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Filmmaker Jennifer Takaki is a fourth generation Japanese American from Colorado. She began her career in journalism at a Denver TV station and later moved to Hong Kong to work with Encore International. In Hong Kong she produced English-based news programming broadcast in China, India, and the Middle East via Rupert Murdoch’s STAR-TV. In New York, she produced and directed “Photographic Justice:...

About the film: The Hard R is a film that explores cultural appropriation of Black culture. A white drug runner's cultural appropriation is called out by his black partner when they are on a drug run that goes wrong and leads to unintended consequences.

In this episode, Cinema Scope guest host and actor, writer and producer Jamie H. Jung is speaking with When Angels Fear director, writer and co-producer Peter DeAnello and the film's stars, Harper Frawley and Louie DeAnello. The film also stars Dan Lauria , of The Wonder Years fame (he played the father) and many other films and series. When Angels Fear screens at the Santa Fe Film Festival this S...

Guest host Jamie H. Jung and actor and filmmaker Bree Klauser discuss disability empowerment in the film industry In this episode, Cinema Scope guest host and actor, writer and producer Jamie H. Jung is speaking with Philadelphia-based actor and filmmaker Bree Klauser about disability empowerment in the film industry. Both Bree and Jamie have low vision. Bree is a queer actor and filmmaker whose c...

Ross Kagan Marks is an award-winning director best known for directing WALKING WITH HERB, THE TWILIGHT OF THE GOLDS and HOMAGE. His other credits include THE HEART OUTRIGHT, FOWL, TARRANT COUNTY, SHOWDOWN ON RIO ROAD, FLUFF and PRINCESS, which was on the short list for the Academy Award live-action shorts. His films have won awards at the Sundance Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival...

In this episode, host Genevieve Trainor is speaking with Kyiv-based producer and cinematographer Andrii Kotliar, a member of one of Ukraine’s biggest production companies, Babylon’13. Andrii and Babylon’13 produced recent genre-bending documentary Iron Butterflies , which premiered at Sundance 2023 and examines Russia’s 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Eastern Ukraine. The flight k...

Tony Doupé is a SAG-AFTRA actor and producer with an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. A successful actor for over 34 years in LA, New Orleans, and Seattle, he has been teaching and coaching actors for 25 years, both privately and at the college level. He currently serves as the Film/Theatre Department Chair, at Shoreline Community College. With over 130 film and television credits, T...

Lisa Zambetti is a casting director, known for the long-running crime drama series Criminal Minds as well as independent films and video game casting. Originally from the Bay Area, Lisa spent over a decade in NYC as an actress on Broadway and Off, writer, director and producer for many award-winning theatre companies. While working at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Lisa met casting legend Billy Hopk...

In this episode, host Genevieve Trainor is speaking with film and television writer and director Megan Griffiths, whose recent television work includes serving as producing director for S2 of Amazon’s The Summer I Turned Pretty . Megan's giving her advice on building a successful career for others who, like her, live in markets outside L.A. Megan’s built a successful writing and directing career f...

In 2016, as a relatively unknown electro-pop artist (MEMORYY), Shaun was selected to score the theme song for Netflix's first-ever streaming nightly talk show, Chelsea Handler’s Chelsea , beating out A-listers and Grammy winners for the job. He then exploded into the film and television music scene and launched Neon Moon Studios ( neonmoonstudios.com ). He quickly started working with a roster of...

Filmmakers at War: A Rising Fury Director and Producer Lesya Kalynska and Producer TJ Collins In this episode, we’re speaking with director and producer Lesya Kalynska and producer TJ Collins about their documentary film A Rising Fury , which is receiving global attention for exposing Russia's hidden war techniques in Ukraine that have drastic, worldwide implications. A Rising Fury was more than n...

Director Alisa Kovalenko and Producer Kasia Kuczyńska

Director, Actor and Writer Andy Kastelic on His Latest Film, The Countryman , and the Importance of Small Things In this episode, writer, actor and director Andy Kastelic is discussing his new film, The Countryman , and his advice for other filmmakers looking to make an impact in the industry through short films. Andy is from Albuquerque and, after training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film...

Local filmmaker Brent Peterson discusses his new, already viral fan film, Star Wars: Rendevous In this episode, we're speaking with New Mexican filmmaker and Antigravity Films, LLC President Brent Peterson about his latest film, Star Wars: Rendezvous. The film is a fan film, and -- despite not premiering until August 18, 2023 -- has already gone viral. Brent discusses what it's like to make a fan...

In this episode, Emmy Award-winning editor and producer Paul Barnes discusses the magic behind the curtain of documentary filmmaking and his more than 30-year collaboration with legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Paul has collaborated with Ken Burns since 1984, when Paul edited Statue of Liberty , which was nominated for an Academy Award. Their partnership has produced some of the most sem...

Filmmakers Jules Jones & Sam Akina on filming in a foreign country In this episode, we’re speaking with writing, producing and directing pair Jules Jones and Sam Akina, a powerhouse team and real-life partners from the U.S. who unexpectedly found themselves living in Poland after what was supposed to be a short stint for a film there in 2017. Six years later, they have five of the past decade’...