, he moved to Rome, Italy, and directed three…..

12 minutes read

December 10, 2010

Camera Q&A: Anne Rosellini on Winter's Bone & film locations

Who: Anne Rosellini is a New York City-based writer/producer who formerly worked from Seattle, Washington, where she founded the 1 Reel Film Festival in 1996 (now run through the Seattle…..

7 minutes read

November 12, 2010

Camera Q&A: Chad Burris on financing Oklahoma-shot films

Who: Chad Burris is an Oklahoma-based producer, and the founder of Indion Entertainment Group. His company utilizes tax incentives to finance feature films within Oklahoma, and other states. Burris has…..

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