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

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Kevin Sampson 8/2/19 Kevin Sampson 8/2/19

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

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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/

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Kevin Sampson 3/26/19 Kevin Sampson 3/26/19

Picture Lock PR After Show: Patrick Shepherd

Happy Monday folks! I’ve got another great After Show for you with Patrick Shepherd. Typically, the after show is where I ask my guests two questions that cuts straight to great takeaways for how to improve the PR and marketing for your production and they throw one at me. However, since Patrick is more on the film festival side as you heard in Friday’s show, I decided to keep this conversation more focused on how filmmakers can get the most out of film festivals. He gave some great answers. Let me know what you think below or on social! Enjoy!

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Kevin Sampson 3/22/19 Kevin Sampson 3/22/19

Picture Lock Radio: Ep. 113- Patrick Shepherd of CIFF & Director Sara Zandieh

Happy Friday folks! Filmmakers be sure to get your films in to the DC Black Film Festival as we’re still in the regular call for entries period until the end of this month. I can tell you first hand that you’ll want to be a part of this year’s showcase and we’re cooking up some great stuff for you!

Today on the show I’m talking with Patrick Shepherd, the Associate Director of the Cleveland International Film Festival about what we can expect to see at this year’s festival. The fest takes place March 27th through April 7th and I have a feeling you’ll want to put it on your radar after this interview. I also talk with Sara Zandieh, writer/director of Simple Wedding. We talk about how her mixed heritage influences the films she makes and how it makes a universal impact for film viewers. Fun fact: I recorded with Sara and Patrick at least a month a part and her film will be playing at CIFF. So you’re getting a double preview!

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See Sara’s work here: http://www.sarazandieh.com/

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Kevin Sampson 3/19/19 Kevin Sampson 3/19/19

Picture Lock Unlocked: Brad Forder of the Environmental Film Festival in The Nation's Capital

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Hey podcast subscribers! I’ve got another Picture Lock Unlocked episode. Today I talk with Brad Forder, the Director of Programming for the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capitol. We talk about what you can expect to see at the festival that’s taking place right now in Washington, DC.

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Kevin Sampson 2/22/19 Kevin Sampson 2/22/19

Picture Lock Radio: Ep. 109- Suki Hawley & Janet Pierson of SXSW Film

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Happy Friday my people! I was honored to be featured in WTOP’s Black History Month highlighting of black men and women doing groundbreaking work to better the community. Shoutout to Rob Woodfork and Jason Fraley! Check out the link to the article below, but I’m glad that my work with this show and the DC Black Film Festival is making a difference in the community both locally and at large.

Today I talk with co-director and editor of the documentary The Commons, Suki Hawley. The documentary covers students at UNC’s flagship campus in Chapel Hill as they take to the commons to demand the removal of “Silent Sam,” a Jim-Crow-era Confederate statue. With the specter of the Charlottesville tragedy hanging thick in the air, the confrontation takes on a life of its own. I also talk with the director of SXSW Film, Janet Pierson. Janet and I talk about what you can expect to see at this year’s Film Festival and how to best navigate it!

Check out The Commons here: http://rumur.com/

Get to SXSW Film here: https://www.sxsw.com/festivals/film/

WTOP Black History Month Article: https://wtop.com/entertainment/2019/02/our-image-on-the-big-screen-dc-black-film-festival-founder-works-to-advance-women-people-of-color-in-media/

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Kevin Sampson 2/6/19 Kevin Sampson 2/6/19

Picture Lock PR After Show: Marianne Hettinger of Prince Harming

Hey folks! I’m back from Sundance 2019 and the terrible cold I caught coming home from Park City. So I can finally get this After Show out to you. I’d meant to post it prior to leaving for Utah, because it was edited and ready to go…it just didn’t make the export somehow! Regardless, here’s a solid After Show episode w/ the multi-talented Marianne Hettinger of Prince Harming! We talk about making sure you have the right team around you, how to find the right distributor for your project and more. Enjoy!

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Kevin Sampson 11/2/18 Kevin Sampson 11/2/18

Picture Lock Radio: Ep. 98-Julia Moroles, In Search of Greatness, Cucalorus Festival & Lez Bomb

Happy Friday folks! This week I have a jam packed episode! I talk with Picture Lock contributor Julia Moroles about her love for documentary filmmaking, and her latest documentary. Julia also talked with Gabe Polsky, director of In Search of Greatness about his latest documentary, which is in theaters today! I talk with Chief Instigating Officer, Dan Brawley, of the Cucalorus festival about what we can expect to see next weekend at the festival that is still standing strong in it’s 24th year in Wilmington, NC. Which is awesome because the city was hit hard by Hurricane Florence this year. So mark your calendars for November 7th-11th film lovers!

