Dust On The VCR
Jeremy Burgess, Anton Jackson, Nellie Beckett, Audi Barnes, Garon BaileyConversations on 20th Century Cinema and (Slightly) Beyond
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Professional copywriter. Unprofessional screenwriter. Part-time newsletterist. My first feature film (Don't Die) is now streaming wherever you watch your movies.
Film Festival Director | Video Artist | Photographer | Recovering Tweeter
selling and telling stories in the Magic City
Audi has a Master's degree in creative writing that she uses to write unsolicited essays on her special interests. She can't be found on social media, but you can summon her with sour gummy worms and mentions of any member of The Mummy (1999) cast.
Software developer and weirdo film enjoyer. Don't really participate much in social media, but you can find me on Letterboxd where I sometimes write stuff and often rate stuff. I may even follow you back. Or maybe not.
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