Jenifer Westphal on What Financiers Wish Filmmakers Knew

Happy Almost Friday!

Howdy. Popping up in your inbox in hopes to bring a little bit of light during such a dark and challenging week.

I was lucky enough to attend our Color Creative client, Lynae Bogues', live show in Atlanta last week. If you don't know @_lyneezy, she's a NAACP Image Award Nominee bringing you weekly truths every Friday on Parking Lot Pimpin.'

A constant light and an undeniable voice, she reminds us that "joy is an act of resistance." So, we will lean into joy and continue our life's work fighting for women to be considered full individuals and have autonomy over their own bodies. Speaking of joy, thrilled to have these upcoming incredible women on the show:

• 7/19 - Amy Baer - President of Landline Pictures that makes feature films about and for a 50+ audience. She recently produced JERRY AND MARGE GO LARGE, starring Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening. Now streaming on Paramount+

• 8/23 - Kara Durrett - My buddy and Producer of Adamma Ebo's HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.

• 9/13 - Elizabeth Cantillon - Producer of PERSUASION starring Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis and Henry Golding. Drops on 7/15 on Netflix.  

Have a great holiday weekend...and hey, thanks for doing this life thing with me!

-Carolina

HIGHLIGHT EPISODE

The wonderful Jenifer Westphal is the Founder and CEO at Wavelength, an Emmy-Winning film studio committed to developing, producing and financing films that tell great f**king stories. 

Named one of Variety's "10 Producers to Watch" in 2020, Jenifer has executive produced countless award-winning documentary and independent films, including the smash hits KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE,  WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?,  and Emmy-winners FEELS GOOD MAN and ATHLETE A.

Gems from chat include:

• Navigating agism

• How motherhood prepared her to be a producer

• What financiers expect and want filmmakers to know  

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