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So a couple weeks back, I stumbled upon an opportunity for a fellowship for socially engaged art. Since I’m aiming to make socially engaged art through Burning Brigid, it seemed like a good fit. And while I’m not actively looking Continue reading “New normal”: redefining culture through representation
A little bit of awesome featuring one of our Sleep Study cast, Craig Engel: “Day x Day” – Good Queen Gloria from Lucas Celler on Vimeo.
There’s a surprising amount of planning that goes into developing a crowdfunding campaign. We’ve been hard at work doing research, brainstorming perk ideas and how they should be tiered, and actively participating in fan communities to see what we can Continue reading Developing our Kickstarter
For the last several days I have been trying to gather my thoughts regarding the shooting death of Mike Brown and the subsequent protests in Ferguson. I’ve made several attempts to make them line up into something articulate; but I Continue reading On #MikeBrown and #Ferguson
The Chicago indie community teems with creative powerhouses. Recently we met Deborah Craft, Marketing Director for Fake Geek Girl Productions, and got to talking about their upcoming web series. Anchored by an ensemble cast of women (plus a token guy!), Continue reading What to Watch: Upcoming web series “Space Happens!”
While we are still very early in the pre-production process (we’re calling it “pre-pre-pre-production”), we met with our talent last night so we could catch everyone up on where we are in the process. In spite of the various obstacles Continue reading Sleep Study: Meeting over pizza
If you don’t yet follow the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, you should. Yesterday they shared this article, which brought up some memories, some questions, but not a lot of answers for me. The Memories I think a Continue reading Young women, feminism, and expectations
So, there’s a lot of discussion around systemic cultural misogyny on the ‘Net these days, in the aftermath of the UCSB shooting. It’s good that we’re talking out loud about these things. It’s frustrating when the ignorant, even the well-intentioned, Continue reading #NotAllMen, #YesAllWomen, and systemic sexism
Welcome to the Burning Brigid Media website. Without repeating our About page too much, we are a Chicago-based production company focused on creating films with realistically diverse casts to provide normalizing media for people who tend to be marginalized. Look Continue reading Welcome to Burning Brigid Media