15 - We Are the Villains in this Story with Tertius Kapp

During Unearth's festival run, one film title kept coming up in reviews: GAIA. This week, we speak with writer/producer, Tertius Kapp, about all things Gaia, indie film challenges and more. In Gaia, an injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists. What is initially a welcome rescue grows more suspicious as the son and his renegade father reveal a cultish devotion to the forest.

Find Gaia on HULU and rent on Amazon Video here in the USA. Or go to https://gaia.film

Tertius references Pentti Linkola, Finnish deep ecologist in this conversation. Learn more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Linkola

[00:00] Background, Partnerships and Kernels of the Idea

[14:21] - Nature, Fungi and Filming in the Wild

[21:57] - Filmmaking in South Africa, Film Initiative Africa, Funding and Distribution

[33:46] - Themes in Gaia (spoilers)

[42:38] - The Cast, filming on the Water and Product Placement

[47:23] - The Script, VFX enhancements (spoilers for Gaia and Unearth), Writing for your Readers & Crew

[59:09] - Production changes due to COVID, Compromises and releasing this story during a Pandemic

[1:06:20] - The State of Horror, Eco-Horror / Eco-Terror and Future projects

CINEMACTIVIST explores the films and filmmakers who use the art form to bring about political or social change, inform their audiences of important issues and perspectives, and whose goal is to ultimately make the world a better, more informed and empathetic place.

| Published on December 8, 2021 | Produced by Lyons Den Productions | Hosted by John C. Lyons | Music by Tony Grey |

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