Inside Indies: Inside Filmmaking

Native American poet and activist John Trudell.

What inspires indie filmmakers to persevere?

Heather Rae who spent 13 years making TRUDELL, a film about Native American poet and activist John Trudell, talks about her desire to share Native stories and the challenges of filmmaking on a shoestring. Barbara Multer-Wellin and Jeffrey Abelson, filmmakers of PAUL CONRAD: Drawing Fire, which explores one of the most distinguished editorial cartoonists in the world, discuss the challenges of condensing Conrad’s five-decade-long career into one hour and how they made static, black-and-white images come to life. And Brad Lichtenstein and Lisa Gildehaus, filmmakers of ALMOST HOME, which follows the daily lives of residents and staff at a retirement community in Milwaukee, WI, speak about why they chose to address issues of aging and some of the special challenges they faced while focusing their lenses on elderly, often fragile subjects.

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