by Todd | May 12, 2022 | Podcast, Story & Screenwriting
Literature professor, Dr. Karen Swallow Prior joins me to talk about novels, story, and Christian film. I have a weak spot for books and articles written by Christians that address the value of good fiction and the role good storytelling can have in the Christian...
by Todd | Apr 26, 2022 | Filmmaker, Podcast
Thirteen years in the making, and I don’t mean 11 years shopping the script around and 2 years of production. This no-budget film was 13 years in production. Writer and director Nathaniel Sims is with us to talk about his apocalyptic movie The Book of Wendy. The Book...
by Todd | Apr 11, 2022 | Filmmaker, Podcast
Nigerian filmmaker Obi Emelonye shares his experience working in the phenomenon of Nollywood since the early 2000s. Sometimes we need to shake up our perceptions of things we believe are immovable – things like the mechanisms of our Western film industry. Sometimes we...
by Todd | Mar 29, 2022 | History, Podcast
The Nigerian film industry is the second most prolific film industry in the world, and their faith-based films, that they label as evangelical themed films, are not fringe like ours, they’re mainstream. Today, my guest is Nollywood scholar Dr. Elizabeth Olayiwola, in...
by Todd | Mar 14, 2022 | Documentary, Filmmaker, Podcast
What is this country that has this titan film industry? If you haven’t guessed, I’ll give you another clue. It’s a country in Africa. It’s industry goes by the moniker of Nollywood. It’s the country of Nigeria. I am fascinated by the Nigerian film industry. While...
by Todd | Feb 16, 2022 | Festival, Podcast
The Content 2022 Film Festival and Media Summit will be held at Capernaum Studios in Poolville TX next week – starting on Feb 28th and wrapping on March 3rd. Our guest today is a man who has had his hands in the world of Christian filmmaking for more than 20 years,...
