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Something a little different for What to Watch: Lakay is a documentary that takes place in the immediate aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. It tells the story of two Haitian-American brothers, Tirf Alexius and Remoh Romeo, who return to Haiti Continue reading What to Watch: “Lakay” coming soon to cinemas!
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
Everyone has causes that resonate with them on a personal level, but not everyone knows what they can do to support those causes. Some of us don’t have the time or the money to make major contributions, but we still Continue reading Support good causes through Kickstarter donations
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
MisSpelled is an upcoming web series that we at Burning Brigid are very excited about. This series about a quintet of five accidental witches stars an ensemble cast of five women-of-color, and is written by actor-director Lindsey McDowell. Her stated Continue reading What to Watch: New Web Series “MisSpelled”
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