The Firecracker Department - The Blaze Sessions Season 02
219 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago -Award-winning actor Naomi Snieckus (Second City, Disney’s Zombies) is getting real with fellow artists about their struggles, successes, and everything in between. On Season 02, Jennifer Podemski (Little Bird, Reservation Dogs) joins her to curate inspiring, engaging, and refreshingly honest conversations with women and non-binary individuals at the top of their game in the industry. A new episode is out every 2 weeks.
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Bilal Baig
October 06, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBOur guest on the show this week is a queer, trans-feminine, Muslim playwright, performer and workshop facilitator BILAL BAIG. Their first play ACHA BACHA, had its world premiere in 2018 and it has been published by Playwrights Canada Press. Bilal develops and facilitates workshops for youth in under-resourced neighbourhoods in Toronto, at non-profits, such as RIVERS OF HOPE where they combat Islamophobia through the arts and STORY PLANET which focuses on creative writing and literacy. Bilal ...
Reel Women's Network Spotlight: Meosha Bean
September 29, 2021 09:00 - 59 minutes - 68 MBOur tenth Reel Women’s Network (RWN) spotlight is award-winning actor-director-writer MEOSHA BEAN. Meosha, founder of M.V.B Films, started filming and acting at the tender age of 7, inspired by watching horror films with her older brother and it grew from there. Meosha was voted the best upcoming director at the New Jersey Film Festival in 2012. Meosha directing projects include: the doc THE UNTOLD STORY OF MARIANO MENDOZA, MISS PEPPER an award- winning short that got over 30K views during i...
Bonus Episode: 2021 Live Blaze Award Presentation to Jo Vannicola
September 22, 2021 09:00 - 24 minutes - 28.1 MBBonus Episode: the 2021 live red carpet Blaze Award presentation to screenwriter-author-advocate-and-Emmy Award-winning actor Jo Vannicola. The Blaze Award is presented to a spectacular woman or non-binary artist who has outstanding achievements in their artistic field and givebacks to their community. It was a unanimous decision to present this year’s Blaze Award to Jo. Whether they are in front or, behind the camera or at outACTRAto, they approach everything with integrity and a joyful h...
BONUS EPISODE: WORK IN PROGRESS July 2020 Panel
September 01, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBThis week’s episode is a throwback to our exciting Facebook Live WORK IN PROGRESS Panel from last July 2020. WORK IN PROGRESS is about Abby, a forty five-year-old self-identified fat, queer dyke whose misfortune and despair unexpectedly lead her to a vibrantly transformative relationship. Panel Guests: Abby McEnany stars as Abby and is the co-creator of WORK IN PROGRESS Celeste Pechous @celesteinclogs stars as Campbell, Abby’s bestfriend (Twitter: @cpechous) Mary Sohn @mar...
Camille Beaudoin
August 25, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBOur guest on the show this week is award-winning producer and the founder and executive director of Girls in Film and Television (GIFT) CAMILLE BEAUDOIN. Camille is mixed blood Cree, Haudenosaunee, Métis, and French Canadian. She is an alum of the National Screen Institute and Banff Centre for the Arts, Facilitator for the Whistler Film Festival Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship, as well as Edmonton YWCA’s 2014 Woman of Distinction in Arts & Culture and one of Avenue Magazine’s Edmonton's T...
Marina Cordoni
August 18, 2021 17:39 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBOur guest on the show this week is superstar producer Marina Cordoni, the founder of Marina Cordoni Entertainment, aka MCE! This is going to be such a treat because Marina will also be one of the mentors for our Indie Producers mentorship workshop on September 25th! Marina’s handled pre-sales and completed picture sales on hits including '4 Weddings and a Funeral', 'Dead Man Walking', 'Fargo' and 'Sleepers'! With all her amazing distribution smarts, Marina pivoted into the production w...
