Winning Sundance as a First-time Feature Director | guest Alessandra Lacorazza

Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio is a Colombian-American filmmaker from New York City. Her feature directorial debut, In the Summers was awarded the grand jury prize and the directing award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. She was the first Latina filmmaker to win this award. She is a member of Meerkat Media, a New York-based filmmaking collective and cooperative.

GET REAL INDIE FILM[CAST] is hosted by filmmaker and author Jeffrey Michael Bays (www.borgus.com), and filmmaker Forris Day, Jr.

Show Notes:

1. Assembling the team
2. Working with actors, including child actors
3. Conflict on set
4. Advantages of editing in-person
5. Sundance surprises

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Hosts: Jeffrey Michael Bays & Forris Day, Jr.

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