In this Filmmaker in Focus episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with writer/director Wes Clark to talk about his beginnings in filmmaking, artistic inspirations, controlling your own distribution, and how that all applies to his new film: How to Start a Cult in 5-Easy Steps.

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Not Actual Cult Resources: Find Wes on Instagram and rent his film directly here https://www.howtostartacultin5-easysteps.com/

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For this Spotlight Session episode, broadcaster, musician, actress, multimedia artist, and director Sook-Yin Lee is our Filmmaker in Focus. We talk about working with John Cameron Mitchell, free love, unconventional approaches to filmmaking, and the process of developing her ex-boyfriend's graphic novel on sex work into her latest feature film, Paying for It.

Paying for It lands in the US at The Quad in New York, starting January 30th, and Los Angeles, at Laemmle Theaters, starting February 3rd.

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Thanks for pushing play on this special episode of The Sheist podcast! I was joined by writer/director Elliot Hasler for a one-on-one discussion on his filmmaking journey, his inspirations, the future of the industry, and his newest film, VINDICATION SWIM.

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