Loren Goldfarb - Finding the Story that Matters for 1st Feature Documentary!

About this episode

Loren Goldfarb discusses his journey in making his first feature documentary and the story behind it.

This week we welcome producer/director Loren Goldfarb to talk about making his first feature documentary 96lbs of Dynamite, how he found his subject Chad “shorty” McDaniel and what drove him to make this documentary. After that we play another round of the GAME, enjoy! Don’t forget to support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/mmihpodcast Leave us a Review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-movies-is-hard-the-struggles-of-indie-filmmaking/id1006416952 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Hosts: Liz Manashil, Alrik Bursell

Guest: Loren Goldfarb

Topics covered

• documentary filmmaking
• indie film
• storytelling
• production
• interviews

Keywords

• documentary
• indie filmmaking
• Loren Goldfarb
• Chad McDaniel
• 96lbs of Dynamite

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Apple Podcasts

Books & works: 96lbs of Dynamite

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