After spending 4 years in film school, walking out with abundant knowledge about the history of film, experience working with the university’s Blackmagic camera, and using words like mis en scene when discussing films, how do you have your movie? How do you get a film into Sundance? Where do you find your funds? Where do you start? If privileged enough to receive a formal education in filmmaking, the curriculum always seems to forget to include key details on making  a film.

In the digital era, musicians have a better chance than ever to be discovered. While many view the internet as a way to find instant fame, it also provides us a track record of the length of a journey artists take before trending and catapulting to a new level of recognition.  While I don’t believe in gatekeeping music, it feels like a gift to stumble upon an unknown artist before the rest of the world discovers them.  Just a few months ago, as I mindlessly scrolled on Instag

“I'm a Sagittarius, so I love to be free. And so I was like, I'm going to make my own films.”