Silicon Valley-based Alka Jarvis works, teaches and writes about quality assurance and software testing. She is Cisco Distinguished Quality Engineer and has worked in the networking company for the past 25 years. I sat down with Jarvis to find out her journey from Nairobi, Kenya to Silicon Valley and how she got started in quality assurance and software… Continue Reading
Catch our interview with educator, author and film historian Dr. Annette Insdorf of Columbia University on Oakland’s KTOP TV on Friday, June 22, 2018 at 7.30 pm. The program airs on Comcast 10 and folks in Oakland, East Bay and even some parts of San Francisco. We spoke with Dr. Insdorf about her love for films and how she… Continue Reading
Our 13-part TV series on Women in Science and Technology from Silicon Valley is currently airing on KCSM TV in San Francisco Bay Area. The series features scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, rocket scientist and an astronomer, who share their journey and how they discovered their love for science and math. Thank you to Genentech for sponsoring 7 episodes from our… Continue Reading
Silent films are often labelled as perky-jerky pictures with no sound but just text to give the viewer a context. That is not the complete picture as Robert Byrne, film restorer and Board President, San Francisco Silent Film Festival shares. Silent films contributed many of the techniques and narratives used by modern day filmmakers points out Byrne. Filmmakers and actors… Continue Reading
RBG traces Justice Ginsburg life growing up as a first generation American in Brooklyn to studying law at Cornell & Columbia and then making her career as a lawyer and a teacher. She became the second woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton.
We caught up with Academy award-winning director Michel Hazanavicius when he was in San Francisco for the SFFILM festival. We spoke to him about his new film Godard Mon Amour. The film is based on the memoirs of Anne Wiazemsky, who was married to Godard and looks at a specific time period in the couple’s life –… Continue Reading
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the subject of filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s documentary RBG. Justice Ginsburg, who is in her 80’s hits the gym 3 times a week. Cohen describes how they got to shoot the Justice exercising in the gym for their film. We have an extended interview coming up with Cohen and West… Continue Reading
Los Angeles-based Ben Rekhi shares how the idea for his new film THE ASHRAM (2018) was born while he was traveling in India. The film is available online and starts Sam Keeley, Melissa Cox, Kal Penn, Radhika Apte and Hera Hilmar. This is a highlight from our upcoming extended interview with Rekhi where we talk about… Continue Reading
Director Michel Hazanavicius talks about his Academy Award winning film The Artist (2011) and about his new French film Godard Mon Amour (2018). Louis Garrel essays the role of the famous French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard. Godard Mon Amour is based on the memoirs of Anne Wiazemsky, who was married to Godard. Godard Mon Amour stars… Continue Reading
Dr. Cynthia Lee teaches computer science at Stanford University. Dr. Lee shares how young children (girls and boys) are equally interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), but by the time they enter middle school that interest appears to undergo a change and the number of girls interested in STEM declines. She shares how… Continue Reading
We are very excited to share that a PBS member station in Illinois is broadcasting our special series on Women in Science and Technology from Silicon Valley. WEIU-TV a member of the Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) located in Charleston, IL. WEIU-TV is currently broadcasting our 9-part TV special on Women in Science and Technology from Silicon Valley… Continue Reading
We are excited to share that folks in Boston can catch The Kamla Show on Mondays at 3.30 pm EST. The TV show airs on RCN 83 and Comcast 23.
