In this episode, we interviewed Ninoska Carolina, the founder of Mott Haven Film Festival and Bronx Film Festival.

Ninoska Carolina grew up in the Mott Haven section of The Bronx. She graduated from the City College of New York (CCNY-CUNY) with a degree in Communications specializing in Advertising and Public Relations. She also has a Master's degree in Public Relations and Corporate Communication from New York University (NYU). After attending many film festivals due to her sister's successful Sexo y Tortillas short film, Ninoska decided she could help filmmakers from The Bronx and all of NYC have a voice in the film industry.

In this short clip, Ninoska shares her desire to screen a film from the Bronx at the Mott Haven Film Festival that earns an Oscar nod.

Additionally Ninoska shares the process and joy of winning a Proclamation from the Borough President's Office for "Mott Haven Film Festival Day"

The Mott Haven Film Festival is now in its fifth year.

We're featuring Jerry Landi, @landijerry the co-founder of "Cinema On The Sound"@cinemaonthesound

In this clip, we discussed past cinemas in the Bronx that Jerry frequented and later inspired him to start Cinema on the Sound.

Cinema on the Sound is located on City Island City Island Avenue thanks to the efforts of owner Peter Gennari and filmmaker Jerry Landi, the theater’s manager and curator.

In this episode we interviewed Jerry Landi, the co-founder of Cinema on the Sound, an independent movie theater on City Island in The Bronx.

We discusses classic films, restoration films, the old cinemas in the Bronx, horror films and meeting giants in our industry.

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In this clip, Jacob Stebel and Gregory Hernandez discusses the changing landscape of the film/tv industry in the United States, the importance of reading and writing for indie filmmakers, past collaborations and how indie filmmakers can set themselves apart.

In this clip, Jacob Stebel, the Program Director at the Ghetto Film School (GFS) discusses the origin of the school which is now in its 25th year.

In today's episode, we interviewed Jacob Stebel aka Jacob Steebs.

Jacob is a teacher, writer, photographer, and producer from Long Island, NY where he spent his teenage years and early twenties working on public access shows, and managing an arthouse movie theater, while writing and acting in several short films. After co-writing and producing the no-budget feature Freaks, Nerds & Romantics, a story about the unraveling of a punk band and their local music scene, he finished his BA in English at Stony Brook University, graduating Summa Cum Laude before getting his MA in English Education at Columbia University’s Teachers College.

After graduating, Jacob brought his enthusiasm for working with young people and his love of writing to The Cinema School, the first public high school in the nation to require four years of study in narrative filmmaking. A strong partnership with Ghetto Film School developed, as Jacob contributed to four years of International Thesis Films, serving as script advisor and on-location production support to the Fellows in Stockholm, Sweden (2014) and A Coruña, Spain (2015). His work with students has been featured on ABC7, PIX11, & NY1 News, and written up in The Atlantic.

After nearly a decade of teaching in the South Bronx, Jacob is delighted to transition to developing student filmmakers at Ghetto Film School, bringing his passions for education, film, diversity, and equity of access to this inspiring organization and its deserving students.

in this short clip, Shaun shares his approach to crafting authentic characters.