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S2 Ep.12: Roger Durling - Santa Barbara International Film Festival Exec. Director

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Release Date: 02/09/2018

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S2 Ep.12: Roger Durling - Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Executive Director, and thought leader on film + cinema.

Roger discuss:

  • Film as an educational tool
  • Visual culture
  • The communal function of movies
  • Film as the great equalizer
  • The culmination of experiencing any type of art
  • His pathway to running a film festival -- a perfect fit
  • How he reshaped SBIFF from a community event to a major stop on the Oscar campaign
  • Being an introvert with an extroverts job
  • Working in isolation, burnout, finding support, and being renewed

 

With permission of Ropeadope Records, this episode features a segment of the song Retold off Nate Smith's album Kinfolk: Postcards from Everywhere.

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