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Ross Katz's avatar

Yesterday, here in Yucatan, I met a Taiwanese fella , visiting Merida. I said do you know about INVISIBLE NATION? He face lit up. He said “WHY DO YOUUUU know about the film?” I told him. “He said that is amazing. We often think no one cares. It’s an amazing film. There is a ‘wave of discussion’ running through my country.” Vanessa, Ted - you did that . He was emotional and said I can’t believe anyone is even thinking about my beloved

Taiwan all the way in Yucatan. NonDe define.

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Ted Hope's avatar

And that is the real reason we do this whole cinema thing right? To connect all of our hearts and minds. Compassion. Empathy. Discovery. Understanding. And all of those things are fun. And give us a reason.

May it be so.

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Scott Macaulay's avatar

I was really surprised to see that you had no less than four bylines in one issue!

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Ethan Edmunds's avatar

Love the conversation happening here. Very inspiring for me as a filmmaker myself!

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Courtney Romano's avatar

I mentioned Strawberry Mansion & the No Budge platform before, but another film just occurred to me:

Anchorage -- $54k budget, and pulled off a non-dependently produced *national* theatrical distribution tour. A really cool story. They were covered on No Film School so you can check out more here: https://nofilmschool.com/anchorage-film

Also, congrats! And thanks for your generous energy to this big group project. You offer a beautiful, unifying force that means so much to so many. xx

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Ed William's avatar

So cool Ted. Thank you, and congratulations 🚀

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Sophie's avatar

I adore your passion. I adore your work. Keep going, Ted. ❤️

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Kelli Miller's avatar

This is awesome. Wondering what your thoughts are on Yancey Strickland’s A-Corp initiative? Feels very at home in this dialogue to me….

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Courtney Romano's avatar

I had the same thought! The Venn diagram between the two is... a circle?!

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