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Screenwriters Down South Meetup will host Producer Micah Haley to discuss ‘The Old Way’ at Juban’s in Baton Rouge

Screenwriters Down South Meetup will host Producer Micah Haley to discuss ‘The Old Way’ at Juban’s in Baton Rouge

Screenwriters Down South is a public Meetup group in Baton Rouge organized to provide camaraderie for writers and filmmakers in the Louisiana film community. The group will gather for its summer discussion series on July 6th at the event hosted by Nick Savides and Joe Vuci, and guest speaking at the July Meetup will be Micah Haley, Producer of The Old Way.

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“A midwife of stories” – LPB Executive Producer Linda Midgett talks about public media storytelling and encourages independent filmmakers

“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.

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New Orleans Director Jonathan Isaac Jackson brings ‘Big Chief, Black Hawk’ and the tradition of Mardi Gras Indians to the WORLD Channel and PBS

New Orleans Director Jonathan Isaac Jackson brings ‘Big Chief, Black Hawk’ and the tradition of Mardi Gras Indians to the WORLD Channel and PBS

Director Jonathan Isaac Jackson is a born-and-raised New Orleans filmmaker whose films show a pronounced depth and sense of responsibility to accurately depict Black history and culture in New Orleans. His documentary Big Chief, Black Hawk immerses the viewer in “the culture” and the meaning and background behind the tradition of masking for Mardi Gras Indians.

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Director and Fable House’s own Misty Talley to host NOVAC editing workshop

Director and Fable House’s own Misty Talley to host NOVAC editing workshop

Director and Editor Misty Talley will host the workshop “Editing Theory in Practice” at the NOVAC campus in New Orleans on Thursday, March 2nd. The “Editing Theory in Practice” workshop is an intermediate course and will cover editing theory, analyzing coverage, cutting compelling conversations, creating tension, coherent action beats, and even editing with VFX plates. The session will also focus on helping filmmakers improve their Adobe Premiere Pro skills.

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