Interviews

RIDING THE DIVIDE WITH FILMMAKER HUNTER WEEKS

By | October 2010

Sitting at a coffee shop in Boise, Idaho, just a day before his film about the race, and the cyclists who attempt it, was to go online for free viewing on YouTube in celebration of LIVESTRONG Day, Hunter answered my call to talk all things “Ride the Divide”…

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RIDING THE DIVIDE WITH FILMMAKER HUNTER WEEKS

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PHANTOM VIOLIN: AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL MERCER

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SICK HICK FLICK: DIRECTOR ELI CRAIG AND ACTOR TYLER LABINE ON “TUCKER

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JANNA EMMEL AND THE WORLD’S NEWEST FILM FESTIVAL

One might imagine that the last thing the world needs is another film festival. However, Janna Emmel believes otherwise. Emmel is president of the Black...

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