Entertainment & Filmmaker Interviews

My conversation with Director Margaret Byrne. We discuss her current documentary film,,"RAISING BERTIE"which will will be shown at this years Atlanta Film Festvial. Saturday, April 1, 2017, 5:00 PM — Druid Hills Presbyterian Church (directly across from the Plaza Theater) 1026 Ponce de Leon Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30306  http://atlantafilmfestival.com/2017/raising-bertie/ Set in Bertie County, located in Eastern North Carolina, the film offers viewers a respectful and tender insight into the emotional lives of Reginald “Junior” Askew, David “Bud” Perry, and Davonte “Dada” Harrell. This raw and starkly poetic cinéma vérité film weaves their stories together as they navigate school, unemployment, violence, first love, fatherhood, and estrangement from family members and mentors, subtly exploring the complex relationships between generational poverty, economic isolation, and educational inequity. RAISING BERTIE TRAILER

We talk with award-winning writer, director and actor Blake Robbins about his latest film,THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTING. This is Mr.Robbins second film.His first being the critically acclamed, THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL (2014)  which was chosen as one of 10 narrative features to world premiere in competition at the 20th annual Slamdance Film Festival, it went on to play 13 festivals picking up 8 Grand Jury prizes, as well as being awarded the Leonardo Da Vincini Golden Horse Award for Best Actor at the Milan International Film Festival. THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING PREMIERES AT THE ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL, MARCH 25TH As an actor, Blake began his career in NYC, and has performed in over 50 theatrical productions including Broadway and off-Broadway. He's best known to television audiences for his performances as Dave Brass on the critically acclaimed HBO series OZ, as Tom Halpert (Jim's older brother) on the hit NBC comedy THE OFFICE, as Mitch Glender on FX's SONS OF ANARCHY, and as Dennis Evans on the TNT s

Heart Fire Film correspondent Richard Gedney speaks with documentary Film Director Dinesh Sabu about his new and very personal film,"Unbroken Glass." When he was six-years-old, Dinesh Das Sabu’s parents died. Raised by his older siblings, he had little idea who his parents were or where he came from. Through making UNBROKEN GLASS, he attempts to piece together their story and his own. Uncovering a silenced family history and disturbing truths, Dinesh and his siblings must finally reconcile the past, confronting the trauma of losing their parents and the specter of mental illness. UNBROKEN GLASS weaves together Das Sabu’s journey of discovery with cinema-verite scenes of his family dealing with still raw emotions and consequences of his immigrant parents’ lives and deaths. The film was shot over five years in Illinois, New Mexico, California, and India. http://www.unbrokenglassfilm.com/