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Independent TV Pilots Are Having A Moment
Can television have its own New Hollywood moment? Much like movies such as Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Rosemary’s Baby and Easy Rider took the late 1960s by storm, a group of writers and directors are hoping that their own independent television projects can breakthrough and find their way to the small-screen amidst the current […]
Much like movies such as Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Rosemary’s Baby and Easy Rider took the late 1960s by storm, a group of writers and directors are hoping that their own independent television projects can breakthrough and find their way to the small-screen amidst the current Hollywood contraction. “I have a very specific and ambitious vision for Girls Aren’t Funny and to be able to make a low budget pilot as a proof of concept is a fantastic way to execute on that and demonstrate its potential so that we can break through the noise, get this series ordered and on screen in front of millions of people.” Joanna Forscher directed four episodes of Long Time Sun, a documentary series that chronicles the rise of Kundalini Yoga and 3HO Sikh Dharma and explores the corrosive nature of power, the spiritual toll of capitalism, the commodification of wellness, and the slide into moral ambiguity that often underlies the quest for a greater good.
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