January 17, 2025 • 30 mins
Community DC Host Dennis Glasgow visits with President and Communcations Chair Connie St. John of Women in Film & Video Washington DC. Topics include: Mission, Vision, Programs, Events, Funding and much more!
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Good morning, and welcome to another edition of Community DC.
I'm your host, Dennis Glasgow. This morning we get to
welcome another first time guest to the program, and that's
Connie Saint John, who is the president and Communications chair
for Women in Film and Video in Washington, d C.
Over the next thirty minutes, we're going to explore and
find out about what Connie's nonprofit does, who their membership is,
and really dig into all the cool things that her
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and her team are executing for women and opportunities to
learn and execute when it comes to film and video
in the DMV. Here's my conversation with Connie. I hope
you enjoy it as much as I did.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Good morning, Connie, Good morning Dennis.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Well, it's such a treat to have you on Community DC.
You're a new guest to our program that I've been
doing for three years, and a lot of our listeners
know that I have a vested interest in kind of
what you do with women in film as my daughter
is a filmmaker in Brooklyn, New York. So when I
found out about your organization, I was thrilled. I know
you've got a forty fifth anniversary that we need to
talk about. But where did the origin of the ie
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you coming up to starting.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
This first, I should say, I get to be the
honor of being the board president. So I'm president of
the Board of Directors. But the organization itself has been
around for forty five years. It started in the living
room of the founders and they just they knew women
needed to get together to talk about film, to make
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some inroads in front of and behind the camera. And
the with organization in Los Angeles had already been founded,
were not chapters, so that all the organizations are separate
around the country, and so there are several women in
film organizations around the country, and so I think that Los.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Angeles was the first.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
But of course here in DC there are a lot
of filmmakers who specialize in the documentary space.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Now we have narrative.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
I'm a narrative person, but now we have narrative, and
so these filmmakers just typical films. I've learned so much
just being on the board and being president of the board.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
But not just films, but museum videos. For instance.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
You go to the museum and you see the videos
that explain different things that all kinds of filmmaking opportunities
were happening here in the DC area, and they wanted
to get the women together to help create more opportunities
for women in this space, as well as just have
a bonding place for women who are already working in
the space to be able to talk about the different
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things they'd learn, share expertise, get some training, you know,
just talk about best practices and all of that. So
it started in the living room of the founders and
it quickly grew. So, you know, after growing rapidly, they knew, oh,
we need to get an office and form the actual organization.
So they got their five oh one C three designation
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and establish the organization.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
And that was in nineteen seventy nine, and.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
So as of September of twenty twenty four, that began
our anniversary year and we're celebrating it all year long.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
But that is how I happened.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
To be part of the organization. That's how I founded,
That's how you know I was able to join. I'm
actually a Los Angeles transplant. I'm not from LA but
I was living there and I transplanted here again. I
used to live here some years ago in twenty nineteen,
and the moment my feet hit the ground in the
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DC area. One of my best friends said, you got
to meet this woman. She's having a short film showcase.
You got to meet her, and she's got to tell
you all about that industry here in this region. And
so I met her. She's also on our boarder name
is Manda Webb. In her films, her shorts are internationally renowned,
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just amazing, award winning, and as soon as we met,
we connected and she said, you got to join the
board of Women in Film And I was like, join
the board, you mean joined the organization and she said, no,
just get joined the organism and join the board at
the same time, which I did, and I fell absolutely
in love, absolutely in love. So I got to spend
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a lot of time with one of the founders as
we planned our kickoff event for the forty fifth anniversary.
And I tell you as Salt of the Earth. Her
name is Michael Carr, and just salt of the Earth,
and you understand why the organization is what it is.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I did ask her.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
I said, what does it feel like to have established
an organization sitting in a living room and look at
it forty five years later, still going strong with you know,
nearly a thousand members and over two hundred programs a
year and this started in the living room.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
What does that feel like? She was in tears.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Wow, she was in tears to know that legacy is
there like that, just recognizing the importance of what they did.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
They changed history in that living room that day. So
it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Well, I appreciate you sharing all that, and you were
starting to hedge on a little bit, but I'd like
you to talk more about this and Connie expound on it.
But the mission and the vision when it comes to
women in film and video in Washington, d C. What
are those.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
They kind of intertwined the mission and the vision. But
our goal is to to provide support and create opportunities.
This is I'm not reading the mission statement. I'm just
telling you what it is for what the camera, So
learning opportunities, networking opportunities. That is the goal for those
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who identify as female. And our organization is open to
men as well, because men are often allies, as are
you by even talking to us today, But men are
often allies. They are in maybe twenty five thirty percent
of our members, our men, we've had, we have men
on the board and so, but the goal is parody.
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It's equity and parity in front of them, behind the camera.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
That's the goal.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
That is the full mission and the vision of the
organization is to make sure that those opportunities are there
and that where it's not just opportunities, but the training
is there, the networking is there because so much, as
we know, so much business.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Is done via networking.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
But if we don't get invited to those events we're
out in those rooms, those opportunities might not come to us.
So we make sure that we're staying relevant creating those
opportunities for our members.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Well, I love that I'm in a kind of similar industry.
So for years I've been reading credits when it comes
to sports about who works on a broadcast behind the scenes.
And I did that when I was younger. So I
did that one because I'm a big movie guy and
TV guy. I love my shows like everybody else, and
I always read the credits. Now that my daughters in
the industry, I look for women that are directing and
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writing and producing. And while over the last five or
ten years, I've seen more and more women that have
very prominent rous and I think the most prominent I
started to see Catherine Bigelow, who was a famous director
who's ran some great movies, kind of really start women
being regularly in film and really leading the charge of
some great films out there. But I know there's still
a long ways to go. But as I talk to
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you about that about getting opportunities, where are we today
with the world, but specifically d C, New York, Chicago, LA,
and then in Vancouver, Toronto when it comes to North
America to opportunity for women in film and TV? Where
are we right now?