Reel Women's Network Spotlight: Asis Sethi
August 11, 2021 16:42 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBOur guest on the show this week is director, writer, producer, TV personality, ASIS SETHI! Asis is not only an incredible creator whose work is featured on the Reel Women’s Network streaming platform, but is also part of our Firecracker Department Core Team! Asis Sethi started her career as a Reporter on OMNI Television, quickly became a host! Asis has directed, written, and produced a ton of independent projects and founded Fly Away Films, a film company focusing on issues women and comm...
Dotsie Bausch
August 04, 2021 18:15 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBOur guest on the show this week is Olympic silver medalist, advocate, speaker, and the executive director of Switch4Good, Dotsie Bausch! She won her silver medal in cycling at the 2012 London Olympic Games, as well as two Pan American gold medals, eight US national championships, AND a world record! Since concluding her professional cycling career, Dotsie’s become a major influencer for plant-based eating! She founded the non-profit Switch 4 Good and has been featured in two different Net...
Reel Women's Network Spotlight: Emily Churchill
July 28, 2021 17:37 - 1 hour - 166 MBOur guest on the show this week is actor, producer, writer, certified Reiki healer, and Firecracker Core Member, EMILY CHURCHILL! AND, Emily also just so happens to be a creator also featured on Reel Womens Network! Emily has trained and performed at Second City Chicago and Hollywood, UCB LA, AND The Comedy Central Stage. She’s been a writer and performer for groups and troupes, and her series Friends on A Bench was featured in LA at Hollyshorts, plus The Chicago Comedy Festival AND The Aust...
AnnaJane "AJ" Edmonds
July 21, 2021 18:40 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBOur guest on the show this week is filmmaker, actor, and firecracker CORE MEMBER, Anna Jane Edmonds, aka AJ! @atotheje is an emerging leader in the film industry, splitting her time between Toronto and Los Angeles working as a producer, director, performer and idea creator. AJ’s garnered over 10 years of experience in the entertainment and film industry as an actor, director, assistant director, production manager AND producer credited on over 40 commercials, short films and features. AJ ...
Jeena Bloom
July 13, 2021 18:59 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBOur guest on the show this week is transgender writer and stand up comedian, Jeena Bloom! Jeena has performed all over the country, including a headlining tour of the southern United States, shortly before the pandemic. She has previously been a winner of the Harlem Comedy Festival Competition and a finalist for the She Devil Comedy Competition in NYC. She has performed at the Hollywood Improv, Comedy Store and most NYC comedy venues. Her writing has been featured in the LA Times, New York ...
Colleen Wheeler (with daughter Lily Reynolds)
July 07, 2021 18:56 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBOur guest on the show this week is award-winning actor, producer COLLEEN WHEELER, and her daughter Lily Reynolds! This episode is super special, first because it’s our first mother/daughter episode, and second because it was recorded in PERSON, in Colleen’s backyard studio in Vancouver! Now, Colleen is originally from Toronto, and now lives in beautiful Vancouver, BC. She graduated from the University of Alberta with a BFA in Acting, and has since performed in over 75 stage productions acros...
Reel Women's Network Spotlight: Farah Merani
June 29, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 82 MBWe have a brand new Reel Women’s Network creator spotlight for you AND it’s also a firecracker department CORE TEAM MEMBER! Our guest on the show this week is Muslim actor, filmmaker, educator and advocate, FARAH MERANI! Based in LA and Toronto, she is a graduate of the Drama Centre London and has performed in Canada and the US, throughout Europe and in Russia. She has been called by her peers a “revolutionary change maker” in the film industry. Farah heads up the Script Department which ho...
Georgia Grant
June 23, 2021 21:21 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBOur guest on the show this week is Toronto-based singer and actor GEORGIA GRANT! We’ve partnered with Sheridan College’s Music Theatre Performance Class of ‘95 to support their newly created Class of 95 BIPOC Bursary Fund! The new Bursary Fund at Sheridan is to support music theatre and technical production students who identify as Black, Indigenous and/or People of Colour. They have created this fund to help Sheridan in its efforts to dismantle systemic racism and create opportunities for...
