The NYWIFT Podcast

🎙️Welcome back to The NYWIFT Podcast!
☀️ Janine interviews Award-Winning Director-Producer Kavery Kaul about her latest documentary The Bengali, and the ensuing #UnderOurSun impact campaign.
📢 Hosts Katie and Janine share good news about production in New York and a preview of NYWIFT happenings to look forward to. Plus, they dish on all things Emmys! 
📩 To be featured on the podcast, email us at communications@nywift.org
🔗 For more great content, go to NYWIFT.org

News Links 
New York Sees Film and TV Spend Surge, California Halts Exodus For Now
Social Media 
Kavery Kaul: Website: kaverykaul.com / IG: @riverfilmsunlimited / River Films FB: https://www.facebook.com/riverfilmsunlimited
The Bengali Film: Website: https://thebengalifilm.com//
Under Our Sun: Website: https://www.underoursun.com/ / IG: @underoursun / FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61579441311378
Katie Chambers: IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers
Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod 
NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

🏳️‍🌈 🎵🌞 Happy Summer, Happy Pride Month, and African American Music Appreciation Month from The NYWIFT Podcast!
🎬 Hosts Tammy and Katie recap the Tribeca Festival and share their latest binge-watch recommendations.
🎞️ Katie interviews filmmakers Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani about Bouchra, an animated film following a 35-year-old queer artist navigating life between New York City and her family in Morocco.
🏆 Christine Stoddard joins Jess to share wisdom from her prolific career spanning journalism, podcasts, comedies, features, shorts, and experimental film, including 5 Reasons I Didn't Marry You, which took home an editing award from the NYWIFT Online Shorts Festival presented by iWomanTV.
📩 To be featured on the podcast, email us at communications@nywift.org
🔗 For more great content, go to NYWIFT.org

Links: 
Orian Barki’s Website: https://orianbarki.com/ 
Christine Stoddard’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@stoddardtv 
Christine Stoddard’s Website: christinestoddard.com 
Socials: 
Orian Bakri: IG: @changeme2012 
Meriem Bennani: IG: @meriembennani
Bouchra film: @filmmovement (Distributor)  @2lizardsproduction (Production company)
Christine Stoddard: IG: @stoddardtv 
Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers
Jessica Moskowitz: IG: @jessmoskowitz / LinkedIn: Jessica Moskowitz 
Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia
NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

🤖 Hosts Katie and Jess discuss Dreams of Violets, the first fully AI-generated film accepted to a major festival.
🏆 NAACP Image Award-nominee Dara Frazier shares insights with Tammy on leading the creative team behind her latest film, Not Every Woman.
📖 Penni speaks to author, screenwriter, and producer Karen Goeller, who tells a powerful story about bullying through her book and film, Missy's Voice.
🔮 Katie gives a sneak peek at what's next for NYWIFT Programming — including masterclasses, salons, and celebrations!
📩 To be featured on the podcast, email us at communications@nywift.org
🔗 For more great content, go to NYWIFT.org

Links 
Dara Frazier’s Website: DaraWrites.com 
Dara Drazier’s Production Company, 1642 Studios: 1642Studios.com
First Trailer for Fully AI-Generated Movie 'Dreams of Violets,' Premiering at Tribeca 
'Dreams of Violets' Review: An AI-Generated Movie Is Worrisome for All the Right Reasons 
NYWIFT Salon Conversation: An Evening with Women Authors - New York Women in Film & TelevisionNew York Women in Film & Television | June 23 at Stuart Cinema 

Socials 
Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers
Dara Frazier: IG: @1642studioproduction
Karen Goeller: IG: @missysvoice / IG: @karengoeller / X: @karengoeller / Facebook: Swing Set Fitness
Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1
Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod 
Jessica Moskowitz: IG: @jessmoskowitz / LinkedIn: Jessica Moskowitz 
Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia

🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

🎞️ This week on The NYWIFT Podcast: 
🍿Penni interviews two filmmakers with projects at this year’s Tribeca Festival: 
👢 Dori Berinstein is a six-time, Tony-winning Broadway producer, an Olivier winner and an Emmy-award-winning director, producer and writer of film & television. She is the Director and Producer of Couture to the Max, which follows a 9 year old fashion prodigy fusing boundless imagination with an unwavering commitment to sustainability. 
🗣️ Eliza Licht has been working in the social-issue documentary field for 20 years as an engagement strategist, impact producer, and television executive. She is the Producer of Hollywood Does Abortion, to reveal how the power of Hollywood narratives shape today’s harsh realities.
💵 Tammy talks about leadership in media companies, major industry shifts, and personal financial strategies (plus 4 must-ask questions for your accountant) with Wendy Rubin, an executive, media veteran, and creator of Fintimacy: A Women's Guide to Financial Freedom. 
🎥 Hosts Tammy and Katie look forward to all things Tribeca, and the NYWIFT members with films and podcasts at the festival. 
📩 To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org
🔗 For more great content go to NYWIFT.org

Links:
NYWIFT Celebrates 25 Years of Women Filmmakers: Panel at the Tribeca Storytelling Summit | Saturday, June 6 at 12:00 PM 
Couture to the Max | Saturday, June 13 at 8:30 PM | Sunday, June 14 at 2:00 PM
Hollywood Does Abortion | Sunday, June 07 at 5:30 PM | Monday, June 08 at 5:45 PM | Wednesday, June 10 at 8:45 PM
Tribeca Festival | June 3-14 
Dori Berinstein’s Website
Hollywood Does Abortion Website 

Socials:
Dori Berinstein: IG: @dori.berinstein
Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers
Eliza Licht: IG: @hollywooddoesabortion / IG: @teamredowl / IG: @elizalicht / Facebook: Eliza.Licht
Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1
Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod 
Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia
Wendy Rubin:  IG: @wendyrubin70 / Facebook: Wendy Reitman Rubin / LinkedIn: Wendy Rubin
NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song

🎙️ This week on The NYWIFT Podcast, we’ll hear from visionaries in comedy and documentary 
🔥 Executive Producer and Actor Trish Appello shatters Invisible Woman Syndrome with The EffYou 50s series, a comedy that  embraces midlife as the boldest era yet 
🏛️ Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Director, Writer, and Producer Rita Coburn’s documentary W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause explores the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer  
🏆 Hosts Penni Malloy-Harper and Catherine Woo spotlight the upcoming Tribeca Festival, New York African Film Festival, Met Gala, and the Academy Awards’ new AI-related rules
📩 To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org
🔗 For more great content go to NYWIFT.org

NEWS 
The 25th Tribeca Film Festival 
The Met Gala 
The 33rd New York African Film Festival
The Devil Wears Prada 2 
Tony Nominations 
The Oscars and AI 

GUESTS 
Trish Appello: The EffYou 50s 
Rita Coburn 
Rita Cobrun: W.E.B. DuBois: Rebel With A Cause 

NYWIFT 
NYWIFT Masterclass: Navigating Reinvention with Carolyn Michelle | May 12, 19, and 26 | Virtual 
Mergers, Defunding, and Public Media! Oh, My! - Examining the Future of the U.S. Media Landscape | May 21 | Los Depressos Studio 
NYWIFT Partners for Film Fatales Artist Connection NYC Spring Social | May 29 at Museum of the Moving Image 
The New Works Lab Annual Reading | May 20 | Pen & Brush 

Socials 
Trish Appello: IG: @TheEffYou50s / Facebook: The EffYou 50s 
Rita Coburn: IG: @IAmRitaCoburn / LinkedIn: Rita Coburn 
Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1
Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod 
Catherine Woo: IG: @kate.anne.woo / LinkedIn: CatherineAWoo
NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT
🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song