Speaker 3 (07:35):
I wish we could say it's where the fifty to
fifty mark.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
We're not. It's still an uphill battle. Yeah, it is
still enough battle. And as the.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Landscape has changed, it's made it harder. So many of
the organizations that hired filmmakers have laid them off, either
due to budget cuts or the industry changing, and there's
oversaturation and so now it's a gig economy, and so
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with it going into that with people being freelancers, now
now we have the exact same situation that we had
to deal with before, where you know, these people who've
been doing it forever, typically the male people who've been
doing it forever for them to go out and do
the free lance. They're talking to their buddies, they're you know,
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working it out with their buddies. Again, now we have
to get the women in those rooms. And now it's
not just the expertise of whatever their you know, their
talent is, or it's also you have to know how
to negotiate and navigate.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
All of those things.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
And often what I'm learning is filmmakers in general, but
especially female filmmakers. So filmmakers in general, but especially female filmmakers,
are not used to also being salespeople and marketers. That
hasn't If they're a marketers, they market. If they're a filmmaker,
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they make films. But now they're in a position because
it's become a freelance economy where they have to know
how to do both. They have to sell themselves, they
have to sell their skills. They have to be out
there in those rooms making a carving a path for themselves.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
And it's harder.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Men are They've had more opportunities to be able to
just go in the realm and say the thing, you know,
just present themselves. So now I'm noticing that a lot
of our programming has to do with what do you
say once you get in the room, when you have
to sell yourself versus just being a job that you
do and you know how to do the job. Now,
it's not just that how do you manage being a freelancer?
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How do you balance how do you balance your time?
How do you sell yourself? I'm seeing those are a
lot of the types.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Of programming.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Offerings that we're having, as well as some of our
sister organizations are having as well. So, yes, has it
gotten somewhat better. Absolutely, it's no longer. The fact that
it still makes headlines every single time there's a new
you know, oh oh it's not just female, but it's
the first Indian female, it's the first, you know. The
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fact that we're still making headlines you can tell. It's
not that we don't have parody yet. It makes headlines
every time.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
Yeah, it makes sense, and I'd be tired of having
first all the time too, and just having more equity
out there. So well said on everything, i think it's
time to talk about some of the cool things that
you do when it comes to all the programs, because
there are quite a few. And then we'll also get
Connie into events because there's some upcoming. This is playing
on NFC Divisional Championship weekend. I know a lot of
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people watching football, but as you're listening to this getting
ready for your Sunday football, there's some cool things coming up.
So if you have any women in your life that
are going to be in the industry or curly in
industry or want to be in the industry, it is
really amazing what Connie, her team, the board and all
the people are doing when it comes to programs. So,
I know we can't talk about all of the Connie,
because the are quite a few cool ones out there,
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but can you head on some of the important programs
that you're most proud of right now?
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Well, I can't say most proud because that would be everything,
but I can talk about some of the things that
are coming up.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
So and just in general the types of programs that
we offer, because that's one of the things that we
focus on. So we have training type programs, so it's
professional development.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
We have those where it might be PA training.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Once a year, we have a script Filmmaker's Conference called
script DC and that's typically in the fall.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
We have camera training.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
So there are training programs which is really important and
all of our programs are open to both members and
non members, so members get discountlords free for them depending
on what it is, and then members can also come.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
It's just usually a little bit more expensive.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
So there's the training of professional development side. Then we
have filmmaker conversations and those might come in the form
of a Wednesday One, which is obviously the first Wednesday
of the month. We have a Wednesday one conversation with filmmakers.
We also have once every couple of months an actual
filmmaker conversation where they're just talking about their journey on
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a particular film. That's always phenomenal to go to. Those
are phenomenal. We've got roundtables that are led by our members,
and there are subject matter roundtables, so an editor's roundtable,
an actor's roundtable, we have documentary filmmakers roundtables. So we've
got if you have a specialty area, you can find
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a roundtable. Sign up for that. If you're a member,
it's free. If you're a non member. It's really affordable. Still,
I want to say it's maybe fifteen dollars at most.
I mean, it's really not that much. I get to
co lead the Film Club, which is always fun. So
that's once a month where it's like a book club,
but it's educational. So we choose a film in advance,
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we watch it in advance, and then we come to
the film Club meeting to talk about it.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
And I have learned so much to be honest.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
With you, more than I ever thought I could.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
You know, you think you know a little something, and
then you sit in a room with a bunch of
other experienced filmmakers. Oh my goodness, it's amazing.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
So we have Film Club once a month, which is
both enjoyable and it is also educational. And then this
gets a little bit into events, but it's also sitting
at the feet of the established filmmakers. Once a year,
we have our Women of Vision Awards, and that is
coming up on April third, and we had it last
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year and it will be again this year at the
National Museum of Women in the Arts. It's a phenomenal
event where we bring in established filmmakers who have paved
the way and are now paying it forward and we
honor them.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
So we normally have three to four rees.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
But it's set up as a panel so we get
to see clips of their work and then there's a
Q and A with a well known you know moderator.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
We had somebody from.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
Uh uh from NPR or Wall Street Journal last year.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
I can't remember. She would kill me for not knowing
exactly where she works.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Netta Ullaby you might know her name, yeah, yeah, and
all phenomenal, phenomenal, and so that is a it's one
of our signature events and people love coming to it
because you're in the room, you know, just you know,
you're in the room where it happens with these well
known filmmakers listening and gleaning from them, and it's phenomenal.
