Oct 24, 2018
This week we discuss our own personal work and creative ventures and look at two doc portraits of activists doing what they love for careers in the arts: MR. FISH: CARTOONING FROM THE DEEP END and MR. SOUL!
Group Review Documentary:
MR. FISH: CARTOONING FROM THE DEEP END (2018) / USA (Director: Pablo Bryant, Producer: Ted Collins)
Available on iTunes Winter 2018
Film Featured in Interview Portion:
MR. SOUL! (2018) / USA (Directors: Melissa Haizlip & Samuel D. Pollard, Producer: Melissa Haizlip)
Now Playing at Select Festivals
Other Documentaries & Books Mentioned:
Acorn and the Firestorm / 2017 (Directors: Samuel D. Pollard & Reuben Atlas)
Alpha Girl: Taryn Murphy Revisited / 2018 (Director: Christopher Llewellyn Reed)
Color Adjustment / 1992 (Director: Marlon Riggs)
Ethnic Notions / 1986 (Director: Marlon Riggs)
Frame of Mind (TV) / 1992 - Present (Producer: Bart Weiss)
Growing up Coy / 2016 (Director: Eric Juhola)
Sleep with Me / 2017 (Director: Summre Garber)
Taryn Murphy (on YouTube and Vimeo) / 2006 (Director: Christopher Llewellyn Reed)
WARNING! Graphic Content: Political Cartoons, Comix and the Uncensored Artistic Mind (Book) / 2014 by Mr. Fish
Timestamps:
00:45 - Intro discussion about Creative Work/Life Balance
15:11 - Group review of MR. FISH: CARTOONING FROM THE DEEP END
27:35 - Bart Interviews Melissa Haizlip of MR. SOUL!
41:34 - Doc Talk
Hammer to Nail Links by Christopher Llewellyn Reed:
Website/Email:
disinfo@fogoftruth.com
Credits:
Artwork by Hilary Campbell
Intro music by Jeremiah Moore
Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)