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Jul 4
1h 25m

Lights, Camera, Disruption: Breaking Tab...

NO FILM SCHOOL
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In this episode of the No Film School Podcast, GG Hawkins presents two riveting conversations that push boundaries and challenge cultural taboos. First, she interviews Michael Taylor Jackson, writer, director, and star of the radically inventive film Orange Underground (Bajo Naranja), a satirical, punk-infused narrative born out of the Argentine quarantine. ... Show More
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