Kathleen McGee Anderson (Playwright/Writer/Producer) was the first guest of the CJ Film Series 2015. She screened her film ‘The Color of Courage’, a narrative film that she wrote about her grandparents and the landmark civil rights case, Sipes v McGhee. Kathleen also spoke with us candidly about working in Hollywood and staying true to yourself and your creativity in a workshop called, “Learning to Speak Your Truth”.
The only proven path to independence as an artist is a direct connection to your audience. Crowdfunding is becoming a fundamental piece of most financing plans for independent film. However, many filmmakers miss the opportunity to turn their film funding campaigns into audience-building opportunities that can last an entire career — and provide the groundwork for distribution that the filmmaker controls. This Crowdfunding to Build Independence Workshop for film-related projects will provide the crowdfunding action plan most likely to create a lasting, flourishing, direct relationship with your audience.
Where do stories come from? How do we develop them from script to screen? How do we overcome the obstacles? Hear the behind the scenes stories of the films at Citizen Jane and what inspired them. Clips of festival films are played.
Hear from those who select films at other festivals and from those who have won some of the most selective film grants/scholarships/awards in the nation talk about the process and how they got there. They will talk about how their work got to the next level, or if they are the one making the selection, what makes them choose one film project over another. An honest discussion about opportunities in filmmaking with clips from films of the festival are played.
Experience the 2014 Citizen Jane Festival all over again with this video by our amazing documentary team.
The 2013 Citizen Jane Summit wrap-up!