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Real Talk Cuts rejects the starving artist myth. If you believe great storytelling deserves both integrity and a business model (plus a life you love), you're home.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Monthly |
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| Issues | 14 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 16 days ago |
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Trailer, Theatrical and Turbulence
Hello friends,
It’s October, and I love fall. Thank you so much to everyone who read my last Substack and reached out to support the theatrical opening of Love Chaos Kin in Los Angeles—your messages meant the world.
This Substack is reade...
I promised Real Talk
I was in Surrey, British Columbia, last weekend to show Love Chaos Kin to an intimate audience at the International South Asian Film Festival of Canada. People laughed, cried, and resonated so much with the film, and for a few minutes, all...
Regret Is My Litmus Test
It’s 5:00 a.m., and I am rubbing my left Achilles tendon; it's a bit sore from a 13.1-mile moonlit half-marathon training run earlier this week. One summer afternoon, I don’t know what possessed me, I registered for a December 2026 and a Ju...
Marathons, Film Distribution and Finding Flow
If I had a dime for every time someone called filmmaking a marathon, not a sprint, I’d have my distribution fully funded. Seriously. Duh! Everyone knows that. I’m guilty of saying it myself. I literally started running marathons because som...
My ABCs of Distribution
Independent filmmaking didn’t teach me how to hustle; a questionable school system, a post-war family crisis, and a sheer refusal to take “no” for an answer did.
Me in an extracurricular play :) 🎭✨
I was halfway through 11th grade in a s...
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Real Talk Cuts rejects the starving artist myth. If you believe great storytelling deserves both integrity and a business model (plus a life you love), you're home.
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