#1327: Film Producer Esther Robinson - True/False Dispatch




Filmwax Radio show

Summary: Filmwax host, Adam Schartoff, attended the 2013 season of True/False, a documentary film festival located in Columbia, MO.  This was the 10th season for the festival. This interview with documentary film producer & director, Esther Robinson is one of several interviews during his stay. Esther Robinson is an award-winning filmmaker and producer. Her critically acclaimed directorial debut A WALK INTO THE SEA: DANNY WILLIAMS AND THE WARHOL FACTORY took top prizes at The 2007 Berlin, Tribeca and Chicago film festivals. It is available on The Sundance Channel, DVD, Netflix and itunes. As a producer, her projects include: HOME PAGE, by Doug Block, Cameron Yates' THE CANAL STREET MADAME, and Yance Ford's STRONG ISLAND (currently in production); Robinson served as the director of film/video and Performing Arts for the Creative Capital Foundation (1999-2006). Robinson is also currently the Co-Chair of The Cinema Eye Honors, a board member of Women Make Movies and the founder of ArtHome, an entrepreneurial nonprofit that helps artists build assets and equity.