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We haven't announced yet who are honorees are. We're just
confirming some things for this year. But once they're announced, well,
well you'll hear, you'll know. But that's something to put
on the calendar. So that gets into kind of the
professional development sitting at the feet of the filmmaker programs,
that kind of thing, and there are lots of them.
Our calendar stays full. And then separately from that, you
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mentioned events and our events we have coffees in the
different regions because we do represent the mid Atlantic region.
So Richmond just had a major happy hour last night
and that was well attended. But things in Annapolis, in DC,
in Arlington, Alexandria, Northern Virginia area, so they're around the DMV.
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We host either their hour and there are multiple ones
of those going on throughout the month, so again it's
just a great networking time in your region. And then
we have our annual Winter Holiday Party, which is held
in January instead of December because everybody's really tired of
Turkey and ham in December, so we do ours in January.
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And it's actually coming up. It'll probably just have happened
just before this airs. It's going to be January twenty fourth,
so if it happens to coincide, then great, come out,
get a ticket, be there. It's a huge networking event
for our members and non members. They love coming to that.
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It's one of those where you have to be ready
to meet all the people.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
Yeah, no, that's great. And this is recording on the nineteenth.
This is when we're going to air it, so there's
enough time for people to listen to this and still
get tickets for that. I did want to ask you
something about relating because in my industry, and I think
yours and as human beings, we just want to relate
and it must be extraordinary the feedback that you get
from any woman that comes and joins the organization and
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goes to one of these seminars, events, or a coffee
or a gala, whatever you have put on and saying, Wow,
there's other people like me, that look like me, that
sound like me, that want to be in this industry.
And imagine the feedback is absolutely tremendous one. They're just
eyes open, say how cool is this? The opportunities and
all these women here in this industry like I want
to be in. It must be very gratifying to hear
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some really cool feedback from everybody.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
You know.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
It not only is, but I will tell you this,
every city or state has its own feel and I've
lived in a lot of them. I've had the opportunity
to live and work in a lot of them. I've
lived in DMV before as well in California, as I mentioned, Atlanta, Chicago,
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New York City, Detroit. I've lived a lot of places.
And we're connected through wift US to a lot of
the other organizations. It's like an association of of with organizations.
Every place has its own personality. When I was in
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Los Angeles and you know obviously that the talent in
Los Angeles is undeniable, no question, But there is a tone,
there's a feel in Los Angeles of.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Who do you know?
Speaker 3 (18:05):
I might have a connection for you, but that's my connection.
I don't want to share because you might, you know.
And that's what I was used to, That's what I
knew from living in LA. I didn't fit in with
that mindset, but I was familiar with it when I
got to d C. So you know this long one
died answer to your question. But when I got to
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d C and join the with d C organization, I
was shocked at.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
The difference in the tone, in the tenor.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Here, no one feels intimidated or proprietary about their contact.
No one feels like, you know, if I introduce you,
I might be losing an opportunity. So when you talk
about what it feels like to connect with like minded people,
what it feels like here is different, for instance, in
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what it might feel like in Los Angeles. Here you
walk into a room and you say, oh, I'm an editor.
People say, oh, I was just talking to somebody who
needs an editor. Let me introduce you, or oh here's
another editor here. You two might be able to connect
partner bond on your editing stories. That the connection, the
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immediate connection with with DC and the way that we
network is different than any of the other WITH organizations
I've ever seen. It's not the same. It's not based
on you don't get in based on who you know.
It's not that it's not I won't introduce you to
people because you might steal business. It's not that everybody
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is pulling for everybody else's success. And even the other
transplants that I've seen from Los Angeles have gotten here
and said, I can't believe how open everyone is, how giving,
how connecting everyone is. It's you know, not even no
one hesitates to share their wisdom or their knowledge here.
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They don't even hesitate, even if it's something where maybe
they'd get paid to share that wisdom. But if you're
a member of with and you'd say, you know, I've
never done this before, and somebody says, oh, let me
connect you to you will talk to them and they
will share willingly their information, their expertise. Oh you don't
know how to start a podcast, let me tell you
what I know. There's no charge, there's a Your success
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means success for us all and it is so refreshing.
So yeah, do we get emails and and comments about
how people feel being connected to with and how their
life is changed because of being connected. They got a
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job they you know, I found my attorney through with.
I've hired editors through with, I've hired you know, cinematographers
through it.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
Just all of the things.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
We participated in the forty eight Hour Film Project, which
is always fun, and they have them regionally, so we
do that.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
It's a way for our members.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
If you've not ever participated on a film set, you
can do that. It's an intense weekend, but it's super fun.
When I did it a few years ago, the woman
who was the DP had not ever been a DP before.
I believe she'd only been a gaffer. And there's not
only there, but comparatively, she'd not been in that lead position, and.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
So this was her first time. She was phenomenal.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
She knocked it out of the part, of course, and
because of that, she ended up getting multiple jobs to
be a DP at several projects and now works for
a major filmmaking organization as their DP. And she got
that experience from a random volunteer just for fun. Women
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in Film and Video forty eight hour film project and
we're still connected. I adore her. She is amazing. Her
name is Anseaul. Lookout for her. She is just phenomenal
as a human being as well as a cinematographer. And
that kind of thing like you're saying, do people are
they thankful of the opportunities and the ability to connect.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Grateful doesn't even begin to describe it. It is life changing.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
That's cool, Connie. It's a great story in changing one
life at a time and just getting those opportunities and
showing off your skills like she did. So I think
that's so cool. I want to talk a little bit
about this region. I live in Northwest d C. I've
been in the DMV for several different innerations and you
always see film locations set up in TV shows, especially
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in Washington, d C. I know one of my favorite shows,
lion Is, was in Baltimore and was always Eldona, Who's
extraordinary and if you haven't seen on Paramount Plus, my god,
what a show. But how is the region doing right now?
