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Bettina Dalton is a documentary producer specializing in nature films. She's best known for the film Playing with Sharks, which you can watch on Disney Plus. Support the show

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Interview with Hsuan Yu Pan and Nancy Wolfe about their new documentary short, Alone/Together. Currently, Alone/Together is available to watch via https://www.panvideo.net/watch-a-film Also check out the facebook page https://www.facebook.com/alonetogethermovie Find out more about Hsuan Yu Pan at https://www.panvideo.net/ Support the show

Today I’m going to  Update you on what’s happening in Madagascar and where we are with the filmUpdate you on what I’ve been doing over the past year while we’ve been unable to filmA lesson hard learned from this past yearLearn more about the film at VoiceofVanilla.com Support the show

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Jessica Jones is an Emmy nominated documentary filmmaker. Her work focuses  on community, cultural representation, and race with a specific focus on both Black and multiracial identity, often with a focus on women and the arts through character-driven narratives. Her work has appeared on Independent Lens, The New York Times, BBC,  KQED, among others publications. She is a part of two-time Webby award winning If Cities Could Dance filmmaking team and in 2016, she received an Emmy nomination for “Women Dancers Redefine Oakland’s Street Dancing Scene”, published on KQED Arts. She is a  part of the creative team behind Mixed People’s History, an online story archival project. She was the 2011 George Stoney Fellow at Working Films, and a 2013 BAVC Mediamaker Fellow. She is a graduate of Northwestern University, and George Washington University’s  Institute for Documentary Filmmaking. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=cU8y8-ux7Oq5VdZhr2eo4G6hgqwY_oldIRT-5qWDcOTzbyRbrAJ08hL8mK4P1W0aH0UbKG&country.x=US&locale.x=US)

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It's important to be able to articulate the importance of documentary filmmaking. There are many reasons, but here are a few of mine. Also, I watched the 3 hour long Stage 32 webinar about pitching Netflix, and here are my thoughts. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=cU8y8-ux7Oq5VdZhr2eo4G6hgqwY_oldIRT-5qWDcOTzbyRbrAJ08hL8mK4P1W0aH0UbKG&country.x=US&locale.x=US)