Mike Lerner
-
Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer | Co-Director Mike Lerner
[PREMIERE SCREENING: Friday, Jan. 18, 8:30pm — Prospector Square Theatre, Park City] I am the co-director of Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer and an executive producer on Jehane Noujaim’s The Square. The concept of sacrifice is at the heart of both movies. It would be hard to exaggerate the sacrifices made by the thousands of young people who have spent two years battling for freedom and justice in Egypt. Many have died, been tortured, beaten and arrested and their sacrifice and that of their families will be recognised as one of the most significant in Egypt’s long history. What the protestors […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 17, 2013 -
Independent Film Week Advice
Hello, Jesse Epstein here. I’m blogging on behalf of “Team Skeeter” at the IFP Independent Film Week. We’ve been here with our feature documentary, Mosquito, which is currently in production. It’s been quite an intense week so far (and it’s only Tuesday!). We had our screening today, had meetings yesterday and today, and more meetings are lined up for tomorrow and Thursday. We’re learning a lot and feeling very grateful to be here with the project. But let me back up… The night before Film Week started I found myself unexpectedly extra-motivated for my two morning meetings because I was […]
by Jesse Epstein on Sep 19, 2012