The DMV in Baltimore when it comes to film and video?
Are we doing okay? They do? Does the industry have
the proper tax breaks. Has everybody taken advantage? How are
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we doing when it comes to getting film and video
in this region.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
We're doing okay. There's always room for improvement. Our board
members are really active in that as well. So we've
got partnerships with all of the film offices, the DC,
Maryland and Virginia film offices. One of our board members,
Mark Maxie, who is a producer extraordinary.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
He's got an office here and an office in Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
He was just in Virginia meeting and being there as
a proponent of more tax incentives for films to come
to this region. There's a state of the Industry event
coming up in Virginia and Richmond, Virginia. I want to
say on February sixth, We've got board members and our
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executive director going out.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
There for that.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
We use our voice and this is I will be
honest with you. You know, this is something I got
to lead, which is how I ended up in the
president's role. I got to lead our efforts and developing
our strategic plan for the next three to five years
a couple of years ago, and after doing that, they
asked me then to run for president.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Part of what.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
Was in that strategic plan, is women in film having
that voice because we do have so many filmmakers who
have done things that have made a difference that people
don't even realize our voices matter, our resources matter. And
so now we're seeing if there's a state of the
industry and they need a spokesperson, they're reaching out to us.
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There's a panel on AI we have one coming up
as well, and how this is affecting filmmakers. They're reaching
out to us. They want to hear what our filmmakers
have to say about these really important things, and that
includes how are we doing at attracting and retaining productions
in this area. So we're part of that conversation, and
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as I said, there's always room for improvement. It matters
to them, it matters to the film offices, and it
matters to us because we've got the people who are
working toward it. So really looking at more synergies between
those film offices and the productions we're looking for. You know,
in certain in certain markets, if you come to their city,
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you have to agree to hire x many people from
that region. We don't have all of those things in place,
and yet we've got this resource you know, nearly a
thousand members. Okay, well we need we need to make
sure that that's one of the things that we've got
these people with this expertise at least writer first, reserve
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ten percent, five percent for the locals here, don't don't
import everyone. Those are areas where I think we can
continue to improve. And you know, I don't know about
all the incentives that are being offered right now, but
it is one of the things that we're looking at.
And so I'm really thankful to Mark Maxi as well
as Sherry Reddicks thro out, Melissa Houghton, who's our ed
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who's you know, going into these meetings and having a
voice advocating for more film in our region, the television, film,
any any media making opportunity, and then more incentives that
benefit our members.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Well, thank you for all that. So listen, we only
have a couple of minutes left. So what I want
to do to make sure we get this thing because
I know it's important. I want to talk about donations,
how you're funded, so let's get that in and then
also how people can be a part of Women in
Film and Video in Washington DC. Let's give the website
and anything else that you need to know. So Connie,
the floor is yours.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (26:38):
So first website and I'll say it a couple of
times with dot org, w I f visinvictor dot org.
And so you go to with dot org, whether you're
a member or non member, there's something there for you.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
So just take a look at the website.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
Look at our calendar, just click on the calendar link
and you'll see all the upcoming events with this funded
by multiple things. So we have a member ship fee
in different levels of membership. So there's individual membership, and
there's also corporate membership for some of our events, and
just overall we have sponsorships for there is you know,
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there are those opportunities. And we are also doing individual
donations because we are five o'h one C three, so
you give to us and yes, you get a donation letter.
So we're actually working on a telethon, our first ever telethon,
because we have a fundraising goal for this forty fifth anniversary.
Our goal is to raise money going toward the next
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forty five. So what do we need to do to
put ourselves in a great position for the next forty five.
So our telethon is scheduled for Saturday, March eighth, which
is International Women's Day, and it's going to be streamed
live to YouTube.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
We're going to showcase some.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Of our members' films and we'll be on the phone
with people call it in making donations.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
I love it, this idea, I love it. My gosh,
business cool.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
One hundred and fifty people to get forty five dollars,
that's our goal.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
That's about twenty thousand, so that is our goal, but.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
Showcasing films in between, and then you'll see us online
and then we'll be streaming live to Zoom, so you'll
see new films and new shorts. We're going to do
shorts and it's going to be fun. It's a way
to showcase our members work as well as raise money
for the organization. We also get grants, so government federal grants,
state grants, and family foundations.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
We get grants that way as well.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
And one of the really wonderful services that we provide
is physical sponsorship for some of our members. So you
apply to have your project fiscally sponsored. So if it's
an individual filmmaker and they have people who want to
make donations, they submit to us. If they're approved, people
can make their donations through with and we get a
small percentage of that. But some of these films raise
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a lot of money and those donors get a tax
right off because it's funneled through WITH, and then we
get a small percentage from that as well. So there
are multiple ways that our organization raises money. And so,
like I said, membership, sponsorship, individual donations, those are the
and then grants those.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Are the primary wonderful And there is a nice donate
button on the website that I would like you to
give one more time.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
Connie Yes with dot org, Wifis and Frank vis in
Victor dot org.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
Click the donate button.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
Connie. While I have a personal invested interest in what
you do because my daughter is starting in the industry
in Brooklyn, I'm thrilled that you do this. When I
found out by the organization and that it's been around
for forty five years and your spirit hitting some incredible
things with your team and your board, I'm thrilled and
I just think it's wonderful what you're doing. I know
you got a long ways to go, but you're making
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inroads for women in film and video, which I just
think is wonderful, so continue success. Give my best to everybody,
and thank you so much for joining us on Community DC.