Kelly McCormack
June 09, 2021 20:59 - 1 hour - 75 MBOur guest on the show this week is actor, filmmaker, musician and executive producer, Kelly McCormack! Currently, Kelly is gearing up to shoot the Amazon Studios TV re-imagining of the 1992 classic A League of Their Own starring alongside Abbi Jacobson, D’Arcy Carden and Chanté Adams. You’ve seen Kelly onscreen in Ginny & Georgia, Departure, Letterkenny, Killjoys, A Simple Favor, Carter, The Expanse, and SO much more. Kelly’s latest feature film, Sugar Daddy - which is breathtakingly ...
Chloe Van Landschoot
June 01, 2021 19:25 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBOur guest on the show this week is queer artist, actor, AND registered nurse Chloe Van Landschoot! When @chlovls isn’t dancing or story telling, you can find her working as a nurse in downtown Toronto. Her onscreen credits include the critically acclaimed Canadian feature Jackie Boy and the biopic Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer. Now she stars in the feature film, Lune which is written and directed by another firecracker community member, Aviva Armour-Ostroff. Lune is making its ...
Sedina Fiati
May 25, 2021 17:30 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBOur guest on the show this week is producer, performer, creator, activist, SEDINA FIATI! Sedina is proudly Black, queer, and deeply invested in artistic work that explores the intersection between art and activism. They’re currently the Artist-Activist in Residence at Nightwood Theatre, one of founding collective members of the Black Pledge, and former co chair of ACTRA Toronto’s Diversity Committee! Sedina is the creator of the web series Last Dance and producer/star of Super Zee, which the...
Reel Women's Network Spotlight: Marem Hassler
May 19, 2021 15:31 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBThis month’s RWN spotlight is on Swiss-Trinidadian actor and filmmaker, MAREM HASSLER! Marem is the co-owner and co-founder of Viscus Film, an award winning avant garde boutique Film company. Her mother is a sculptor, her father a filmmaker, and she began a career in music as a lyricist, songwriter and recording artist. She’s produced albums, film scores, commercial jingles, as well as making herself known as an actor on international TV series, commercials and more. She works as active dire...
Wendy O'Brien
May 12, 2021 20:40 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBOur guest on the podcast today is casting director WENDY O’BRIEN. She’s won a Peabody, three Artios awards and was nominated for an Emmy! She’s casted Sons of Anarchy, Mayans MC, You’re The Worst, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Prison Break, The Runaways, A.P. Bio (with firecracker Mary Sohn), Stumptown (with firecracker Camryn Manheim), Dave, American Vandal, Mr Mayor… and MORE! She also casted Bad Trip (the new Eric Andre movie on Netflix) and 2020’s The Way Back with Ben Affleck. Wend...
Sara Stockmann
May 04, 2021 21:24 - 1 hour - 62 MBOur guest on the show this week is Producer Sara Stockmann! Sara is the founder of Sonntag Pictures and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science! Sara has produced OVER 25 international feature documentary films. She’s received accolades from all over the world, at Cannes, Tribeca, Amsterdam, at the EMMYS AND THIS YEAR’S OSCARS! Sara’s films spark debates in society, internationally. She’s also a mother, a twin, and an absolute firecracker. LINKS! I Hate Suzie https...
Ophira Calof
April 27, 2021 18:04 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBOur guest on the pod this week is multi award winning Disabled writer, performer, and producer, OPHIRA CALOF! Ophira’s work weaves together music, comedy, and storytelling, centring disability and chronic illness experiences. Ophira’s journey is so unique and she is whip smart as well as hilarious. A Second-City-er, a trained opera singer, curator, workshop facilitator, consultant, and keynote speaker, Ophira is BUSY! We talk about art in accessibility, who you grow up wanting to be i...
