Video: New Q&As with Zoe Kravitz, Jeremy Saulnier, the directors of Netflix’s ‘Daughters’ and the Team Behind ‘Skincare’
Being a Film Independent Member has its benefits. One of our favorites is the incredible screenings you can attend as part of our Film Independent Presents program. You get to see the hottest new Indies before they hit theaters and then get to watch the creators behind the film break down the process afterwards. Entertainment and education all in one place. Enter-cation, Edu-tainment, something like that. But if you did happen to miss these incredible screenings, we have you covered. Over on our YouTube page, we have the Q&As of some of our best screenings. You can watch the film on your own, then watch our Q&A, and imagine how cool it would be to be a member.
Here are just a few of the most recent Q&As from our Film Independent Presents screenings.
Zoe Kravitz stopped by to talk about her harrowing and hilarious Blink Twice with Rotten Tomaoto’s Awards Editor Jacqueline Coley. She talks about writing and directing her first film, Blink Twice staring Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum. The discussion ranges from getting actors to act like they’re acting, to how the fight for power always has winners and losers.
I’ve got to say, I’ve always been a fan of Jeremy Saulnier’s style of action-thriller. They’re tight, they’re mean, and they have something to say. And his new one, Rebel Ridge does not disappoint on any of those points. In this Q&A, the Wrap’s Drew Taylor talks action with writer/director Jeremy Saulnier and actors Aaron Pierre and AnnaSophia Robb about their new Netflix film. They talk everything from pre-vis for action scenes, to James Cromwell’s love of MMA, to how the film was inspired by the injustice of Civil Asset Forfeiture.
Daughers is a beautiful film. The craftspersonship is impeccable and the story is powerful and timely. I personally cried at least twice watching this film. The film follows four young girls as they prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C., jail. Film critic Amy Nicholson speaks with Natalie Rae and Angela Patton, the Co-Directors of the new Netflix documentary, as well as Chad Morris, a fatherhood coach featured in the film.
Who said LA was superficial? Skincare does an amazing job of delving into the dark side of the beauty industry that keeps Hollywood power players looking like glowing gods, asks how long they can keep it up, and at what cost. Film Independent’s Rachel Bleemer talks all things Skincare with writer/director Austin Peters, producer Jonathan Schwartz, composer Fatima Al Qadiri and editor Laura Zempel.
There are even more Q&As on our YouTube Channel.
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