Patch Passport VIDEO: Hidden Gem – The Popcorn Factory Patch Passport VIDEO: Hidden Gem – The Popcorn Factory

By Bruce Himmelblau Best known for its online service, there is a store open to consumers at the company’s Lake Forest address. The Popcorn Factory has been part of the unincorporated area of Lake Forest for more than 30 years, residing at 13970 W. Laurel Drive. Over that time, the company has expanded to incorporate …

Indie Film Nation – Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football

Rashid Ghazi (Director) of Fordson (USA) Interview with Rashid Ghazi (Director) of Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football (USA) a feature length documentary film that follows four talented high school football players from Dearborn, Michigan as they gear up for their big senior year rivalry game during the last ten days of Ramadan, a month when Muslims …

Indie Film Nation – The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

Göran Olsson (director) of The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (Sweden) Interview with Göran Olsson (director) of The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (Sweden) a feature documentary film that screened in the World Documentary Competition of the Sundance Film Festival 2011 and at the Berlinale Film Festival. The footage was shot by a group of Swedish journalists …

Indie Film Nation – Last Fast Ride

Lilly Scourtis Ayers (director) and Danielle Bernal (associate producer) of Last Fast Ride (USA) Indie Film Nation Video Podcast #045: Interview with Lilly Scourtis Ayers(director) and Danielle Bernal (associate producer) of Last Fast Ride (2011), USA, documentary feature film recorded during the film’s world premiere in the documentary competition of the Slamdance Film Festival 2011. …

Indie Film Nation – Real Life Superheroes to the Rescue

Michael Barnett (director) and Zimmer (superhero) of Superheroes (USA) For our Sundance & Slamdance coverage for the Indie Film Nation podcast, one of the films that was on my must see list was this independent documentary film called “Superheroes”. On this episode, I interview Michael Barnett, Co-Writer/Director and Director of Photography of Superheroes (USA) during …

Las Vegas Makes Me Laugh

Las Vegas Makes Me Laugh from BlueSkyVideo on Vimeo. This is a pilot that I worked on a couple years ago. It integrated jokes & stories from Las Vegas tourists as well as interviews with headline comics such as George Wallace and the Scintas. Hosted by radio personality, Chet Buchanan, producer, Jonathan Scott and comic, …

Indie Film Nation – Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey

    At this year at the Sundance Film Festival, in addition to scheduling and shooting interviews, we managed to see a number of films and catch some parties, including the “Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, premiere featuring The Roots. While wrapping our up for our interview with the …