Claudia teamed up with the 2018 Houston Cinema Arts Festival to interview Sam Green (director of Academy Award-nominated film THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND) and the legendary Kronos Quartet (musicians David Harrington, John Sherba, Sunny Yang, and Hank Dutt). They discussed working together across disciplines and creating (and re-creating) the film/live performance A THOUSAND THOUGHTS. Watch the […]
Month: April 2019
The Journey of a Female Filmmaker: HCAF Interview with Maria Giese
Claudia had the opportunity to have a candid conversation with filmmaker Maria Giese at the 2018 Houston Cinema Arts Festival about the film THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. Maria, a writer, director, and advocate, instigated the biggest industry-wide Federal investigation for women directors in Hollywood history. Maria and Claudia dive into her personal journey as a female […]
An Interactive Series on the Houston Housing Crisis: HCAF Interview with Architect Adèle Naudé Santos
The Houston Cinema Arts Society invited Claudia to take part in a discussion with architect Adèle Naudé Santos during the HCAF 10th Anniversary showcase. In this interview, they revisited the birth of the interactive series she created with filmmaker James Blue, INVISIBLE CITY: HOUSTON’S HOUSING CRISIS. About the Film Arguably, James Blue’s most ambitious project, […]
Silent Film Composers: Donald Sosin & Alicia Svigals Bring Music to THE ANCIENT LAW (DAS ALTE GESETZ)
Join Claudia as she interviews silent film composer Donald Sosin and world-renowned Klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals for the Houston Cinema Arts Society’s annual film festival. They discussed composing music for silent films, their process for creating music for THE ANCIENT LAW (DAS ALTE GESETZ), the restoration brought to the film, and why everyone should go […]