Reel Women's Network Spotlight: Tina Huang
April 20, 2021 17:59 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBOur fifth spotlight is on actor, producer, director, writer, voice over artists, TINA HUANG. She’s been onscreen in Rizzoli & Isles, Days of Our Lives, Grey’s Anatomy, Shameless, The Office, Criminal Minds, and SO much more! She’s been onstage in Revenge Porn, Cult of Love, Brain Problems, and is a founding member of Ammo, the Ammunition Theatre Company in Los Angeles. Tina was also a member of IAMA Theatre Company and Co-Founder of 1 to 1 Productions. 1 to 1’s mission is to champion women o...
Cory Mack
April 15, 2021 21:19 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBOur guest on the show this week is comedian, emcee, writer, producer, CORY MACK! Cory has been living in Calgary and performing stand up comedy now for over 30 YEARS! She was the producer and founder of the YYComedy Festival, and ran the festival for 7 years. Cory has starred in her own Comedy Now Special on the Comedy Network, performed at Just For Laughs International Comedy Festival, the Hubcap Comedy Festival, she’s been nominated for two Canadian Comedy awards, featured on CBC radio’s T...
Enid-Raye Adams
April 06, 2021 14:49 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBOur guest on the show this week is actor ENID-RAYE ADAMS! Enid-Raye has been working in the industry for over 30 years, most recently in You Me Her (which you can find on Netflix or Crave) and Hospital Show on Youtube. She’s appeared on TV in Arrow, Lucifer, Riverdale, Van Helsing, and on the big screen in Good Boys, A Guy Thing, and Final Destination 2, to name just a few! This is one of our last few recordings from the before times! That’s right, this episode was recorded IN! PERSON...
Jennifer Hosten
March 30, 2021 15:05 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBOur guest on the show this week is author, psychotherapist, radio broadcaster, former diplomat, and former Miss World, JENNIFER HOSTEN! She represented Grenada at the Miss World Contest in 1970 and won (!!!) making her the FIRST woman of colour to take the title. Jennifer has worked in radio broadcasting, earned two Masters’ degrees, served as Grenada's High Commissioner to Canada, as a Canadian diplomat to Bangladesh, became a mother, a grandmother, AND a psychotherapist! In 2...
Reel Women's Network Spotlight: Brooke Berman
March 24, 2021 07:30 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBWe have a brand new Reel Women’s Network creator spotlight for you! our FOURTH Firecracker Department Spotlight is playwright, filmmaker, author, teacher, BROOKE BERMAN. Brooke has written and directed shorts Uggs For Gaza and All Saints Day, adapted her play SMASHING for Natalie Portman (!!!) and has written features for The Mark Gordon Company, Vox Films, and Red Crown! Beyond her filmmaking and writing for the stage, Brooke is also the author of three nonfiction books includ...
Melanie Oats
March 16, 2021 07:35 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBOur guest this week is writer/producer/director MELANIE OATS! She has written, directed, and produced five short films, a digital comedy series AND was also the Costume Designer for two features! Lately, Melanie is currently in development with her second feature film, Sweet Angel Baby. Follow Melanie Oats! Twitter: @MelanieAHelena Instagram: @mel.anie.oates @bodyandbonesfilm Follow Melanie’s Shout Out, the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival! https://www.instag...
Rebecca Leib
March 09, 2021 08:44 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBOur guest on the show this week is writer, podcaster, comedian REBECCA LEIB! Most recently, she’s been working as a writer-producer on NatGeo’s “Brain Games" reboot with Keegan Michael Key! Rebecca has also been a writer for Disney, CBS, NBC Digital, and Investigation Discovery! She’s written hilarious and brilliant stuff online for VICE, Reductress, LA-ist, LA WEEKLY, The Rumpus, and more! And you may have had this firecracker in your ears already, on her comedy-meets-strange history podcas...
