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Traveling Light: Personal Items

I’ll never forget my first trip abroad at 18 years old. I brought a massive non-rolling suitcase packed with several pairs of shoes and nearly my entire wardrobe. The memory of that steep hike up to our hotel in Capri still makes me a little sore. I later moved onto […]

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Packing Light: Camera, Sound and Edit To-Go

In less than a week, we are leaving for two months in Southeast Asia. Among the myriad of preparations for the trip, packing our film gear lightly and efficiently is most important.  We will be traveling through four countries and moving often, so light and compact is key. Here’s what […]

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On being kind to other artists.

I got an email solicitation the other day from a composer looking for work. At present, I have no need for music composition, but I filed his email away in a folder marked “contractors”, thanked him for contacting us and let him know that I would keep him in mind […]

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New docs streaming on Netflix

A couple of months ago, I blogged about great documentaries streaming on Netflix.  Since then, Netflix has added a few more of my favorite non-fiction flicks: October Country: October Country is a beautifully rendered portrait of an American family struggling for stability while haunted by the ghosts of war, teen […]

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Small Business Love

We’re regulars at DC’s Basecamp, a local printing and shipping shop.  It’s where we buy reams of recycled paper, drop off left over shipping boxes to be reused and send hundreds of DVD screeners to film festivals and distributors.  But the main reason we frequent Basecamp is the owner Raj, […]

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It’s that time of year again: Silverdocs!

It’s that time of year again.  It’s hot and sticky and the best relief in town is to sit in a beautiful air conditioned movie theater watching documentary films. That’s right, it’s time for Silverdocs, the annual week-long documentary festival sponsored by AFI & Discovery. As a contributor to the […]