omg absolutely honored to be included in this essay! wow wow that means so much to me! thank you <3
you pose very interesting questions.... i feel like the "goal" of independent film, whether it's a hollywood indie or something i make with my friends on a saturday, is to articulate an alternative. maybe indie is even, implicitly, an affront to power!! idk, i have to think about that more haha.
but it does seem to me that indie naturally speaks to the tension between the powerful status quo and the sometimes disenfranchised, non-labelable, free spirit. and when indie film is done really well, it shakes off the inertia of just "going along with how things are" and allows us to imagine something else. and it does that both in its story & how it's distributed. the options might seem limited without a studio, but in actuality, they open up.
this might be word salad, but you've got me thinking -- thank you!! xx
i'm thrilled you read it! I was going to message you today if not and thank you for the inspiration! Getting people to think is exactly what I wanted from this (lol) - because the more we have the language to articulate WHAT something is, the better we become at articulating the solutions for it - we can then voice the tangible, necessary next steps to create a better future in film for everyone. cause we no longer exist in vague translation or assumptions, we empower ourselves with the right words to get people to fight for and want to be a part of championing a better industry.
omg absolutely honored to be included in this essay! wow wow that means so much to me! thank you <3
you pose very interesting questions.... i feel like the "goal" of independent film, whether it's a hollywood indie or something i make with my friends on a saturday, is to articulate an alternative. maybe indie is even, implicitly, an affront to power!! idk, i have to think about that more haha.
but it does seem to me that indie naturally speaks to the tension between the powerful status quo and the sometimes disenfranchised, non-labelable, free spirit. and when indie film is done really well, it shakes off the inertia of just "going along with how things are" and allows us to imagine something else. and it does that both in its story & how it's distributed. the options might seem limited without a studio, but in actuality, they open up.
this might be word salad, but you've got me thinking -- thank you!! xx
i'm thrilled you read it! I was going to message you today if not and thank you for the inspiration! Getting people to think is exactly what I wanted from this (lol) - because the more we have the language to articulate WHAT something is, the better we become at articulating the solutions for it - we can then voice the tangible, necessary next steps to create a better future in film for everyone. cause we no longer exist in vague translation or assumptions, we empower ourselves with the right words to get people to fight for and want to be a part of championing a better industry.