Post by Damien Swaby

I loved this episode of my podcast #FilmmakingConversations with the brilliant Julie Sokolow. An award-winning film director, musician, and writer. She directed the feature documentaries #WomanonFire (2017) and Aspie Seeks Love (2015). Woman on Fire follows Brooke Guinan, the first openly #transgender firefighter in #NY. The film received praise in IndieWire and the Village Voice and first aired on Starz in November 2017. Her film Aspie Seeks Love chronicles David V. Matthews, an offbeat writer on a quest to find love after a late-in-life Aspergers diagnosis. The award-winning film has played festivals worldwide and gained acclaim in Vice, Salon, and the Huffington Post.Sokolow’s short films have been featured by TIME, Vimeo Staff Picks, BuzzFeed, Gawker, Upworthy, and Huffington Post. In 2014, The #NewYorkTimes profiled Sokolow and the documentary series she created: Healthy Artists. The series highlights the lives, talents, and struggles of over 40 uninsured artists in America. That same year her short film Street Doctor went viral and received over one million views. Street Doctor follows Jim Withers the legendary doctor who hit the streets at night to provide medical care to the homeless. Here is the episode https://lnkd.in/dz4UTyR Remember to subscribe to Filmmaking Conversations with Damien Swaby.