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Case Study Webinar: Sabbath Queen
A Case Study Webinar with Director Sandi DuBowski—marking one year of our Substack by revisiting the power of the long theatrical
Sep 3
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August 2025
Its Panel Picker Season
Help us bring two panels to SXSW 2026: New Hope for Distribution and Culture Under Fire
Aug 8
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July 2025
Hacking Substack: Inspiration From My Recent Birthday Journey
Psychedelics, a shift in philosophy, and a deep pricing experiment
Jul 31
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Tales From the Lab: On Choosing Hybrid Distribution
In our latest Tales from the Lab, we have a guest writer, Kelsey Taylor, the director of To Kill a Wolf - in select theaters Aug 1 - and 8 Above…
Jul 29
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2025’s New Indie Distributors
For my subscribers - here is the full article that I wrote with Scott Macaulay for Filmmaker Magazine about Four New Indie Distributors
Jul 24
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Slamdance Unstoppable Tour is 100% Organic
Unstoppable co-founders, Juliet Romeo, Taylor Miller and Peter Baxter explain Slamdance's latest foray into distribution.
Jul 22
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From Theatrical Underdog to Long-Tail Legacy - Big Sonia Case Study
A replay of last week's Big Sonia Case Study Webinar, plus our 16 page Case Study Rubric & I'll be on Show & Tell today at 1pm PT/4pm ET talking about…
Jul 17
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"The Riskiest Thing I Ever Did Was Make a Film About Taxes"
From documenting street kids to interrogating privilege at the dinner table, Justin Schein wrestles with truth and responsibility.
Jul 15
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Death & Taxes Opens IFC Center NY July 17th
8 Above has acquired the theatrical rights to Death & Taxes. Los Angeles/nationwide July 25th
Jul 10
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Big Sonia Case Study Webinar Today!
You can still sign up for our webinar at 11am PT & Next week I'm on Show & Tell talking about theatrical releases.
Jul 9
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Tales from the Lab: Mac McLean on Influencer Marketing That Actually Works
What Filmmakers Can Learn from Team Click’s Creator-First Strategy + Sign up for this weeks webinar on Long Tail Distribution: A Case Study of the Film…
Jul 8
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From Crisis to Opportunity: How Four Indie Distributors Are Forging New Paths
A replay of last week's New Distributors Webinar + Signup for the next webinar, a case study of the film, Big Sonia.
Jul 3
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