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17 Apr12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#160

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE 

 

WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......

 

 

Sheri Candler & Jon Reiss on Film Courage (Ep. #160)



Our finale Film Courage episode on LA Talk Radio features the return of
Sheri Candler and Jon Reiss to tell us about their distribution efforts behind the film Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance. They also tell us what a day in their life is like, whether it matters if you have 15,000 Facebook fans, whether Film Festivals are the first place filmmakers should turn, and why we do not see more independent filmmakers release their film with a ‘day and date’ strategy.

Connect with Sheri at www.SheriCandler.com & @SheriCandler and with Jon at www.JonReiss.com & @Jon_Reiss

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10 Apr12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#159

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE


WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......

 



Paul Yosemite Bear Vasquez ‘the Double Rainbow Guy’ on Film Courage (Ep. #159)


Paul Yosemite Bear Vasquez, the Double Rainbow Guy, calls into Film Courage to tell us his thoughts on whether one can brainstorm and succeed in creating a viral video, he tells us where he would be today without Jimmy Kimmel’s fateful tweet, how he intuitively feels how humanity views him since the rainbow video went viral, and whether struggling artists have the power to connect with their own success.

Watch his latest YouTube Videos and Connect with him on Twitter @Yosemitebear62

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04 Apr12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#158

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE


WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......

 



Filmmakers Steve James & Alex Kotlowitz on Film Courage (Ep. #158)


Filmmakers Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz call into Film Courage to tell us why they are drawn to stories of poverty, violence, and education.  They also tell us the reservations they had making the 2011 Sundance, 2012 Film Independent SpiritAward winning film “The Interrupters,” how they were able to capture such intimate footage, how they were able to raise financing for the film, and what life was like for them over the course of they one-year production.

Connect with The Interrupters and learn how you can help

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28 Mar12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#157

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE


WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......

 


Actor Kevin Chapman on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #157)


Actor Kevin Chapman, Detective Lionel Fusco on the CBS hit-show Person of Interest, skypes into Film Courage to share his story of how acting found him, why he bypassed New York for Los Angeles, what separates those who make a living from those who don’t, how he spends that dead zone time when he is not acting, and he tells about his life on the set of POI.

Connect with Kevin - www.KevinChapman.com, @POIFUSCO, & on Facebook

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21 Mar12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#156

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE


WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......




Franz Wisner & Kurt Wisner of Honeymoon With My Brother on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #156)



Franz Wisner and Kurt Wisner are in the Film Courage studio to talk about their New York Times Best SellerHoneymoon With My Brother.”  They share their adventure of selling their homes, their cars, stock portfolios, walking away from their jobs and traveling to 53 countries in 2 years and the national best-selling book that resulted.  We learn why Hollywood bought the rights to the book, why the movie was not made, and who’s working on the script now.

Connect with the brothers by visiting www.honeymoonwithmybrother.com

 

 

www.howtheworldmakeslove.com

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14 Mar12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#155

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE


WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......




Filmmakers Audrey Ewell & Aaron Aites on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #155)


Filmmakers Audrey Ewell & Aaron Aites call into Film Courage to talk about their latest film, 99% The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film.  They share with us why they have to make this film, how they got 99 filmmakers to join them on this collaboration, how they are keeping this film objective, and the challenges they have faced on the front lines.

Connect with Audrey & Aaron at www.indiegogo.com/99Film,www.99percentfilm.com, www.facebook.com/99percentfilm, Twitter at @99_Film

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07 Mar12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#154

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE


WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......

 



Dustin Jansick of Way Too Indie on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #154)

 


Dustin Jansick, Founder of Way Too Indie calls into Film Courage to tell us why he launched the site, the indie film club he started in South Dakota, his advice to those who do not have money for website design, how filmmakers should approach press for film reviews, and his thoughts on how to drive traffic to your website.

Connect with Dustin at www.WayTooIndie.com & @AtSymbolDcity

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29 Feb12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#153

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE


WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......

 



Filmmaker J.C. Khoury on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #153)

 


Filmmaker J.C. Khoury calls into Film Courage to share what he learned from studying under Spike Lee at NYU, why he waited 5 years to make his debut feature The Pill, how he casted lead actors Noah Bean & Rachel Boston, and his belief in Film Festivals.

