The Sovereign Creator
Maris Lidaka, Broke Sober and NonDē, Courtney Romano, Jane Gilmore, Lauren GreenwoodThe Sovereign Creator is a weekly field guide for independent filmmakers, multicultural storytellers, and purpose-driven artists ready to break free from the permission-seeking industry trap.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 211 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 23 days ago |
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Concrete River - Building the World
This film is proof of how constraints are required for creativity. We are on our last full week of production and we are doing something implausible. This film, on paper, should be impossible to make at our budget level. We have tons of mov...
Concrete River - The First Day of Shooting
The first day of shooting is about building a foundation and gathering momentum. It’s where challenges are overcome and the tone is set. And that’s what we did this past week on Concrete River.
Call time was noon, so I arrived at 11am. Our...
Concrete River - The Casting Process
Making a film involves hiring professionals to create great work. We bring on Cinematographers, Production Designers and Producers. However whenever it comes to casting, there are far too many filmmakers say the following:
“I can just do t...
Concrete River - How We Raised $100K Without a Studio
“How can you get someone to fund you?”
I hear this question a lot, and there’s a fundamental flaw inside it: that you are essentially trying to extract money from someone you don’t really know.
Fundraising starts from relationships. Relat...
Everyone Has a “What Are You?” Moment
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
I want to share an event I’m supporting! Free to Be Fest, the annual festival created specifically around the mixed race and multiracial experience, is happening October 3 at UCLA!
It’s a full day of conversations...
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Filmmaker. 20 years in the industry. I talk about creative sovereignty. How to build your own door and stop waiting for permission.
Filmmaker, Aaron Strand. Currently roadshowing my debut feature film 'Withdrawal'.
Writer & Director. NonDē 50 Films Project, FilmStack Daily Digest, & other secret exploits. Deeply game to explore the meaning of life whenever. Making my feature debut with what's been called a "strange, tender" script with a "fresh comic charge". 👾
Amplifying women's voices, connecting female filmmakers, host of the FiFT podcast where I'm in conversation with women making it in film & TV. Oh, and creating through cancer. Always, always creating and trying to inspire others to do the same.
Award-winning screenwriter of low-budget and TV movies here to share how I got here and how I keep going. Newly minted director of SWATHE.
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