A Conversation with Kathleen Kennedy
This week on On Story, producing powerhouse Kathleen Kennedy joins us to reflect on her vibrant career producing countless classic films such as E.T, Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, Schindler's List, and The Bridges of Madison County as Kennedy imparts stories and inspiration from her decades of experience.
On the Making of Sing Sing
This week on On Story, AFF Senior Film Programer Andy Wolk sits down with writer-producer Clint Bently and producer Monique Walton to deep-dive into the making of Sing Sing. Based on the real-life Rehabilitation through the Arts program at New York’s Sing Sing Maximum security prison, the powerful film follows a group of incarcerated men who find purpose and creativity through their prison theater troupe. The feature earned wide-spread critical acclaim, not only for the feature’s moving portrayal of change and exploration of human expression, but also for the cast’s inclusion of real-life formerly incarcerated men who were alumni of the program. The formerly incarcerated men perform alongside starring actor Colmon Domingo.
On Writing: Sing Sing and American Pyscho
This week on On Story, screenwriter-producer Clint Bentley and producer Monique Walton join us to discuss the making of the independent, prison-drama feature, Sing Sing and their process developing a script inspired by a real-life rehabilitation through the arts program and their mission to depict an authentic incarcerated experience.
Then, we’re joined by screenwriter Guinevere Turner to discuss her process writing the infamous, slasher film American Psycho. Turner deep-dives into her process translating the original novel and satirizing 80s culture, while striking a tonal balance of black-comedy and horror.
We're highlighting some of our On Story shorts that have played throughout the 8 seasons of On Story.