Nathalie Younglai
March 02, 2021 22:10 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBOur guest on the show this week, our ONE HUNDREDTH Firecracker, is writer, director, producer, founder of BIPOC TV & Film NATHALIE YOUNGLAI Natalie’s gone from being a professional harpist to reality TV Director, to Screenwriter! Right now, Nathalie’s working on a few projects in development and is a Writer/Co-Producer on CBC’s Coroner, which you can catch new episodes of on Wednesdays at 8pm Eastern on CBC or the CBC Gem App. Nathalie founded BIPOC TV & Film, a grassroots organizatio...
Ariane Thielenhaus
February 23, 2021 13:41 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBOur guest on the show this week is filmmaker and Director of Programs and Partnerships for Women's Voices Now, Ariana Thielenhaus! Ariana oversees the entire Women’s Voices Now film festival, plus their online film collection and the Girls’ Voices Now youth program. She believes in the power of story and film to shift culture and accomplish positive change, and has a passion for womens and girls rights that seems to guide everything she does. Now, if you haven’t heard of Women’s Voice...
Reel Women's Network Spotlight: Emmalie El Fadli
February 16, 2021 17:32 - 59 minutes - 53.5 MBIt’s that time of the month! We have a brand new Reel Women’s Network creator spotlight for you! Our THIRD Reel Women’s Network Spotlight guest is writer, director, editor, producer EMMALIE EL FADLI! She made her directorial debut with the lesbian short film ‘Seasons’ (2016) which now has over a million views on YouTube! Emmalie co-wrote the 2018’s “The Date,” a lesbian short film which you can watch on Reel Womens Network! Now, lately, Emmalie is crowdfunding for her new short, From ...
Elaine Overholt
February 09, 2021 18:27 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBOur guest today is singer, voice & performance coach ELAINE OVERHOLT! She has worked with SO many incredible performers and is an incredible performer herself! From John Travolta, Zac Efron and Michelle Pfeiffer on Hairspray, to Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, and Queen Latifah for the Oscar-winning ‘Chicago‘. She’s also worked with Shawn Mendes, Jim Cuddy, Alannah Myles, Jully Black, Jackie Richardson, and Megan Fox. As a Broadway coach, Elaine trained the lead singers for ‘Ha...
Jo Vannicola
February 02, 2021 18:15 - 1 hour - 178 MBOur guest today is Emmy award winning actor, author, advocate, screenwriter, beautiful human, JO VANNICOLA! Jo has been acting in the industry for years, most recently in Slasher, Street Legal, Stonewall, and Being Erica. They sit as the chair of outACTRAto, the LGBTQ+ committee at ACTRA Toronto, and is the founder of Youth Out Loud, a non-profit dedicated to raising awareness about child abuse. Jo’s memoir, All We Knew But Couldn’t Say, was released in June 2019, and was shortlisted for the...
Reel Women's Network Spotlight: Andrea Evans
January 26, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBIn November, we announced our partnership with Reel Women's Network, a new online streaming service that showcases films, series, documentaries, podcasts, and digital content created by women filmmakers and content creators. Our second Reel Women’s Network Spotlight guest is two-time Emmy Nominated Actor, Documentary Filmmaker, ANDREA EVANS! She has starred on four different soap operas on three different networks. Andrea is the Executive Producer of the documentary “Rocking the Couch...
Emily Schmidt
January 19, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBOur guest this week is TV writer EMILY SCHMIDT! Emily was the Writers' Assistant for Netflix's "Girlboss," staffed on the Netflix multicam "No Good Nick"and an on-set joke writer for Kay Cannon’s "Blockers." When she’s not writing or trying to write, Emily is usually watching "The Golden Girls" and baking! She’s currently writing for a new series on FOX called ‘This Country,” led by Jenny Bicks & Paul Feig! It’s a mockumentary comedy based on a British series, following a pair of cousi...
