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Today’s Podcast: FILMMAKER ZOÉ HENRIQUES (TWO LONE ROBOTS)

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TWO LONE ROBOTS, 7min., UK
Directed by Zoé Henriques
Two lone robots are looking for others but time is running out.

Get to know the filmmaker:

What motivated you to make this film?
A walk outside during the COVID pandemic to the location where the film was shot.

From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take you to make this film?
I will say two sets of 6 months, bringing the total tally to a year. I did a major rewrite and had a change of direction in the middle of the project, so this is effectively the second version of this film. The short answer, it took one year.

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Today’s Podcast: FILMMAKER BRITTANY CHRISTINE (OUTTA THIS WORLD)

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OUTTA THIS WORLD, 5min., Animation
Directed by Brittany Christine
An animated sci fi comedy about a human woman, Astria ZonBerg, who longs for something. On a journey with alien Pike to find it, she discovers something else she never knew she was missing.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3046505/
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Get to know the filmmaker on what motivated her to make this film:
The Pandemic and being in lockdown! I very much felt the same way my character Astria Zonberg did, in the sense that I had already turned my backyard into a beach complete with a lounge set for tanning, bbq area for cooking, volleyball court, ping pong table, racquetball set, tennis court, & projector screen for outdoor movies, then on the inside of my house I bought a rower machine, elliptical, bike, treadmill, thigh master, free weights, dumbbells, work out…

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SCRIPT MOVIE: Kiss Me, Stay Close, by Patricia Bruce

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Two false lovers — in a dangerous time…

Produced by the WILDsound Festival.

Executive Producer by Matthew Toffolo

Editor and Visual Design by Steve Rizzo

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
JACKLYN LEWIS: Hannah Ehman
POLICE DETECTIVE: Sean Ballantyne
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Interview with Poet Kirsten Warner (GRITTY, DANGEROUS DOLL) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

1) What is the theme of your poem? The theme of this poem is how to turn disappointment into something useful for myself, how to transform that deadly blow into art. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? I was not long-listed for the New Zealand book awards which I expected, although I later […]

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Interview with Poet Paul O’Donnell (PASSING) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

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Interview with Poet James Morgan-Jones (Demoiselle) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

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Interview with Poet Janelle Barker (9/11 ATTACKS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

1) What is the theme of your poem? the theme of my poem is finding your strength to stay strong 2) What motivated you to write this poem? this event changed the world and affected all of us deep into our heart, whether we were there or not. 3) How long have you been writing […]

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Interview with Poet Franco D’Alessandro (LEOPARD CLUB LOVE) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

1) What is the theme of your poem? That transformative power of -what the Greeks called- Storge/Philia love, especially when found in an unlikely place and between unlikely people. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? My relationship with a student who has become a son to me. A rather tricky thing as I […]

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Anti-Intellectualism and Right-Wing Populism — SUNDRY THOUGHTS

Truthiness, Alternative Facts, and Damn Lies Stephen Colbert, during his years of hosting The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, spoke, in the character of a composite of most of the on-air talent at the FOX News Channel of “truthiness,” defined as the quality or seeming or feeling true, even when being false. “Truthiness” is the […]

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