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Become a Patron!Cecilia Brown (@cecilbrownn) is on the show to talk about “So Nice to Hear Your Voice,” her This American Life essay about her grandmother. We get into the behind-the-scenes of the piece. Great stuff.
What else do we get into?
- Her short films
- “Making pictures”
- And her creative influences, among other things
We talk about this movie:
We talk about this movie, and this won her the Best Oregon Filmmaker award:
And we talk about this film:
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I’ll leave you with this: Cecilia produced the film “So, Mom” in the cracks between her life and day job to see if she could do it. What is the thing you’re putting off that you could be doing for 20 minutes a day? Something you’ve always wanted to do but were afraid to. Take inspiration from her and give it a shot.
