Filmmaking can be a powerful tool used to remove the blindfold on global and social issues. An impactful film can open up a conversation that can promote real, positive change. These filmmakers have a goal of doing just that.
I had a bit of an unusual background before becoming a colorist for film. The first object I ever found value in was a disposable camera I carried everywhere a... Read More
With a long trail of activism behind and ahead of her, Filmmaker Sonia Lowman has realized her purpose in fighting for social justice through film and storytell... Read More
By Courtney Nachlas
How do you explain the world around you? Do you watch the news every morning or do you read about it in a newspaper? Do you hear rumors a... Read More
Who says you can’t do what you love and make a difference at the same time?
by James Holman
For as long as can remember, my only desire has been to work o... Read More
by Marc DiCesare
Its three days before Thanksgiving and the rst real cold snap of the season has just engulfed the northeast. On a bright and beautiful afterno... Read More
By Derek Hockenbrough
In only twelve years, Lucy Walker has emerged as one of the most respected documentary filmmakers in history. Since 2002, she has creat... Read More
By Michael Juliani
I was waiting by the car when I heard the thud of boot heels coming down the stairs. One of the building’s other tenants was standing ahea... Read More
by Jeramy C. Pritchett
BFM: What was the first piece of art that you fell in love with? How old were you?
JR: The film La Haine by Mathieu Kassovitz... I mu... Read More
by Jeramy Pritchett
I, Allan Gaitirira, was born and raised in Kenya into the Kikuyu tribe, and I’ve been hearing stories of the Mau Mau fighters since I was... Read More
by Kathlene McGovern
You may know him as the meth-cooking, yo-bitching, morally-fractured drug dealer known as Jesse Pinkman on AMC’s Breaking Bad. However... Read More