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Picture Lock Radio: Ep. 128- DC Black Film Festival pt. 3

Happy Friday folks! The  2019 DC Black Film Festival takes place next week, August 15th-17th at the Miracle Theatre and The Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. I can’t believe it’s around the corner, but it is! So I have some more great interviews with filmmakers in the fest. Today you’ll hear from director Nyasha Hatendi of the film Moving On, Diem Gbogou of the film Doll, and director Justin Fairweather of the film Dog Person.

Check out Moving On here: https://filmfreeway.com/MovingOn360

DM Diem here: https://www.instagram.com/diemcamille/

Be a fairweather friend: https://www.justinfairweatherfilm.com/

Get Info for DC Black Film Festival here: http://dcbff.org/

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Picture Lock Radio: Ep. 127- BlackStar Film Festival & DC Black Film Festival Cont'd

Happy Friday folks! This weekend, August 1st-4th, The BlackStar Film Festival is taking place in Philadelphia. I talk with founder and director of the fest, Maori Holmes about what you can expect to see and do this weekend. The great part about it, is I have Melinda James, cinematographer of Oklahoma Is Black on this week as well. Her film will be playing at BlackStar as well as the DC Black Film festival, so we kill two pre-fest birds with one interview. And last but not least, I’ll talk with Latasha Kennedy, writer/director of One Last Goodbye. Don’t miss the After Show with Latasha on Monday!

Attend the BlackStar Film Festival: https://www.blackstarfest.org/

Check out Oklahoma is Black here: https://melindajamesdp.com/Oklahoma-is-Black

Find out more about One Last Goodbye here: https://www.lmkentertainmentgrp.com/one-last-goodbye

Get Info for DC Black Film Festival here: http://dcbff.org/

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Get my new book “Army of One: PR & Marketing For The Indie Filmmaker”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/057844139X

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Picture Lock Radio: Ep. 104- Top 5 Black Films of 2018 w/ Tim Gordon

Happy Friday my people! Today I’ll talk with Tim Gordon aka Film Gordon, founder of the Black Reel Awards about our top 5 black films of 2018. Black directors had a stellar 2018 with blockbuster films grossing over 1.3 billion in the box office! Next week I’ll do my top 10 of 2018 with Dean Rogers of the Rogers Revue that’s more widespread, but this week I want to go niche. Let me know your thoughts on our list and what films you enjoyed the most!

Check out Tim here: http://thefilmgordon.com/

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Picture Lock PR After Show: Deshuna Spencer of KweliTV

I’ve got some #wednesdaywisdom for you with this After Show with Deshuna Spencer of KweliTV. We talk about the importance of telling authentic visual stories in your marketing, doing the research on your content, and more. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode! Thanks for listening.

The after show is where I ask my guests two questions that cut straight to great takeaways for how to improve the PR and marketing for your production and they throw one at me. Definitely worth the time to listen #indiefilmmakers!

Find out more about Deshuna here: http://deshuna.com/

Check out KweliTV here: https://www.kweli.tv/

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Take my PR For The Indie Filmmaker online course here: https://indiefilmpr.thinkific.com/

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Be sure to visit www.picturelockshow.com for everything Picture Lock! Please give us a review on whatever platform you listen to this podcast on. Thanks so much for your continued support. Drop a line a picturelockshow@gmail.com to say hi and let us know what you think of the show.

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Picture Lock Radio: Ep 101- Holiday Movies, Creative Edge Collaborative, & KweliTV

Happy Friday folks! I hope you are enjoying those leftovers! This week on the show I have Chair, Secretary and Manager of the Creative Edge Collaborative, Talaya Grimes. She’ll talk about what the Creative Edge is and the Future of Film and Media Conference they’re holding Nov. 30 through Dec. 1st at Bowie State University. I also talk w/ Deshuna Spencer of Kweli TV. She talks about her online streaming platform designed to serve films and stories of and by people of the African Diaspora. But first, Thanksgiving is over, but there are certainly movies to see this weekend. I’ve got friend of the show, Tim Gordon, to talk about the films you can check out with the fam this weekend!

Find out more about the Future of Film & Media Conference: https://www.fof.media/

Check out KweliTV here: https://www.kweli.tv/

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Take my PR For The Indie Filmmaker online course here: https://indiefilmpr.thinkific.com/

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Picture Lock Radio: Ep. 72- Where Branches Break, Frank & Lamar, and The Colored Girls Restroom

Happy Friday folks! Black Web Fest hits New York City this weekend and I have some of the directors that will be showcasing their work on the program! From Where Branches Break, director Sev Demy stopped by; creators of the hilarious comedy Frank and Lamar, Anthony Gaskins and Carl Foreman Jr. talk about writing smart comedy; and writer/director Savannah Treena talks about her film The Colored Girl’s Restroom

Check out Where Branches Break here: https://www.facebook.com/BranchesBreak/

Laugh out loud at Frank and Lamar: https://www.ifc.com/comedy-crib/frank-and-lamar

See The Colored Girl's Restroom here: https://www.amazon.com/Colored-Girls-Restroom-Laura-Doman/dp/B0787GNTB4

Get a partner as passionate as you in your film or film event's publicity: www.picturelockpr.com

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Be sure to visit www.picturelockshow.com for everything Picture Lock! Please give us a review on whatever platform you listen to this podcast on. Thanks so much for your continued support. Drop a line a picturelockshow@gmail.com to say hi and let us know what you think of the show.

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Picture Lock Unlocked: DCBFF Closing Night Panel

This is a special Picture Lock Unlocked episode. I’m releasing the audio from the DC Black Film Festival’s closing night panel entitled: Making Black Lives Matter Through Film. This was an awesome conversation between myself, cinematographer Hans Charles, attorney J Wyndal Gordon, director Pearl Gluck, and actor Elle Jae Stewart with questions from the audience as well. This is uncut as it happened and I hope you enjoy and keep the conversation going.

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Be sure to visit www.picturelockshow.com for everything Picture Lock! Please give us a review on whatever platform you listen to this podcast on. Thanks so much for your continued support. Drop a line a picturelockshow@gmail.com to say hi and let us know what you think of the show.

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