The Stage 32 Videos: Slamdance

A day in the life of a stand up comedian living in his car and dating a girl who lives two cars behind him. We follow Rasheed over the course of a day as he tries to make it to his first paid gig while avoiding disastrous mishaps and moonlighting as a ride-share driver. Directed by: Rasheed Stephens & Tehben Dean

In this special episode of SPOTLIGHT we highlight the 2023 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL with this interview series. In Episode 5 we're excited to be featuring the feature documentary THE MAD WRITER as Joe Compton sat down with filmmaker Zach Kashkett and the star and subject of the documentary Indie Hip Hop Maverick L'Orange to talk about their friendship, what that went through in making this, and being an artist at this time. The Mad Writer is a documentary that follows Hip Hop phenom L'Orange, With his star on the rise, he confronts a stunning diagnosis that threatens both his hearing and his burgeoning career..

Does God exist? Two blessed and rather bold test subjects, Orión and Adán, intend to prove it in a scientific experiment run by a mysterious religious organi...

Joe Compton sat down with filmmaker Angela Washko about her documentary Workhorse Queen. The film follows Ed Popil, better known to RuPaul's Drag Race fans as Mrs. Kasha Davis, on the journey to navigate the "fame" that came from being on National Television and a very popular show, while wrestling with the notion of establishing a life and career in Kasha's home of Rochester. Angela who has a performance artist background herself gravitated to the uniqueness of the Mrs. Kasha Davis persona and asked to be a fly on the wall through many travels and many ups and downs in Ed and Kasha's journey. We talk about the choices one has to make as a documentarian and how this all came to be and why.

Joe Compton sat down with Co-Directors Darragh Carey & Bertrand Desrochers and their lead actor Ola Orebiyi who played Benji in the narrative feature A Brixton Tale, which is one of the films featured at the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival. This film within a film tackles a lot within the framework of 90 Minutes and Joe got these gentlemen to help him break it all down for you and give you what it is all about. This is an amazing conversation about craft, passion, and using unconventional means to get a film made.

From our recent trip to Park City, Utah and in covering the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival Joe Compton got together with filmmaker Lothar Herzog and talked all about Cherynobl some 30 years later and how it became the backdrop for his narrative feature 1986. You can follow the film on all it's social media below. 1986 LINKS: Website: http://www.lothar-herzog-film.de/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/lotharherzogfilms/about/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lothar_herzog_films Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user11550334

From our recent trip to Park City, Utah and in covering the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival Joe Compton sat down with the director of the experimental animated short film There Were Four of Us, Amber Schaefer. We talk about its tongue and cheek fun and its future existence. From our recent trip to Park City, Utah and in covering the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival Joe Compton sat down with the director of the experimental animated short film There Were Four of Us, Amber Schaefer. We talk about its tongue and cheek fun and its future existence. You can learn all about it Cassie and her films in the links below: CASSIE'S LINKS: Website: https://www.karasucassie.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karasucassie/ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/karasucassie Twitter: https://twitter.com/cassiekarasu

In this Slamdance 2019 Interview Joe Compton met with director Matt Kliegman and the star of his documentary Markie Wenzel on the red carpet of their premiere at the film festival. Check out all their links and the blog post detailing why you should check out this film with the links below. GoIndieNow Blog Post about the Slamdance Feature Documentary program: https://goindienow.com/home/slamdance--docfeatures MARKIE IN MILWAUKEE LINKS Website: https://www.markieinmilwaukee.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarkieInMilwaukee Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkieMilwaukee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markie_in_milwaukee/

Slamdance 2019 Interviews continue as Joe Compton joins the documentary star Will Little, Director Heidi Yewman, DP/Producer Skye Fitzgerald, Editor Dan Sadowsky, and composer Bryan Minus on the red carpet of their premiere at Slamdance talking about their documentary Behind The Bullet. Go check them out as well with their links below and check out our overview of it on our blog as well. GoIndieNow blog covering on Behind the Bullet: https://goindienow.com/home/slamdance--docfeatures BEHIND THE BULLET LINKS Website: https://behindthebulletfilm.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BehindTheBulletFilm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTBFilm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/btbfilm/ Beyond the Bullet Book Link: https://amzn.to/2EHmdym

Our Slamdance 2019 Interviews continue as Joe Compton had the opportunity to stand with Stuart Swezey the legend who collaborated to create the awesome desert showcases Desolation Center. Now he has directed a documentary on his creation and the history behind it. After watching the interview go check out the links and our blog on why you should make sure to see this film, below. GoIndieNow blog on Desolation Center and why you need to champion it: https://goindienow.com/home/slamdance--docfeatures DESOLATION CENTER LINKS Website: https://www.desolationcenter.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DesolationCenter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/desolationcent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/desolationcenter/ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user4021787 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVCKewE48BHjEoAtJ9UXxww?view_as=subscriber

A retrospective celebrating Go Indie Now's time at the 2018 Slamdance Film Festival, looking forward to 2019.

Joe Compton got together with 2 filmmakers, one of which he met at Slamdance but never nail down the opportunity to interview both of them there, after the festival. Sebastien and Forest made an incredible short film that screened at Slamdance called The Troubled Troubadour. A film we actually also showed in the original episode of our flagship show in which this interview aired. The link to that moment in that show will be available to click on below, do yourself a favor and check out this amazing film and enjoy this interview. SEBASTIEN SIMON LINKS FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/simonstruous TWITTER https://twitter.com/simonstruous INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/simsebou/ VIMEO https://vimeo.com/filmmakerforhire FOREST IAN ETSLER LINKS FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/forest.etsler INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/forestetsler/ https://youtu.be/8beD2Rd7ukc?t=7344