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Making Media Now

Filmmakers Collaborative

Making Media Now, presented by Filmmakers Collaborative and hosted by Michael Azevedo, is a podcast dedicated to presenting informative and enlightening conversations with creators of all stripes--filmmakers, writers, directors, editors, technical experts--about their process, their vision, their joys and challenges. Listen in to meet visionaries crafting media in a range of genres and for the full spectrum of distribution platforms.

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49:15

"Together Together" Writer/Director Nikole Beckwith...

Making Media Now ·

2021/07/28

Joining host Michael Azevedo on this installment of MMN is writer/director Nikole Beckwith. Nikole’s latest film, the second feature she’s both written and directed is called "Together Together." The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, stars Ed Helms as Matt, as a 45-year-old single man whose desire to become a father leads him to hire young Anna, played by Patti Harrison, as a gestational surrogate. "Together Together" explores the platonic relationship between two

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38:42

PBS' Frontline Takes a Multi-Faceted Look at...

Making Media Now ·

2021/07/15

On this installment of Making Media Now, host Michael Azevedo speaks with Raney Aronson Rath and Dawn Porter, the guiding forces behind a team of producers, designers and technologists that created "Un(re)solved," a new multi-platform storytelling project from PBS’ FRONTLINE that tells the stories of unsolved racist killings in America, drawing on two years of reporting, thousands of documents, and dozens of interviews. The stories are shared through multiple media forms, including a podcast, a

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38:59

Meet Christi Cooper, Director of ”Youth V. Gov”

Making Media Now ·

2021/07/07

On this episode of Making Media Now, host Michael Azevedo speaks with director Christi Cooper about her film "Youth V. Gov," which tells the story of twenty-one young Americans taking on the world’s most powerful government in a revolutionary lawsuit that claims that for more than six decades, US presidential administrations of both parties have continued to actively abuse their most vulnerable citizens by willingly contributing to the climate crisis. "Youth V. Gov" is now available on

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42:11

Timely Topic: Can We Cool The Planet?

Making Media Now ·

2021/06/29

On episode #33 of Making Media Now, host Michael Azevedo speaks with Ben Kalina, an award-winning documentary producer and director whose work explores the colliding forces of human nature and environmental change. His first feature documentary, "Shored Up," explored sea level rise and the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy as it ran headlong into unchecked coastal development. "Shored Up" won the 2014 Sundance Institute’s Lightstay Sustainability Award and was broadcast on DirecTV. Ben also

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39:38

Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain: Where Persistence...

Making Media Now ·

2021/06/22

Joining Michael Azevedo on this episode is award-winning filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain. Tracy is an award-winning director, producer and writer committed to using film and video to bring diverse and often unknown stories to light in order to advance social justice, build community and empower the marginalized in engaging ways. Her documentaries have been supported the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Ford Foundation,

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26:56

"Clean Creatives" Issues a Challenge

Making Media Now ·

2021/06/11

Joining Michael Azevedo on episode 31 of Making Media Now is Duncan Meisel, campaign director of an organization called "Clean Creatives". "Clean Creatives" is actively engaging with creatives working within the public relations, advertising and marketing fields to convince them to stop working with clients whose bottom line depends on the continued burning of vast quantities of fossil fuels. Earlier this year “Clean Creatives” issued a report that revealed the connections between the world’s

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42:50

Innovation Leads the Way to a More Hopeful Climate...

Making Media Now ·

2021/06/04

It's episode #30 of Making Media Now. Joining host Michael Azevedo on this episode is Pam Tanner Boll. Pam is a filmmaker, artist, writer and activist. She is the Founder and CEO of Mystic Artists Film Productions and the Co-Executive Producer of the Academy Award-winning documentary, "Born into Brothels." Pam followed that achievement up by producing and directing a documentary called "Who Does She Think She Is," which profiled 5 women balancing motherhood and their artist calling. Pam’s latest

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50:55

Who Owns The News You're Seeing? A Conversation with...

Making Media Now ·

2021/05/28

It's episode #29 of Making Media Now, the Filmmakers Collaborative podcast and host Michael Azevedo is speaking with journalist Heidi Legg. (Twitter @heidilegg) Heidi is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute of Quantitative Social Science at Harvard working on the Future of Media Project. She has written extensively about the media landscape in publications such as The Boston Globe, The Globe and Mail, CNN, The Atlantic and more. Most recently, Heidi published 3 exhaustive and insightful

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40:03

Michael Rossi Does It All

Making Media Now ·

2021/05/21

On episode #28 of Making Media Now, host Michael Azevedo speaks with award-winning filmmaker Michael Rossi. Michael Rossi has spent the last twenty years producing, directing, shooting, and editing national programs for public television. In 2012, he received an Emmy Award for his work as Coordinating Producer of the children's engineering series Design Squad. He also received a 2020 Webby Award for his work as producer, director, and editor of Stories from the Stage, a live, storytelling series

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50:48

A Climate Emergency: Understanding Feedback Loops

Making Media Now ·

2021/05/13

On this episode, host Michael Azevedo chats with Susan Grey and Bonnie Waltch the co-directors of a new documentary called Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops. And also joining in on the conversation is Melanie Wallace, a former series producer for the PBS science mainstay, NOVA. Around the world, scientists are working to better understand a critical piece in the climate puzzle: feedback loops—irreversible chain reactions that are being set in motion by Earth’s rising temperatures. The

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48:00

Uniting the World Through Dance: Meet Mickela Mallozzi

Making Media Now ·

2021/05/06

On this episode host Michael Azevedo is joined by Mickela Mallozzi, the four-time Emmy® Award-winning Host and Executive Producer of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi, a travel series highlighting the diversity of dance which airs on PBS stations nationwide and on Amazon Prime globally. (https://www.travelbarefeet.com) A professional dancer and trained musician, Mickela decided to start a journey around the world, taking her camera with her to follow dance in the lives of everyday people wherever

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54:39

Director Layne Stratton Delivers a Tale of Grit and...

