PURE O Filmmakers’ Biographies – Dillon Tucker, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Music. A SoCal multi-hyphenate. His feature directorial debut PURE O was nominated for the grand jury award at SXSW 2023, released worldwide by Good Deed Entertainment. Tucker co-wrote and…
Author: Greggory W Morris
PURE O Film Review: A Sublimely Made Hyperrealistic Film Directed & Written by Dillon Tucker
“PURE O is about mental health, and yet so much more. It tackles a litany of universal issues we all face – grief, coming-of-age, loss, addiction, intrapersonal growth, redemption and the power of social connection.,” writes Director Dillon Tucker about his semi-auto biographical memoir.
“I hope the audience walks away feeling closer to others and also themselves OCD thoughts are just normal thoughts that get misinterpreted. There is an opportunity with this film to show the world what OCD really looks like. To show those who suffer that receiving an OCD diagnosis doesn’t mean your life is over. And to show everyone else that we all need the help of other people.” Article and Review by Gregg W. Morris.
The Celebrated Filmmaking Competition Whose Leadership Is Damn Serious About Diversity: 72 Hour Shootout- Part 3
Quentasia Studios, INC YouTube Interview of Jennifer Betit Yen and Tyler Ham Pong Conducted by Gregory Q. Jenkins of Quentasia Studios Premiered March 30, 2024, The Quentasia Podcast Season 3: Jennifer Betit Yen & Tyler Ham Pong. A wide ranging…
The Celebrated Filmmaking Competition Whose Leadership Is Damn Serious About Diversity: 72 Hour Shootout- Part 2
Tyler Ham Pong, Secretary, Asian American Film Lab, Inc. Besides your responsibilities with Film Lab Inc., what’s going on in your personal career? – “I’m always auditioning and working towards the next project. I actually just found out some good…
The Celebrated Filmmaking Competition Whose Leadership Is Damn Serious About Diversity: 72 Hour Shootout- Part 1
The Shootout is an annual, global filmmaking competition celebrating diversity in front of and behind the camera. Teams compete for access to a year of free educational and networking events, mentorships with executives at major networks like ABC, cash, prizes and the chance to have their films screened at film festivals, both nationally and internationally, and on television. The top 50 films from the Shootout will air across the country. Join the revolution, make an amazing film and take your career to the next level! – Article by Gregg W. Morris
Part 1: DEMON MINERAL FILM REVIEW & Q&A With Director Hadley Austin
“Well, I do think that this film is about an issue that of course, will outlast us, right? We are just links in a long chain of films, literally. There are other films that are about this issue that are in my film. I gave them homage and put clips in our film to show that we weren’t the first. We will not be the last. This is a forever problem in some ways,” says Director Hadley Austin in here interview with WORD Editor-Reviewer Gregg W. Morris.
Part 2: Review, Q&A
Director Hadley Austin’s Transcendent, Transfixing DEMON MINERAL – Final Part
“Well, I do think that this film is about an issue that of course, will outlast us, right? We are just links in a long chain of films, literally. There are other films that are about this issue that are in my film. I gave them homage and put clips in our film to show that we weren’t the first. We will not be the last. This is a forever problem in some ways,” says Director Hadley Austin in here interview with WORD Editor-Reviewer Gregg W. Morris.
ALAM: Poignant and Politically Fraught Coming of Age Tale – Premiering via VOD/Digital on 4/26 (Review in the Works)
Talk about Jungian Synchronicity (events are chance occurrences from a statistical point of view, but meaningful in that they may seem to validate paranormal ideas) and with April 5, 2024 “Breaking News” headlines about President Biden and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s phone chat-chat, timing couldn’t be better. – Article by WORD editor Gregg W. Morris. Review in the works.
CNN Article Summarizing Trump’s Legal $$$ Woes
Trump stares down first derailment of his campaign-to-courthouse strategy Editor’s Note: May he be damned with more derailments.
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