We really appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (29:58):
Thank you so much for having thingas
Good morning, and welcome to another edition of Community DC.
I'm your host, Dennis Glasgow. This morning we get to
welcome another first time guest to the program, and that's
Connie Saint John, who is the president and Communications chair
for Women in Film and Video in Washington, d C.
Over the next thirty minutes, we're going to explore and
find out about what Connie's nonprofit does, who their membership is,
and really dig into all the cool things that her
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and her team are executing for women and opportunities to
learn and execute when it comes to film and video
in the DMV. Here's my conversation with Connie. I hope
you enjoy it as much as I did.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Good morning, Connie, Good morning Dennis.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Well, it's such a treat to have you on Community DC.
You're a new guest to our program that I've been
doing for three years, and a lot of our listeners
know that I have a vested interest in kind of
what you do with women in film as my daughter
is a filmmaker in Brooklyn, New York. So when I
found out about your organization, I was thrilled. I know
you've got a forty fifth anniversary that we need to
talk about. But where did the origin of the ie
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you coming up to starting.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
This first, I should say, I get to be the
honor of being the board president. So I'm president of
the Board of Directors. But the organization itself has been
around for forty five years. It started in the living
room of the founders and they just they knew women
needed to get together to talk about film, to make
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some inroads in front of and behind the camera. And
the with organization in Los Angeles had already been founded,
were not chapters, so that all the organizations are separate
around the country, and so there are several women in
film organizations around the country, and so I think that Los.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Angeles was the first.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
But of course here in DC there are a lot
of filmmakers who specialize in the documentary space.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Now we have narrative.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
I'm a narrative person, but now we have narrative, and
so these filmmakers just typical films. I've learned so much
just being on the board and being president of the board.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
But not just films, but museum videos. For instance.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
You go to the museum and you see the videos
that explain different things that all kinds of filmmaking opportunities
were happening here in the DC area, and they wanted
to get the women together to help create more opportunities
for women in this space, as well as just have
a bonding place for women who are already working in
the space to be able to talk about the different
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things they'd learn, share expertise, get some training, you know,
just talk about best practices and all of that. So
it started in the living room of the founders and
it quickly grew. So, you know, after growing rapidly, they knew, oh,
we need to get an office and form the actual organization.
So they got their five oh one C three designation
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and establish the organization.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
And that was in nineteen seventy nine, and.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
So as of September of twenty twenty four, that began
our anniversary year and we're celebrating it all year long.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
But that is how I happened.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
To be part of the organization. That's how I founded,
That's how you know I was able to join. I'm
actually a Los Angeles transplant. I'm not from LA but
I was living there and I transplanted here again. I
used to live here some years ago in twenty nineteen,
and the moment my feet hit the ground in the
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DC area. One of my best friends said, you got
to meet this woman. She's having a short film showcase.
You got to meet her, and she's got to tell
you all about that industry here in this region. And
so I met her. She's also on our boarder name
is Manda Webb. In her films, her shorts are internationally renowned,
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just amazing, award winning, and as soon as we met,
we connected and she said, you got to join the
board of Women in Film And I was like, join
the board, you mean joined the organization and she said, no,
just get joined the organism and join the board at
the same time, which I did, and I fell absolutely
in love, absolutely in love. So I got to spend
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a lot of time with one of the founders as
we planned our kickoff event for the forty fifth anniversary.
And I tell you as Salt of the Earth. Her
name is Michael Carr, and just salt of the Earth,
and you understand why the organization is what it is.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I did ask her.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
I said, what does it feel like to have established
an organization sitting in a living room and look at
it forty five years later, still going strong with you know,
nearly a thousand members and over two hundred programs a
year and this started in the living room.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
What does that feel like? She was in tears.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Wow, she was in tears to know that legacy is
there like that, just recognizing the importance of what they did.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
They changed history in that living room that day. So
it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Well, I appreciate you sharing all that, and you were
starting to hedge on a little bit, but I'd like
you to talk more about this and Connie expound on it.
But the mission and the vision when it comes to
women in film and video in Washington, d C. What
are those.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
They kind of intertwined the mission and the vision. But
our goal is to to provide support and create opportunities.
This is I'm not reading the mission statement. I'm just
telling you what it is for what the camera, So
learning opportunities, networking opportunities. That is the goal for those
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who identify as female. And our organization is open to
men as well, because men are often allies, as are
you by even talking to us today, But men are
often allies. They are in maybe twenty five thirty percent
of our members, our men, we've had, we have men
on the board and so, but the goal is parody.
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It's equity and parity in front of them, behind the camera.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
That's the goal.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
That is the full mission and the vision of the
organization is to make sure that those opportunities are there
and that where it's not just opportunities, but the training
is there, the networking is there because so much, as
we know, so much business.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Is done via networking.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
But if we don't get invited to those events we're
out in those rooms, those opportunities might not come to us.
So we make sure that we're staying relevant creating those
opportunities for our members.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Well, I love that I'm in a kind of similar industry.
So for years I've been reading credits when it comes
to sports about who works on a broadcast behind the scenes.
And I did that when I was younger. So I
did that one because I'm a big movie guy and
TV guy. I love my shows like everybody else, and
I always read the credits. Now that my daughters in
the industry, I look for women that are directing and
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writing and producing. And while over the last five or
ten years, I've seen more and more women that have
very prominent rous and I think the most prominent I
started to see Catherine Bigelow, who was a famous director
who's ran some great movies, kind of really start women
being regularly in film and really leading the charge of
some great films out there. But I know there's still
a long ways to go. But as I talk to
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you about that about getting opportunities, where are we today
with the world, but specifically d C, New York, Chicago, LA,
and then in Vancouver, Toronto when it comes to North
America to opportunity for women in film and TV? Where
are we right now?