Making Media Now ·

2021/04/29

Layne Stratton has been photographing and filming extreme sports athletes since he was in his teens…which really wasn't that long ago! Through a combination of talent and timing, he found himself in the position of producing a 6-part documentary series that premiered on Outside TV in February 2021. In the film, called "Billy," Layne follows Champion Big Wave Surfer, Billy Kemper, on his recovery from a life-threatening injury sustained on a surf trip in Morocco. The film features stunning

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40:07

Meet Scilla Andreen, Co-Founder and CEO of IndieFlix

Making Media Now ·

2021/04/23

Scilla Andreen possesses more than 2 decades of film and TV experience, having started her career in film and tv as a costume designer. In 2005, she and a partner launched Indieflix; a global DVD, on-demand subscription, streaming and screening service that serves independent filmmakers and provides social impact films, television, shorts and documentaries to create positive change in the world. IndieFlix has amassed over ten thousand titles from 85 countries and has secured worldwide rights on a

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39:01

Forgiving the Unforgivable: A Conversation with...

Making Media Now ·

2021/04/15

Forgiving the Unforgivable: A Conversation with Garrard McClendon On episode number 23 of Making Media Now, the Filmmakers Collaborative podcast, host Michael Azevedo speaks with filmmaker, professor and author Garrard McClendon. Garrard’s debut documentary film, "Forgiving Cain," is a deeply personal examination of what it means to forgive an almost unimaginably painful act: the murder of your parents by armed assailants. This is the choice Garrard made in 2009, shortly after his parents, Ruby

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40:44

Picture This: A Conversation with Storyboard Artist...

Making Media Now ·

2021/04/08

On episode 22 of Making Media Now, the Filmmakers Collaborative podcast, host Michael Azevedo has a fun and wide-ranging conversation with art director and storyboard artist Josh Hayes. If you’re a regular listener to this podcast, which often features conversations with filmmakers as well as folks who work their magic 'behind the scenes,' you just might be the kind of person who watches credits at the end of movie. So have you ever wondered what a Storyboard Artist does? Well, wonder no more

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47:31

Big Subjects, Big Images: A Conversation with IMAX...

Making Media Now ·

2021/04/01

On this episode, we go big as host Michael Azevedo talks with writer, producer and director Daniel Ferguson. Daniel’s films take on big subjects: the Tour de France, Jerusalem, and the Journey to Mecca. And, he shoots them in a big format for big IMAX screens all over the world. His latest immersive IMAX film is "Superpower Dogs," which introduces audiences to the life-saving superpowers and extraordinary bravery of some of the world’s most amazing canines! Making Media Now is sponsored by FC, a

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27:56

Shining "Light" on Eating Disorders in Performance...

Making Media Now ·

2021/03/26

Welcome to episode number 20 of Making Media Now, the Filmmakers Collaborative podcast, with host Michael Azevedo. This episode features a conversation with first-time filmmaker Caroline Treadway about her documentary called "Light." Drawing on Caroline’s personal struggle with an eating disorder and her first-hand experience as a climber, Light illuminates the seldom-discussed issue of eating disorders in the world of professional rock climbing, particularly among its female athletes. Since

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41:24

Traveling the Blues Trail with Filmmaker Ted Reed

Making Media Now ·

2021/03/18

It’s episode 19 of Making Media Now and we’ve got the blues! Listen in as host Michael Azevedo chats with Oscar- and Emmy-award winning filmmaker Ted Reed about his documentary “The Blues Trail Revisited.” In the spring of 1970, 20 year old Museum of Fine Arts film students Ted Reed and his friend Tim Treadway drove through the south to find and record some of the last living blues legends. Their goal was to discover the very roots of American popular music, and the sources of the rock music they

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23:51

Bringing Vitality to Virtual Film Festivals with Lela...

Making Media Now ·

2021/03/11

On episode number 18 of Making Media Now, the Filmmakers Collaborative podcast, host Michael Azevedo speaks with Lela Meadow-Conner, Executive Director of the Film Festival Alliance. This episode serves as a coming attraction of sorts, as Lela will be the featured guest at Filmmaker Collabortive’s March 17 lunchtime (12:30pm ET) webinar. (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunchtime-webinar-with-the-film-festival-alliance-tickets-144458327747) The Film Festival Alliance is an organization that creates a

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35:03

The Future is Now: Discussing Emerging Platforms with...

Making Media Now ·

2021/03/05

On episode number 17 of Making Media Now, the Filmmakers Collaborative podcast, host Michael Azevedo chats with Tory Starr of Boston’s public television powerhouse ‘GBH. As the Director of Digital & Social Content Innovation at GBH, Tory works with the station’s many local and national production units to inform and develop content strategies on social and emerging platforms. Since 2018, she has led GBH’s Emerging Platforms initiative to pilot original programming and instill audience-first

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