About this episode

Producer Brandon discusses the final year of the Roger Ebert Overlooked Film Festival and interviews actress Betty Gabriel.

Pack your bags and head to small town Champaign, Illinois with Producer Brandon for one last year of the Roger Ebert Overlooked Film Festival, affectionately known to movie-lovers as Ebertfest. Brought back for a final year, festival organizers Chaz Ebert and Nate Kohn programmed a lineup of modern classics and under-the-radar films audiences may have missed. First, Brandon sits down with actress Betty Gabriel following a screening of her film, Get Out (now coming up on its 10-year anni...

People in this episode

Host: Brandon

Guest: Betty Gabriel

Topics covered

• film festival
• interviews
• film analysis
• independent films
• Ebertfest

Keywords

• Ebertfest
• film festival
• Betty Gabriel
• Get Out
• independent films
• Champaign Illinois

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Roger Ebert Overlooked Film Festival, Chaz Ebert, Nate Kohn

Books & works: Get Out

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