Speaker 3 (07:35):
I wish we could say it's where the fifty to
fifty mark.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
We're not. It's still an uphill battle. Yeah, it is
still enough battle. And as the.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Landscape has changed, it's made it harder. So many of
the organizations that hired filmmakers have laid them off, either
due to budget cuts or the industry changing, and there's
oversaturation and so now it's a gig economy, and so
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with it going into that with people being freelancers, now
now we have the exact same situation that we had
to deal with before, where you know, these people who've
been doing it forever, typically the male people who've been
doing it forever for them to go out and do
the free lance. They're talking to their buddies, they're you know,
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working it out with their buddies. Again, now we have
to get the women in those rooms. And now it's
not just the expertise of whatever their you know, their
talent is, or it's also you have to know how
to negotiate and navigate.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
All of those things.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
And often what I'm learning is filmmakers in general, but
especially female filmmakers. So filmmakers in general, but especially female filmmakers,
are not used to also being salespeople and marketers. That
hasn't If they're a marketers, they market. If they're a filmmaker,
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they make films. But now they're in a position because
it's become a freelance economy where they have to know
how to do both. They have to sell themselves, they
have to sell their skills. They have to be out
there in those rooms making a carving a path for themselves.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
And it's harder.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Men are They've had more opportunities to be able to
just go in the realm and say the thing, you know,
just present themselves. So now I'm noticing that a lot
of our programming has to do with what do you
say once you get in the room, when you have
to sell yourself versus just being a job that you
do and you know how to do the job. Now,
it's not just that how do you manage being a freelancer?
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How do you balance how do you balance your time?
How do you sell yourself? I'm seeing those are a
lot of the types.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Of programming.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Offerings that we're having, as well as some of our
sister organizations are having as well. So, yes, has it
gotten somewhat better. Absolutely, it's no longer. The fact that
it still makes headlines every single time there's a new
you know, oh oh it's not just female, but it's
the first Indian female, it's the first, you know. The
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fact that we're still making headlines you can tell. It's
not that we don't have parody yet. It makes headlines
every time.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
Yeah, it makes sense, and I'd be tired of having
first all the time too, and just having more equity
out there. So well said on everything, i think it's
time to talk about some of the cool things that
you do when it comes to all the programs, because
there are quite a few. And then we'll also get
Connie into events because there's some upcoming. This is playing
on NFC Divisional Championship weekend. I know a lot of
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people watching football, but as you're listening to this getting
ready for your Sunday football, there's some cool things coming up.
So if you have any women in your life that
are going to be in the industry or curly in
industry or want to be in the industry, it is
really amazing what Connie, her team, the board and all
the people are doing when it comes to programs. So,
I know we can't talk about all of the Connie,
because the are quite a few cool ones out there,
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but can you head on some of the important programs
that you're most proud of right now?
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Well, I can't say most proud because that would be everything,
but I can talk about some of the things that
are coming up.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
So and just in general the types of programs that
we offer, because that's one of the things that we
focus on. So we have training type programs, so it's
professional development.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
We have those where it might be PA training.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Once a year, we have a script Filmmaker's Conference called
script DC and that's typically in the fall.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
We have camera training.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
So there are training programs which is really important and
all of our programs are open to both members and
non members, so members get discountlords free for them depending
on what it is, and then members can also come.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
It's just usually a little bit more expensive.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
So there's the training of professional development side. Then we
have filmmaker conversations and those might come in the form
of a Wednesday One, which is obviously the first Wednesday
of the month. We have a Wednesday one conversation with filmmakers.
We also have once every couple of months an actual
filmmaker conversation where they're just talking about their journey on
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a particular film. That's always phenomenal to go to. Those
are phenomenal. We've got roundtables that are led by our members,
and there are subject matter roundtables, so an editor's roundtable,
an actor's roundtable, we have documentary filmmakers roundtables. So we've
got if you have a specialty area, you can find
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a roundtable. Sign up for that. If you're a member,
it's free. If you're a non member. It's really affordable. Still,
I want to say it's maybe fifteen dollars at most.
I mean, it's really not that much. I get to
co lead the Film Club, which is always fun. So
that's once a month where it's like a book club,
but it's educational. So we choose a film in advance,
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we watch it in advance, and then we come to
the film Club meeting to talk about it.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
And I have learned so much to be honest.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
With you, more than I ever thought I could.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
You know, you think you know a little something, and
then you sit in a room with a bunch of
other experienced filmmakers. Oh my goodness, it's amazing.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
So we have Film Club once a month, which is
both enjoyable and it is also educational. And then this
gets a little bit into events, but it's also sitting
at the feet of the established filmmakers. Once a year,
we have our Women of Vision Awards, and that is
coming up on April third, and we had it last
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year and it will be again this year at the
National Museum of Women in the Arts. It's a phenomenal
event where we bring in established filmmakers who have paved
the way and are now paying it forward and we
honor them.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
So we normally have three to four rees.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
But it's set up as a panel so we get
to see clips of their work and then there's a
Q and A with a well known you know moderator.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
We had somebody from.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
Uh uh from NPR or Wall Street Journal last year.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
I can't remember. She would kill me for not knowing
exactly where she works.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Netta Ullaby you might know her name, yeah, yeah, and
all phenomenal, phenomenal, and so that is a it's one
of our signature events and people love coming to it
because you're in the room, you know, just you know,
you're in the room where it happens with these well
known filmmakers listening and gleaning from them, and it's phenomenal.
