Hello everyone! I'm Mel – excited to join this community of storytellers. I’m a documentary filmmaker passionate about music, culture, and history—and I’m thrilled to finally share my latest project with you all: 🎬 Let’s Funk Tonight: A Journey Through 80s Funk Music🕺 A non-profit deep dive into the groove, soul, and legacy of 80s funk. This film was my heart and soul for over a year and three months—a labor of love completed in 2024. It includes: - 25+ artists - 7 interviews across 2 continents - Music legends, rare archive material, and a celebration of the cultural impact of funk. 📍 It explores: - The roots of funk in California and the East Coast - The rise of Brit Funk and international crossover acts - Icons like The Whispers, D-Train, SKYY, Shalamar, Kool & The Gang, Earth Wind & Fire, and more - TV’s role in music history, with a special look at Soul Train 🎧 If you’re into music docs, retro storytelling, or experimenting with archival+interview-driven structure—I’d love your feedback. ➡️ Please check it out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcXXM6Ufx30📣 Leave a comment, ask me questions, or let me know what resonated with you.✨ I'm especially curious: Would you like to see a Part 2? Or a deeper dive into a specific funk subculture? Thanks for watching and supporting independent docs!#LetsFunkTonight #80sFunk #DocumentaryFilm #MusicDocs #FunkLivesOn

I am curious who would show up if I would host monthly group chats, to discuss documentaries, our projects and industry.

The documentary called Secret Mall Apartment is doing a very interesting path to self-distribution. Having premiered in SxSW last year, this year they are slowly doing theatrical, city by city, by themselves. I love this slow approach, - and looks like it pays off: they have built the buzz about the doc, and it's filling the seats in the theaters: as much as 800,000$ ! I love observing the new ways of distribution emerging, and filmmakers taking a lead to figure out how to connect with their audiences. Would you watch this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9OCYOD-e9s https://secretmallapartment.com/

In the film idustry news: the Warner Discovery behemoth, that joined forces a few years back, is divorcing! Warner’s TV channels (including CNN, TNT, and TBS), as well as Discovery+ and Bleacher Report, will live within a newly created entity called Global Networks. Meanwhile, its film studios and streaming services (including HBO Max), will become part of Streaming & Studios, which will be helmed by current CEO David Zasla. Interesting, no? I have a hunch that they're splitting because they're preparing for a slow death of cable TV... What do you think?

As a follow up from the insanity that was Tiger King, the director Eric Goode made... Chimp Crazy. I can't wait to see what kind of mad characters we will meet in this series. I will be watching it this week, you can too: https://www.hbomaxfyc.com/title/chimp-crazy COPY/PASTE CODE BELOW: mTyghkXSY85n