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Baton Rouge native M.O. Walsh’s ‘The Big Door Prize’ adaptation shows audiences it’s never too late for re-discovery
Take a sliver of Big, a little Click, and throw a little sprig of Ted Lasso vibes in there. The Big Door Prize is a lot of things, and at its core is a Baton Rouge creator who built a snow globe around the fictional community of Deerfield, Louisiana and infused it with heart.
Disney+ nostalgic space adventure ‘Crater’ brings the moon to Baton Rouge
Crater is the latest Baton Rouge-filmed project to land on the Disney+ platform, following the National Treasure: Edge of History series, which aired its Season One finale back in February.
Producer Sasha Yelaun talks ‘Monstrous’, filming during Covid, and a story that resonates with traumatized grief
For an industry that is still perhaps coming out of an emotional pandemic hangover, it feels relevant to reflect on a film that was endangered to fall apart right in the middle of it. Fable House talked with Producer Sasha Yelaun about his experience during Covid completing a thematically heavy supernatural thriller that rests somewhere between Mad Men and The Twilight Zone.
“A midwife of stories” – LPB Executive Producer Linda Midgett talks about public media storytelling and encourages independent filmmakers
Executive Producer at Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Linda Midgett helps lead the mission to entertain, educate, and inform the people of Louisiana. We talked to Linda about what it is like to serve as the Executive Producer at LPB, and how her experience as a showrunner, director, and producer is serving to grow the next generation of filmmakers.
Polite horror at a murder party in The Hills – Writer and Director Duncan Birmingham talks about sleek Shudder thriller ‘Who Invited Them?’
With the 2023 Overlook Film Fest around the corner, we talked to Writer and Director Duncan Birmingham about his 2022 premiere, and what it was like creating a sleek and dangerous house party in The Hills.
The 2023 Overlook Film Festival is ready to terrorize your bowels: Here’s the full lineup
The 2023 Overlook Film Festival will run from March 30th to April 2nd in the French Quarter in New Orleans, and here’s the full Overlook Film Festival lineup.
The 2023 Black Film Festival of New Orleans is here – Festival Director Gian Smith tells us about the films, performances, and strengthening community
Find festival info, performance schedules, and what Festival Director Gian Smith is excited about for the 2023 Black Film Fest of New Orleans.
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