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We haven't announced yet who are honorees are. We're just
confirming some things for this year. But once they're announced, well,
well you'll hear, you'll know. But that's something to put
on the calendar. So that gets into kind of the
professional development sitting at the feet of the filmmaker programs,
that kind of thing, and there are lots of them.
Our calendar stays full. And then separately from that, you
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mentioned events and our events we have coffees in the
different regions because we do represent the mid Atlantic region.
So Richmond just had a major happy hour last night
and that was well attended. But things in Annapolis, in DC,
in Arlington, Alexandria, Northern Virginia area, so they're around the DMV.
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We host either their hour and there are multiple ones
of those going on throughout the month, so again it's
just a great networking time in your region. And then
we have our annual Winter Holiday Party, which is held
in January instead of December because everybody's really tired of
Turkey and ham in December, so we do ours in January.
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And it's actually coming up. It'll probably just have happened
just before this airs. It's going to be January twenty fourth,
so if it happens to coincide, then great, come out,
get a ticket, be there. It's a huge networking event
for our members and non members. They love coming to that.
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It's one of those where you have to be ready
to meet all the people.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
Yeah, no, that's great. And this is recording on the nineteenth.
This is when we're going to air it, so there's
enough time for people to listen to this and still
get tickets for that. I did want to ask you
something about relating because in my industry, and I think
yours and as human beings, we just want to relate
and it must be extraordinary the feedback that you get
from any woman that comes and joins the organization and
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goes to one of these seminars, events, or a coffee
or a gala, whatever you have put on and saying, Wow,
there's other people like me, that look like me, that
sound like me, that want to be in this industry.
And imagine the feedback is absolutely tremendous one. They're just
eyes open, say how cool is this? The opportunities and
all these women here in this industry like I want
to be in. It must be very gratifying to hear
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some really cool feedback from everybody.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
You know.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
It not only is, but I will tell you this,
every city or state has its own feel and I've
lived in a lot of them. I've had the opportunity
to live and work in a lot of them. I've
lived in DMV before as well in California, as I mentioned, Atlanta, Chicago,
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New York City, Detroit. I've lived a lot of places.
And we're connected through wift US to a lot of
the other organizations. It's like an association of of with organizations.
Every place has its own personality. When I was in
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Los Angeles and you know obviously that the talent in
Los Angeles is undeniable, no question, But there is a tone,
there's a feel in Los Angeles of.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Who do you know?
Speaker 3 (18:05):
I might have a connection for you, but that's my connection.
I don't want to share because you might, you know.
And that's what I was used to, That's what I
knew from living in LA. I didn't fit in with
that mindset, but I was familiar with it when I
got to d C. So you know this long one
died answer to your question. But when I got to
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d C and join the with d C organization, I
was shocked at.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
The difference in the tone, in the tenor.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Here, no one feels intimidated or proprietary about their contact.
No one feels like, you know, if I introduce you,
I might be losing an opportunity. So when you talk
about what it feels like to connect with like minded people,
what it feels like here is different, for instance, in
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what it might feel like in Los Angeles. Here you
walk into a room and you say, oh, I'm an editor.
People say, oh, I was just talking to somebody who
needs an editor. Let me introduce you, or oh here's
another editor here. You two might be able to connect
partner bond on your editing stories. That the connection, the
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immediate connection with with DC and the way that we
network is different than any of the other WITH organizations
I've ever seen. It's not the same. It's not based
on you don't get in based on who you know.
It's not that it's not I won't introduce you to
people because you might steal business. It's not that everybody
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is pulling for everybody else's success. And even the other
transplants that I've seen from Los Angeles have gotten here
and said, I can't believe how open everyone is, how giving,
how connecting everyone is. It's you know, not even no
one hesitates to share their wisdom or their knowledge here.
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They don't even hesitate, even if it's something where maybe
they'd get paid to share that wisdom. But if you're
a member of with and you'd say, you know, I've
never done this before, and somebody says, oh, let me
connect you to you will talk to them and they
will share willingly their information, their expertise. Oh you don't
know how to start a podcast, let me tell you
what I know. There's no charge, there's a Your success
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means success for us all and it is so refreshing.
So yeah, do we get emails and and comments about
how people feel being connected to with and how their
life is changed because of being connected. They got a
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job they you know, I found my attorney through with.
I've hired editors through with, I've hired you know, cinematographers
through it.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
Just all of the things.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
We participated in the forty eight Hour Film Project, which
is always fun, and they have them regionally, so we
do that.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
It's a way for our members.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
If you've not ever participated on a film set, you
can do that. It's an intense weekend, but it's super fun.
When I did it a few years ago, the woman
who was the DP had not ever been a DP before.
I believe she'd only been a gaffer. And there's not
only there, but comparatively, she'd not been in that lead position, and.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
So this was her first time. She was phenomenal.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
She knocked it out of the part, of course, and
because of that, she ended up getting multiple jobs to
be a DP at several projects and now works for
a major filmmaking organization as their DP. And she got
that experience from a random volunteer just for fun. Women
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in Film and Video forty eight hour film project and
we're still connected. I adore her. She is amazing. Her
name is Anseaul. Lookout for her. She is just phenomenal
as a human being as well as a cinematographer. And
that kind of thing like you're saying, do people are
they thankful of the opportunities and the ability to connect.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Grateful doesn't even begin to describe it. It is life changing.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
That's cool, Connie. It's a great story in changing one
life at a time and just getting those opportunities and
showing off your skills like she did. So I think
that's so cool. I want to talk a little bit
about this region. I live in Northwest d C. I've
been in the DMV for several different innerations and you
always see film locations set up in TV shows, especially
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in Washington, d C. I know one of my favorite shows,
lion Is, was in Baltimore and was always Eldona, Who's
extraordinary and if you haven't seen on Paramount Plus, my god,
what a show. But how is the region doing right now?
