The Pioneer
The frontier and an appetite for the unknown, goes first.
Angie Martinez embodies The Pioneer in her deliberate leap into scripted filmmaking, years of shadowing directors and completing master classes culminating in a full short film executed in 48 hours with no budget and a borrowed community. She does not wait for institutional permission.
“I thought, why haven't I done this sooner? You're gonna get your ass kicked the first shoot no matter what — it's gonna happen. You're gonna have to learn some things before you get good at it.”
“Nobody knows the story I have in my head. There is no seasoned director in the world that could come in and tell the story we were about to shoot better than I could.”
“I'm in my 'fucking why not' era. I don't know where this goes, but I'm having fun.”
Angie Martinez IRL: “Angie Martinez Shares Lessons After Directing Her First Film In 48 Hours”
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