Please join us this Saturday, July 18th for a film panel/screening showcasing Louisiana independent filmmaking at the Big Top Arts Space located at 1632 Clio Street.
The films being featured include "The Last Lullaby" (7:00PM) by Shreveport director Jeffrey Goodman and "Black Rock" (9:00PM) by San Francisco/New Orleans director Kevin Epps:
www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/jeffrey_goodman_the_last_lullaby_film_financing_20090121/
www.sf360.org/features/epps-black-rock-unearths-buried-alcatraz-history
The festivities will kick off with a "Meet the Filmmaker" panel that will take place from 5:00-7PM and will discuss the pitfalls of both raising money ("blood, sweat, and tears equity") as well as the even more daunting task of finding distribution for independent films once they are made.
The panel will feature the following luminaries: Bruce Leininger, a writer whose book Soul Survivor (co-written with his wife Andrea Leininger) was recently ranked #11 on the New York Times Best Seller list for hard-cover non-fiction; Acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Epps, a San Francisco filmmaker/ New Orleans native whose documentary The Black Rock: The Untold Story of the Black Experience on Alcatraz chronicles the lives of African-American inmates who lived on the island jail from 1934-1963; Jeffrey Goodman, a filmmaker who raised all the money himself for his project by selling the film in $50,000 units to private investors in his hometown of Shreveport. Starring Tom Sizemore, The Last Lullaby is a redemption tale about a hitman trying to cope with the slow pace of retirement. In addition to being a director, Goodman also writes an article for "Movie Maker Magazine" that examines the challenges he faces as he seeks theatrical distribution for his film:
(www.moviemaker.com/blog/category/adventures_in_self_releasing/)
Special guests/panelists will also be in attendance and admission for the festivities will be $10. For more information about the films, please visit www.blackalcatraz.com AND www.thelastlullaby.com
For inquiries regarding the event and sponsorship opportunities, please contact John Dean Alfone: nolagodfather@caa.columbia.edu or (504) 344-2729