The DMV in Baltimore when it comes to film and video?
Are we doing okay? They do? Does the industry have
the proper tax breaks. Has everybody taken advantage? How are
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we doing when it comes to getting film and video
in this region.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
We're doing okay. There's always room for improvement. Our board
members are really active in that as well. So we've
got partnerships with all of the film offices, the DC,
Maryland and Virginia film offices. One of our board members,
Mark Maxie, who is a producer extraordinary.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
He's got an office here and an office in Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
He was just in Virginia meeting and being there as
a proponent of more tax incentives for films to come
to this region. There's a state of the Industry event
coming up in Virginia and Richmond, Virginia. I want to
say on February sixth, We've got board members and our
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executive director going out.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
There for that.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
We use our voice and this is I will be
honest with you. You know, this is something I got
to lead, which is how I ended up in the
president's role. I got to lead our efforts and developing
our strategic plan for the next three to five years
a couple of years ago, and after doing that, they
asked me then to run for president.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Part of what.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
Was in that strategic plan, is women in film having
that voice because we do have so many filmmakers who
have done things that have made a difference that people
don't even realize our voices matter, our resources matter. And
so now we're seeing if there's a state of the
industry and they need a spokesperson, they're reaching out to us.
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There's a panel on AI we have one coming up
as well, and how this is affecting filmmakers. They're reaching
out to us. They want to hear what our filmmakers
have to say about these really important things, and that
includes how are we doing at attracting and retaining productions
in this area. So we're part of that conversation, and
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as I said, there's always room for improvement. It matters
to them, it matters to the film offices, and it
matters to us because we've got the people who are
working toward it. So really looking at more synergies between
those film offices and the productions we're looking for. You know,
in certain in certain markets, if you come to their city,
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you have to agree to hire x many people from
that region. We don't have all of those things in place,
and yet we've got this resource you know, nearly a
thousand members. Okay, well we need we need to make
sure that that's one of the things that we've got
these people with this expertise at least writer first, reserve
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ten percent, five percent for the locals here, don't don't
import everyone. Those are areas where I think we can
continue to improve. And you know, I don't know about
all the incentives that are being offered right now, but
it is one of the things that we're looking at.
And so I'm really thankful to Mark Maxi as well
as Sherry Reddicks thro out, Melissa Houghton, who's our ed
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who's you know, going into these meetings and having a
voice advocating for more film in our region, the television, film,
any any media making opportunity, and then more incentives that
benefit our members.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Well, thank you for all that. So listen, we only
have a couple of minutes left. So what I want
to do to make sure we get this thing because
I know it's important. I want to talk about donations,
how you're funded, so let's get that in and then
also how people can be a part of Women in
Film and Video in Washington DC. Let's give the website
and anything else that you need to know. So Connie,
the floor is yours.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (26:38):
So first website and I'll say it a couple of
times with dot org, w I f visinvictor dot org.
And so you go to with dot org, whether you're
a member or non member, there's something there for you.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
So just take a look at the website.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
Look at our calendar, just click on the calendar link
and you'll see all the upcoming events with this funded
by multiple things. So we have a member ship fee
in different levels of membership. So there's individual membership, and
there's also corporate membership for some of our events, and
just overall we have sponsorships for there is you know,
(27:14):
there are those opportunities. And we are also doing individual
donations because we are five o'h one C three, so
you give to us and yes, you get a donation letter.
So we're actually working on a telethon, our first ever telethon,
because we have a fundraising goal for this forty fifth anniversary.
Our goal is to raise money going toward the next
(27:35):
forty five. So what do we need to do to
put ourselves in a great position for the next forty five.
So our telethon is scheduled for Saturday, March eighth, which
is International Women's Day, and it's going to be streamed
live to YouTube.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
We're going to showcase some.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Of our members' films and we'll be on the phone
with people call it in making donations.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
I love it, this idea, I love it. My gosh,
business cool.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
One hundred and fifty people to get forty five dollars,
that's our goal.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
That's about twenty thousand, so that is our goal, but.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
Showcasing films in between, and then you'll see us online
and then we'll be streaming live to Zoom, so you'll
see new films and new shorts. We're going to do
shorts and it's going to be fun. It's a way
to showcase our members work as well as raise money
for the organization. We also get grants, so government federal grants,
state grants, and family foundations.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
We get grants that way as well.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
And one of the really wonderful services that we provide
is physical sponsorship for some of our members. So you
apply to have your project fiscally sponsored. So if it's
an individual filmmaker and they have people who want to
make donations, they submit to us. If they're approved, people
can make their donations through with and we get a
small percentage of that. But some of these films raise
(28:54):
a lot of money and those donors get a tax
right off because it's funneled through WITH, and then we
get a small percentage from that as well. So there
are multiple ways that our organization raises money. And so,
like I said, membership, sponsorship, individual donations, those are the
and then grants those.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Are the primary wonderful And there is a nice donate
button on the website that I would like you to
give one more time.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
Connie Yes with dot org, Wifis and Frank vis in
Victor dot org.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
Click the donate button.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
Connie. While I have a personal invested interest in what
you do because my daughter is starting in the industry
in Brooklyn, I'm thrilled that you do this. When I
found out by the organization and that it's been around
for forty five years and your spirit hitting some incredible
things with your team and your board, I'm thrilled and
I just think it's wonderful what you're doing. I know
you got a long ways to go, but you're making
(29:48):
inroads for women in film and video, which I just
think is wonderful, so continue success. Give my best to everybody,
and thank you so much for joining us on Community DC.
We really appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (29:58):
Thank you so much for having thingas
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