Meet Emmy Award-winning director Pete Nicks, whose documentary The Force won him a directing award at the 2017 Sundance film festival. The Force takes you behind the scenes of the beleaguered Oakland Police Department that has been under federal monitoring for 10 years. It took over 2 years for Nicks to make this documentary, which is… Continue Reading
VIDEO – WINCHESTER: THE HOUSE THAT GHOSTS BUILT
Winchester House is a mystery house in Silicon Valley. It is also known as the Winchester Mystery House. This sprawling 19th mansion with 160 rooms was built by Sarah Winchester, an heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune. In the 1880s Winchester moved from Connecticut to San Jose, California, where she bought a farm-house and began… Continue Reading
VIDEO: FILMMAKER INTERVIEWS
Take a peek into the highlights of our filmmaker interviews with James Ivory, Mark Pellington, Amit Madheshiya, James Gray, Ritesh Batra and more. We talk to them about the making of their films, how they got started in films and who influenced them. Those are just a few questions, there is a lot more that… Continue Reading
VIDEO: CORBETT REDFORD ON THE MAKING OF “TURN IT AROUND: THE HISTORY OF EAST BAY PUNK”
I sat down to talk with filmmaker Corbett Redford about his debut documentary Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk. This is a rich and dense documentary that traces the history of punk rock in the Bay area from the 1970s. The film released in 2017. Redford shares how he became involved in… Continue Reading
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VIDEO: HIGHLIGHTS OF INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER PETE NICKS of “THE FORCE”
Watch the highlights of our upcoming 2-part interview with San Francisco Bay area filmmaker Pete Nicks. We talk to him about his new documentary The Force that won him a directing award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Nicks takes you behind the scenes of the Oakland Police department that has been under federal monitoring… Continue Reading