FilmStack Inspo Day 85 Ten Things That Inspire Me

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"I was 32 in film school…and I thought I was old!" Laramie Dennis on her pivot to filmmaking and the joys of character-driven storytelling

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Okay Artists. Who's in? www.falloffreedom.com

We Hold These Truths

Join the nationwide movement to protect freedom, equality, and democracy. weholdtruths.com

Dear Patti Smith... Happy Anniversary, "Horses!"

Dear Patti Smith...
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Collective Power and the FilmStack Inspiration Challenge (#31) Six filmmakers share what’s inspiring them.

Collective Power and the FilmStack Inspiration Challenge (#31)
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I love your podcast and this piece and can't wait to read Odell's book BUT you're missing one crucial piece: GP's foray into macriobiotics. I knew her chef. It's a whole worldview and probably influenced her wellness trip. A lot.

Ramona's Substack Anniversary! Thanks For Being Part of Year One

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Author Panel: Writing Midlife | Book Club Bar Independent general bookstore and full service cocktail and espresso bar in the East Village of NYC, serving handcrafted drinks in a cozy community space.

JUNE roundup: Last call for 6/4 writing workshop, three hours via Zoom. AND... I'm hosting a great event in NYC on 6/9, Writing Midlife, with these incredible authors. Come see us! www.bookclubbar.com/events/26703...

June 4, one-day Zoom writing workshop OMG NOW WHAT? Mining new material for a new season. Generative creating writing prompts, every genre, all kinds of writers welcome. DM me for deets.

BB News delighted to announce a live event and summer workshops!

In conversation with Mo Ogrodnik tomorrow night in NYC, also upcoming Zoom workshops: ramonaatmidlife.substack.com/p/bb-news

So THIS happened, and it was incredible. Here I am with my excellent cousin Jay in Highland Park, IL.

Someone said Parker Palmer was on Substack and I thought they said Parker Posey and I got excited.

What does it mean that this season I'm way more into Deborah than Ava? #Hacks

Minibabble: Brooke Berman, Director at Midlife - Brooke Berman is a first-time film director. She’s also a middle-aged woman, a mom, and a wife with a full writing career under her belt. In this mini-episode, we explore what she learned from directi...

NEW Minibabble: Brooke Berman, Director at Midlife - Haven't had time to listen to the full hour interview? Here's a bite-sized bit about the making of Ramona at Midlife.
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It wreaks of priviledge. If he or his family get sick, they have the best doctors. If some asshole on Medicaid, like me, gets sick.... it's another story, and he doesn't care. Survival of the fittest? Or the richest?

RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.

Writer holds the knife on the sharp side and makes a film that's true to itself

"Writer holds the knife on the sharp side": Some thoughts about indie filmmaker Brooke Berman's film, Ramona at Midlife.
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HORRIFIC indeed. Thanks for sharing.

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

EPISODE RELEASE: "Filmmaker at Midlife" In conversation with Brooke Berman

EPISODE RELEASE: "Filmmaker at Midlife"
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WTF @schumer.senate.gov ? And no, the Op Ed in today's Times didn't make it less cowardly.

Text reads "How the S&P 500 Has Moved at the Start of Each Trump Presidency" over a line graph.

When President Trump entered his first term, stocks were steadily marching upward. This time, the trajectory has inverted. Here's how. nyti.ms/3XVhSjh

" The best of my plays and movies come out of this funky psychic soup where a whole bunch of things that happen to me and then a whole bunch of things that didn't happen to me and questions that I have, like, go into a pot together and ruminate with each other and sort of gestate for a while and then something else comes out."

Coming soon to The Babblery: An interview with first-time film director Brooke Berman. Subscribe: babblery.com/subscribe/
Love that funky psychic soup! @babnyc226.bsky.social

Speaking as a Jew and a Barnard/Columbia alum, they can DEFINITELY go fuck themselves.

I just cried on the phone to @velazquez.house.gov registering my concern and rage re: closure of the Dept of Education. Have you called your reps yet?

Anyone else exhausted?

These DEMS voted to censure Al Green.
If they're your rep, please give them a piece of your mind.
Reps. Ami Bera & Jim Costa, CA; Ed Case, HI; Laura Gillen & Tom Suozzi, NY; Jim Himes of Connecticut; Chrissy Houlahan, PA; Marcy Kaptur, OH; Jared Moskowitz, FL; and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, WA

I love him.

Your Voice Needed: Tell your governor to defend Medicaid funding Republicans in Congress are pushing for massive tax breaks for the rich and think we should pay for them by cutting Medicaid, putting millions of people at risk of losing healthcare coverage. Tell you...

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