Connect with J.C. at www.ShootFirstEnt.com & @ThePill_Movie

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22 Feb12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#152

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE


WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......

 


Filmmaker Antonia Bogdanovich on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #152)


Filmmaker Antonia Bogdanovich visits the Film Courage studio and tells us what it is like growing up around movie sets, that being a second generation filmmaker is not as easy as you think it may be, the struggles powerful women face in this business, how she financed her film My Left Hand Man, and the moment she realized that directing films is what she is meant to do.

Connect with Antonia at www.Station8Films.com & @Tonia2000

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15 Feb12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#151

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE


WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......

 


Filmmaker Meg Pinsonneault on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #151)


Filmmaker Meg Pinsonneault of Thirsty Girl Films is in the Film Courage studio to tell us why every filmmaker should make at least one documentary in their life, her latest film Gwapa (Beautiful) & why it means so much to her, and the sacrifices independent filmmakers make.

Connect with Meg at www.gwapafilm.com, www.ThirstyGirlFilms.com &@ThirstyGirlFilm

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08 Feb12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#150

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Director Matt Adams and Writer/Producer Andrew Flynn Soltys filmmaking team behind a feature-length doc Improv Everywhere call into Film Courage to tell us how much planning goes typically goes into each IE stunt, the pressure they feel to top their previous videos, how they have attracted the backing of Aubrey Plaza, Ben Folds & Nick Kroll, thoughts on how they raised $126,000 on Kickstarter and misconceptions people have about crowdfunding.

Connect with Matt & Andrew at ImprovEverywhere

 

@IEFilm

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01 Feb12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#149

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE


WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......

 

 

 


Tony Zierra & Chad Lindberg on LA Talk

 

Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #149)

 

Filmmaker Tony Zierra and Actor Chad Lindberg of the documentary My Big Break join us on Film Courage to share with us their true and remarkable Hollywood story, that of three actor roommates who rose to stardom in the early 2000’s (Chad Lindberg, Brad Rowe, & Wes Bentley).  We learn whether it was fate or not that brought them together, whether one can sustain a Hollywood career without a ‘big break,’ and why Hollywood doesn’t want you to see this film.

To watch My Big Break today visit us here.

 

Connect with Chad on Twitter @ChadLindberg & Tony @MyBigBreak

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25 Jan12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#148

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE


WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......

 



The Vicious Brothers on LA Talk Radio’s

 

Film Courage (Ep. #148)



Filmmakers
Colin Minihan & Stuart Ortiz aka The Vicious Brothers call into Film Courage to tell us why they hate film school, whether self-distribution was ever an option for their debut feature Grave Encounters, how they got 20 million views to their trailer, their story process from conception to post and why they elected to go with Tribeca Film as their distributor.



Connect with The Vicious Brothers at www.TheViciousBrothers.com


@ViciousBros

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18 Jan12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#147

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE


WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......

 

 


Filmmakers Lisanne Pajot & James Swirsky

 

on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #147)

 

 

Filmmakers Lisanne Pajot & James Swirsky call in to Film Courage five days before their film Indie Game: The Movie premieres at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.  They tell how they heard the news, what life has been like since the Official Selection, the things they do to make themselves better filmmakers, and they give us their take on who has the better chance to sustain their careers, Indie Gamers or Indie Filmmakers.



Connect with Lisanne & James at www.indiegamethemovie.com

 

 

Twitter@IndieGameMovie

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12 Jan12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#146

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE

On a Sunday where things did not go as planned and we were forced to wing it, Filmmaker Marty Lang calls in from Connecticut to give us an update on his first feature film Rising Star, Filmmaker Lord Bronco calls in from Oregon to provide us a run-down of turning points he saw in independent film in 2011, and we receive a surprise visit from HollyShorts Co-Founder Theo Dumont who shares his thoughts on decisions filmmakers must make before submitting their films to film festivals.



Connect with Marty at Rising Star
& @Marty_Lang

Connect with LB at Moonwolves.com & @LordBronco

Connect with Theo at HollyShorts & @TheoDumont

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02 Jan12

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#145

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE


WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......

