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Use These Outsider Strategies to Make a NonDē Film This Year

A HFF Takeover with writer/director Courtney Romano of LET'S GO AGAIN.

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Directing on the set of my indie series Kinsley Vs. in 2022.

Intro:

A movie saved my life last week.

A few months ago, my dad was really sick. I was encouraging him to watch movies I knew he, a retired football coach, loved. Remember the Titans, Rudy, films like that.

I said to my dad, What about Field of Dreams? I haven’t seen that in a long time. As a kid…

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Writing, directing, & producing NonDē films. Proudly part of the Independent Class.
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