If my talk with Dan isn’t enough to convince you to check it out, my conversation with one of my new best friends, Jenna Laurenzo surely will. Jenna is the director of Lez Bomb, a hilarious new comedy about coming home and coming out. The film will be playing at the Cucalorus film festival, which is quite coincidental because at the time we recorded, I had no idea! You’ll definitely want to hear the Picture Lock After Show conversation I had with Jenna which I’ll drop Monday on the podcast. It’s packed, but it’s another great episode!

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Find out more about In Search of Greatness: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8236398/

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Kevin Sampson 10/20/18 Kevin Sampson 10/20/18

Picture Lock Radio: Ep. 96- Halloween, Middleburg Film Fest, Nick Gross, & Washington West Film Fest

What’s good folks!? I’ve got a packed show for you guys this week. The Middleburg Film Festival is going on this weekend and I talked w/ the founder and executive director, Sheila Johnson and Susan Koch, about what you can expect to see at one of my favorite fests! I talk with DMV actor Nick Gross about his career and how going after what he wants has helped him. I’ll post the after show segment I had with Nick in which he gave some great tips on how he addresses PR & Marketing with his career on Monday. Finally, I talk with the director of programming for the Washington West Film Festival, Ariel Lee. Ariel gave me the goods on what you can expect to see at the festival taking place in Reston next week. But first, friend of the show and Epic Film Guy, Bryan Loy, stops by to give his thoughts on Halloween, which hits theaters this weekend.

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Kevin Sampson 9/24/18 Kevin Sampson 9/24/18

Picture Lock Radio: Ep. 92- DCBFF Q&As

Happy Monday! Another late entry, but this week on the show I’ve got more from the DC Black Film Festival as I unload some of the Q&As that took place after our film blocks! Plus, your Picture Lock Question of The Week from from last week is read on the show and HEARD as we have a call in.

See the DCBFF interviews here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjNr0Ej5B3U&list=PLVaehsAgM7Iru9fNREal_n3Qy0fb0_pG1

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Kevin Sampson 7/27/18 Kevin Sampson 7/27/18

Picture Lock Radio: Ep. 86- Chad Quinn, Savannah Kopp, Bruce Gorman Jr., & Praheme

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Happy Friday my people! This week’s show kicks off the DC Black Film Festival showcase on Picture Lock. For the next few weeks I’ll be bringing you interviews with some of the filmmakers whose films are in the festival. I gotta say, I really enjoyed getting the backstory to our filmmakers and it helped me appreciate their films even more.

On Friday August 17th we’ll be showing a Love and Heartbreak block of films that deal with love and the heartbreak that sometimes comes with it. So today I’m speaking with Chad Quinn, writer/director of For The Love of Musiq; Savannah Kopp, writer/producer of The Wedding Scene; Bruce Gorman Jr., writer/producer/director of Thurman Comes Home; and Praheme, writer/director of Stuck. Your definitely going to to want to see these films at the festival, and you’ll enjoy getting to know these filmmakers and the stories behind their films on the show today.

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Try to get hitched with The Wedding Scene here: https://www.facebook.com/weddingsceneshort/

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Kevin Sampson 6/1/18 Kevin Sampson 6/1/18

Picture Lock Radio: Ep. 79- Thomas Debass, Ben Kendrick, & Desson Thomson

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Happy Friday folks! The Smart Philm Festival is taking place this weekend at American University in Washington, D.C. This is the only festival in DC dedicated to showing films created on mobile phones and tablets, and festival founder Thomas Debass stops by to talk about what you can expect to see this year. I also have the Managing Editor of Screenrant.com, Ben Kendrick, drop in to talk about his journey in film criticism and his day to day experiences at the behemoth website. Finally, I have Desson Thomson, Director of Executive Communications of the Motion Picture Association of America, on to talk about the MPAA and what they do other than rate films. Desson is also the former professor who sparked my love for deeper analysis of film. So this is a special one folks!

Find out more about the Smart Philm Festival here: http://www.smartphilm.com/

Check out Ben and his work at screenrant.com: https://screenrant.com/

Check out The Credits and find out more about the MPAA here: https://www.mpaa.org/

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