 


 

Filmmaker Jake Stetler on Film Courage (Ep. #145) 



Filmmaker Jake Stetler calls into Film Courage to tell us the flash moment when he knew he was to be a filmmaker, his near-death experience at age 30, why he began telling people he was going to film his first feature No Sanctuary before the script was complete, when we can expect to see the film and how he plans to release it.



CONNECT WITH JAKE:

Jake's Website

Jake on Facebook

Jake on Twitter

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27 Dec11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#144

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM

COURAGE WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN...... 

 

Musician Kevin Gant on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #144)

 

Kevin Gant, World Guitar Poet and star of Jay Duplass’ documentary KEVIN joins us in the Film Courage studio to talk about his dream of making and sharing music and why he put the guitar down for 12 years, what led to his current rebirth, how the music game has changed and the impact Jay Duplass has had on him.

Buy Kevin Gant's music here, Connect with him on Twitter

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20 Dec11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#143

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE

WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN...... 

 

Filmmaker Mike Ott on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #143) 


Filmmaker
Mike Ott is in the Film Courage studio to tell us what draws him to small towns, lessons he learns as a professor from his students, how his script for Littlerock was born out of improv rehearsals, and what life after the LA Film Festival and winning a Spirit Award has been like for him.



For more on Mike's work, visit www.littlerock-movie.com

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14 Dec11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#142

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......

Filmmaker Jeff Myers on LA Talk Radio’s (Ep. #142)


Filmmaker Jeff Myers visits the Film Courage studio to tell us how he went from making music videos for 30 Seconds to Mars, Black Sabbath, and Better Than Ezra to making the Christmas documentary Becoming Santa. 

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07 Dec11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#141

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE WITH KAREN WORDEN

AND DAVID BRANIN......


 Filmmaker Linas Phillips on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #141)


Filmmaker Linas Phillips (Walking to Wernver, Bass Ackwards) calls into Film Courage to tell us how working with special needs kids led to his filmmaking career, his advice to those who did not get into the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, whether or not he feels pressure as a Sundance alum, and whether he is focused on money or pursuing his dreams.



For more on Linas and his work please visit www.bassackwardsfilm.com

 

 


This episode was Guest-Hosted by Elizabeth Karr 

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30 Nov11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#140

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GARAGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT FILM COURAGE WITH KAREN WORDEN AND DAVID BRANIN......


Filmmaker Jentri Chancey calls into Film Courage to talk about the benefits of film school, what she does everyday to make herself a better filmmaker, her quest to make her debut feature film, why she is drawn to ‘meaning of life’ stories and her current projects Lost in Sunshine & Born Good, and her work with Aether Paranormal.

Stay connected with Chancey - www.jentriquinn.com and @Jentrification

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23 Nov11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#139

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Garage is pleased to present FILM COURAGE with Karen Worden and David Branin......


 

Prescreen CEO Shawn Bercuson on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #139)


Prescreen CEO Shawn Bercuson is in the Film Courage studio to tell us why he had to follow through on this venture, it's unique pricing plan, the revenue split for filmmakers, what most filmmakers are doing to drive attention to their films, and whether he expects to see a "Kickstarter Effect" for films before their 60 day release ends.

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16 Nov11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#138

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Garage is pleased to present FILM COURAGE with Karen Worden and David Branin......


Filmmakers Patrick Shen and Brandon Vedder on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #138)


Filmmakers Patrick Shen and Brandon Vedder are in the Film Courage studio to tell us about their latest film La Source, a feature documentary about two brothers Chrismedonne and Josue Lajeunesse and their dream to bring clean water to their impoverished village in Haiti at whatever cost. Patrick and Brandon tell us how they acclimated to Haiti post-earthquake, how they developed trust and a comfort zone with their subjects, their goal to reach an audience of 100,000 people, and their social action campaign in which they hope to build 3000 wells for those who have no access to clean water.



This is more than a movie, to find out how you can help visit www.LaSourceMovie.com


 

Twitter Connect: @PatShen @BrandonVedder @LaSourceMovie

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09 Nov11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#137

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Garage is pleased to present FILM COURAGE with Karen Worden and David Branin......


