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Recent Episodes

The Magic of Horror Festival goes south

Posted November 1, 2023 • 00:26:00

The Magic of Horror Festival celebrates the “magic” that goes into making films with screenings, posters, trailers and screenplays. Two of the filmmakers...

Coming home to immigrants in C’ville

Posted October 4, 2023 • 00:27:24

Ricardo Preve is an Argentine filmmaker, photographer and activist, who immigrated to Charlottesville in his youth. He has produced more than 30 films...

Taking ACTION for BLM

Posted September 27, 2023 • 00:26:39

In October 2020, Cadence commissioned 5 writers to create screenplays for their Sitelines BLM program. Three of them were selected to be produced by...

Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane

Posted September 20, 2023 • 00:26:48

Shawn O. Utsey is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at VCU, but his passion is the documentaries he produces on Richmond’s African American...

He slips his brass duck in the shows he works

Posted September 13, 2023 • 00:27:26

Dennis Madigan has made his career working in the Art Department for numerous movies and TV series. Since many of them were shot in Philadelphia where...