Filmmaker Aaron Katz talks about the making of GEMINI, a noir film set in Los Angeles. The film centers around the relationship between a famous young actress (Zoe Kravitz) and her personal assistant (Lola Kirke). Often, the boundaries between their personal and professional life is blurred. We met Katz in San Francisco and spoke on… Continue Reading
Lights, camera, action, cut, edit and watch the creations of the celluloid dreamers on the big silver screen. Yes, it is that time of the year in the Bay Area. Get ready for the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) that runs from April 4-17, 2018. The 10-day festival is packed with films, live music,… Continue Reading
We are excited to share that Pasadena in Southern California will broadcast our weekly TV show on Saturdays starting from March 17, 2018. You can watch The Kamla Show in Pasadena on Saturdays at two different time slots – 8.30 am in the morning or 8.30 pm in the evening on Charter 32 and… Continue Reading
Renowned British physicist Dr.Stephen Hawking passed away on March 14, 2018. He was 76 years old. In 2014 Eddie Redmayne essayed the role of Dr. Hawking in the film The Theory of Everything. I got a chance to interview Redmayne about how he prepared for the role and his meeting with Dr. Hawking. Here is… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Alexander Dean shares why she made Bombshell:The Hedy Lamarr Story. The Hollywood actress was known for her beauty but not her interest in technology. During World War II Lamar co-invented a secret communication systems based on frequency hopping. It was only decades later that Lamarr got recognition for her work. Bombshell:The Hedy Lamarr Story… Continue Reading
We spoke with filmmaker Sebastian Lelio and transgender actress Danila Vega about the making of A Fantastic Woman and how they got the idea to make a film about a transgender actress. The film is about love and politics of identity. Last week A Fantastic Woman won an Oscar in the foreign language film category and… Continue Reading
How do you combine your passion for writing and science? We turned to Rina-Shaikh Lesko, who trained and worked as an epidemiologist for many years before embracing her passion for writing. She combined her twin interests: writing and science and became a science writer But, before becoming a science writer Shaikh-Lesko went back to school… Continue Reading
A highlight from our upcoming interview with Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Lelio and transgender actress Danila Vega. I got to ask them a couple of questions from the famous Proust Questionnaire. We have a longer interview coming up with Lelio and Vega. Lelio’s film A Fantastic Woman is Chile’s entry in the best foreign-language film category for… Continue Reading
Dr. Cynthia Lee teaches computer science at Stanford University. She shares how girls and boys are equally interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) as children. But around middle schools the number of girls interested in STEM declines? Why is that? Tune in to find out. This is a highlight of our upcoming interview… Continue Reading
Reading books has become something of a luxury in these modern times. I managed to snatch some time during the year to read a few books. Here are a few that I enjoyed reading and are mentioned in no particular order. Not all the books were published in 2017. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 84, is… Continue Reading
I did not know what to expect from filmmaker Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird. I missed multiple screening opportunitiesto see the film. I deliberately skipped reading the reviews since I wanted to discover for myself what the film was about. Finally, a few days ago I watched the film and came away thinking what a beautiful… Continue Reading
Wish you all a wonderful and happy 2018. Stay kind.
For 132 minutes I was totally absorbed in watching Ridley Scott’s All The Money In The World. David Scarpa’s screenplay is strong and effective and is inspired by a true story. If ever there was a tale to tell this was it was the first thought that popped in my head when the end credits… Continue Reading
We spoke with director Paul McGuiganabout his new film Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool and working with Annette Bening and producer Barbara Broccoli of the James Bond franchise fame.We also spoke with McGuigan about directing the first few episodes of Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool is… Continue Reading
You can catch The Kamla Show, our weekly TV show in Los Angeles on Thursdays at 11.30 pm on LA36. Thank you for your support.
Nashville Honeymoon is a San Francisco Bay area band founded by Hank Maninger and Lynne Maes. We talk to Maninger & Maes about their debut album It’s NashvilleHoneymoon Time and the various musical influences that informed their music. Maes wrote most of the lyrics in the album. They are accompanied by Kurt Ribak on bass and Les… Continue Reading
We are excited to share that our TV show airs for one hour everyday – Monday through Friday in Austin, TX. You can catch the show on Channel 22 on Spectrum, Grande Communications and Google Fiber, streamed live at aisd.tv, on Roku and on AT&T U-verse in the channel 99 menu. Thanks to the Austin… Continue Reading
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