Actor / Producer Will Keenan on LA Talk Radio's Film Courage (Ep.#137)
 


 Actor / Producer Will Keenan (Politics of LoveTromeo and Juliet) is in the Film Courage studio to discuss his legendary cult career. He shares his thoughts on where independent film will be in 2016, why he favors the creative producer, and why ‘international’ is the new ‘independent.’



For more on Will please visit, www.PoliticsOfLoveTheMovie.com,www.MakerStudios.com and follow him on Twitter @NuclearMango

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02 Nov11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#135

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Garage is pleased to present FILM COURAGE with Karen Worden and David Branin......

 

 Filmmaker Nick Lewis on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #136)

Filmmaker Nick Lewis calls into Film Courage to share his story of a lawyer turned filmmaker in the making of Rise and Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story.  We learn why he was compelled to make a movie about Jay’s story, why he set a $215,000 Kickstarter goal, how he reached that goal, and the film’s resulting theatrical deal.  The film opens in over 100 theaters across the country 11/3/11, visit JayDeMeritStory.com to find a theater near you.

To learn more about this amazing story visit JayDeMeritStory.com

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26 Oct11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#135

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Garage is pleased to present FILM COURAGE with Karen Worden and David Branin......


Filmmaker Judy Irving and Author Mark Bittner on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #135)
 

 

 

Filmmaker Judy Irving and Author Mark Bittner call into Film Courage to talk about their documentary The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.



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19 Oct11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#134

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Garage is pleased to present FILM COURAGE with Karen Worden and David Branin......


Entrepreneur & Author Peter Shankman on LA Talk
Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #134)


Founder of HARO and Author, Peter Shankman calls into Film Courage to tell us the best time to begin building your audience, how he ended up on the Howard Stern show, the best way to get Facebook fans to your website, how to get others to evangelize your work, what he would do if he lost is audience overnight and where he sees distribution in 5 years.



Connect with Peter by visiting www.Shankman.com or on Twitter@PeterShankman


 This episode was Guest-Hosted by Actor West Liang
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12 Oct11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#133

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Garage is pleased to present FILM COURAGE with Karen Worden and David Branin......

Creator of No Film School and Filmmaker Ryan B. Koo calls into Film Courage to tell us why he tracks the hours that he works, why he elected to put off filmmaking in order to build No Film School, how he has been able to build 600,000 page views a month, what gave him the confidence to go after $115,000 on Kickstarter for his debut feature film Man-Child, and whether or not he could have raised a higher sum of money.


Bookmark and visit Koo’s site often - www.NoFilmSchool.com
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05 Oct11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#132

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Garage is pleased to present FILM COURAGE with Karen Worden and David Branin......


Filmmaker Kenton Bartlett on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #132)


Filmmaker Kenton Bartlett calls into Film Courage to tell us why an aspiring film critic became a filmmaker, how he was able to cast Mark Boone Junior & Melora Walters in his first feature film Missing Pieces, why nearly 600 people donated time and energy to the film, and why he elected to world premiere it on the new digital platform PreScreen.



Watch the film before November 21st here


 For more on Kenton's work, please visit -www.findyourmissingpieces.com 

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28 Sep11

Garage presents FILM COURAGE with David Branin & Karen Worden Ep.#131

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 Garage is pleased to present FILM COURAGE with Karen Worden and David Branin......


Filmmaker / Author Vincent Rocca on LA Talk Radio’s Film Courage (Ep. #131)


 

Filmmaker/Author Vincent Rocca is in the Film Courage studio to talk about his story of dropping out of high school in the 9th grade, to becoming an entrepreneur, to making his first feature film Kisses and Caroms in 5 days on an $11,000 budget.  He also tells us how much Warner Brothers paid him to acquire the film along with how much he was paid on the back end, whether or not it was a mistake to go with Warner Brothers and how he would distribute if he was entering the market today.



For more info on Vincent's book, please visit www.RebelWithoutADeal.com


 

This episode was guest hosted by actor Rhomeyn Johnson.

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