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Episode 62: Sophia Kruz, Documentary Filmmaker

September 05, 2017 by Julie Harris Oliver in Diversity, documentary, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, Independent Film, women

Sophia is an Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker. We spoke about her current project, which is a gorgeous film called Little Stones. The film follows four women whose lives are dedicated to empowering survivors of gender based violence and eradicating the atrocities of domestic violence, human trafficking, extreme poverty and female genital mutilation. These women are therapists, activists, missionaries, and entrepreneurs. Their tools – art.

Sophia started realizing success while still in college, and quickly became an effective professional. Hers is a story of courage, initiative, and purpose.

As for the title….

"I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone.” —Alice Paul, Women’s Rights Activist

You can find out more about the project here:  littlestones.org.  There will also be an academic program around this project.  I am introducing it to my kids’ school.  Go ahead and be a copycat.

And here is her Ted talk.  Watch that too.

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September 05, 2017 /Julie Harris Oliver
women in film, feminism, social justice, documentaries, Art, social change, human trafficking, FGM, female genital mutilation, domestic violence, fashion
Diversity, documentary, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, Independent Film, women
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Episode 23: Jill D'Agnenica, Director/Editor/Artist

December 06, 2016 by Julie Harris Oliver in DGA, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, women

Jill is a Director, Editor and an Artist.  She worked her way up in the editing department, until she became an Editor. Her credits include Undercovers, The Division, Switched at Birth, and Pretty Little Liars, among others. She then went on to direct the independent feature film, Life Inside Out, and then the penultimate episode of Switched at Birth.

She walked us through the last two minutes of working with film, transitioning to digital editing, and having a couple of very important conversations that got her to the next levels.  She talks about editing and directing through the eyes of an artist. Her enthusiasm is contagious, her conversation juicy. This is a master class.

And she has documented her bad mothering as an art exhibition. You can find her website here:

http://www.jilldagnenica.com/Jill_Art/Welcome.html .

 

BONUS! In this short episode, Jill talks about her philosophy as an Editor, and also describes a very cool art project she did in every square mile of Los Angeles at the time of the civil unrest after the Rodney King verdicts.  As it turns out, some things in life ​are free.

December 06, 2016 /Julie Harris Oliver
Switched at Birth, Editing, Directing, Art, women, film & TV, equality, gender
DGA, entertainment, Film & TV, hollywood, women
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