Nainita Desai
January 12, 2021 13:19 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBThis week on the podcast, our guest is sound designer and composer Nainita Desai! Nainita’s worked on documentaries, film, tv, commercials, musicals, video games... her credits are amazing and so is she! She’s the first composer we’ve had as a guest! She has scored countless BAFTA, Oscar, Emmy acclaimed productions including 2020’s FOR SAMA. Her most recently released project is the Sundance Doc Audience Award winning THE REASON I JUMP, an immersive film exploring the experiences of non...
Daniela Kelloway
December 08, 2020 12:54 - 59 minutes - 41.6 MBOur guest on the pod this week is one of my favourite people, DANIELA KELLOWAY! Daniela runs CLUTCH PR in Toronto and is an amazing publicist. We spoke when she was just starting her amazing new Book & Brunch event series, co-founded with her sister Zuzanna! She hosts these awesome events with - you guessed it, books AND brunch, and it’s now in FORTY CITIES! Follow Daniela @thekelloway, @clutchpr, & @booknbrunch Daniela’s Website: www.clutchpr.com Book n Brunch: www.booknbrun...
Mary Sohn
December 01, 2020 15:15 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBOur guest on the podcast today is actor, writer, MARY SOHN! You’ve seen Mary on TV in Teachers, Comedy Bang Bang, Superior Donuts, Bajillion Dollar Properties, Work in Progress on Showtime, and A.P. Bio on NBC. You may remember her from the Work in Progress panel we hosted back in July, with Abby, Celeste, Kate, and Mary herself! Stream A.P. Bio on Peacock! Stream Work in Progress on Crave or Showtime! Subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.firecrackerdepartment.com and fo...
Reel Women's Network Spotlight: Crystal Chappell
November 26, 2020 22:58 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBWe’re officially launching a monthly Spotlight Series with the Reel Women’s Network! Our first Reel Women’s Network Spotlight guest is Emmy winning actor and producer Crystal Chappell! Crystal, along with Linda and Jessica Hill, launched the Reel Women's Network in April of this year. She’s a longtime soap star and the creator and star of the Emmy-winning Venice the Series! It debuted in 2009 and Season 7 will be filmed next year. She was such a delight to speak with, and I’m so excited to...
Firecracker Aftershow: Molly McGlynn
November 26, 2020 17:00 - 18 minutes - 18.3 MBThis week Veronica Martin joins Naomi, Emily and AJ to chat about Molly McGlynn's Episode. They discuss her confident approach to directing, hiding the internal chaos and how to identify and normalize failures. Enjoy! Catch up with firecracker core members Naomi @Naomi Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and core member Veronica Martin the newest Firecracker Aftershow now! If you haven't yet heard this week's episode yet, listen now wherever you find podcasts!
Molly McGlynn
November 24, 2020 21:43 - 54 minutes - 33.4 MBOur guest this week is writer, director, Molly McGlynn! Molly has directed a ton of TV, from Speechless and Bless This Mess on ABC to Grownish on Freeform, Workin Moms and Bad Blood for Netflix, the Emmy-nominated web series How To Buy A Baby! Her first film Mary Goes Round, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017, was nominated for AND won a bunch of amazing awards! Molly also worked with BIPOC TV & Film to create a Booster Grant using the stipend from her T...
Live Spark Chat: Renuka Jeyapalan
November 17, 2020 07:19 - 25 minutes - 13.2 MBFor the July Spark Chat, I caught up with director Renuka Jeyapalan! She’s directed episodes of Kim’s Convenience, Workin’ Moms, Murdoch Mysteries, and film too! We talk learning guitar and baking in quarantine, family lockdown routine, remote post production, and more! @rjeyapalan Every first Sunday of the month, I talk to a past guest about what’s going on with them now, and we release it as a bonus episode on the pod! Look out for August’s Spark Chat with Tamara Podemski to be released...
Firecracker Aftershow: Erin Karpluk
November 12, 2020 17:00 - 10 minutes - 10 MBNaomi, AJ, Emily and guest Core Member Sarah Beaudin got together to talk about the one and only Erin Karpluk! All four could not get over her humility, kindness, and genuine excitement for the work she gets to do! Catch up with firecracker core members Naomi @Naomi Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and Sarah Beaudin on the newest Firecracker Aftershow now! If you haven't yet heard this week's episode yet, listen now wherever you find podcasts!
Erin Karpluk
November 10, 2020 14:41 - 58 minutes - 54 MBToday’s guest on the pod is actor, ERIN KARPLUK! She played the titular role on Being Erica, and you can see her soon in a recurring role on A MILLION LITTLE THINGS on ABC! She’s been on your TVs for years in Being Erica, Slasher, Rookie Blue, Masters of Sex, Saving Hope, Supernatural, and a TON of other shows. Her role as Pepper is the first crossover character to be featured in both 911 and 911 Lone Star on FOX! We talk about how she’s doing in 2020, vision boards, having faith, being r...
Tami Reiker
October 27, 2020 13:10 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBOur guest today is cinematographer TAMI REIKER! Tami is best known for her work on HBO’s Carnivàle, and with Gina Prince-Bythewood on The Old Guard and Beyond the Lights. Most recently, Tami worked with Regina King on her feature directorial debut One Night In Miami. She was the first woman to win an American Society of Cinematographers Award AND the first woman to ever be nominated! We talked about her journey to cinematography, the magic of the darkroom, traveling with The Ramones, shoot...
Firecracker Aftershow: TJFF Comedy Panel
October 22, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBNaomi, AJ, Emily and guest Core Member Anna Gustafson got together to talk about the hilarious panel Naomi hosted at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival in 2019. On the panel were history-making comedians: Marla Lukofsky, Monica Parker, Gay Claitman and Rosemary Radcliffe. What a wild conversation they got into and the Firecracker team had a blast talking about the dedication, the fearless desire to do other things, and the guts it takes to be funny.
TJFF Women in Comedy Panel
October 20, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 31 MBOur guest today is not just one, not just two or three, but FOUR iconic, hilarious, brilliant comedy trailblazers: Marla Lukofsky, Monica Parker-Savard, Gay Claitman and Rosemary Radcliffe. Last year during the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, I moderated a panel of these firecrackers, and we had so many laughs and great pieces of advice from these hilarious, storied, longtime comedy ladies! TJFF's fall online edition is available for the first time Ontario-wide October twenty second to ...
Firecracker Aftershow: Laura Rivas
October 15, 2020 11:30 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBLaura Rivas is the embodiment of joy and enthusiasm for her work. She and Naomi jumped into a conversation about her work ethic, the guilt and stress of no-budget creation and how our attitudes are what keep us focussed. Our team fell in love with her energy and excitement for her work and the collaborative process. In this #firecrackerAFTERSHOW we talk about how much we all understand Laura's journey, our appreciation for natural familial comedy and how a story worth telling is worth fig...
Laura Rivas
October 13, 2020 09:00 - 52 minutes - 33 MBOur guest today is writer, director, producer, LAURA RIVAS! She’s worked on indie films, was an intern at NBC, moved up from a PA to an Associate Producer at Warner Brothers Television, wrote comedic copy for syndicated shows Two Broke Girls and The Middle! From there she’s directed web talk shows, dating docuseries, and has a killer short film lineup on deck. The hilarious digital series she directed, wrote, and executive produced, TINY LAUGHS, is now available on Revry streaming platform...
Firecracker Aftershow: Marquesha Babers
October 08, 2020 16:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBMarquesha Babers is a legend in the making. She and Naomi had a genuine and inspiring conversation, discussed how life affects art and how an artist can be born without evening knowing it. Our team fell in love with her heart and mind! In this #firecrackerAFTERSHOW we talk owning your history, not being afraid to feel and how we are all emotional beings working to bring our artists energy to the world! Catch up with firecracker core members Naomi @Naomi Emily @emchurchill AJ @atotheje and...