Student Makes Hilarious Abstinence PSA

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UPDATE: Looks like the video is offline, but we’ll see if we can dig it up. One of the great things about touring the festival circuit right now with our film Dying to do Letterman is meeting other filmmakers and great people all over the country. Last week at the Lighthouse International Film Festival I … Read more

Her Letters Trailer

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Amanda Lin Costa, filmmaker, Her Letters photo credit Emon Hassan Her Letters is an ambitious short film project by one of our twitter faves Amanda Lin Costa. Previously, Amanda gave us an in-depth two part interview on the making of her short film here on the blog, covering the scripting of Her Letters as well … Read more

Sneak Peek of Commercial Kings Local Commercial

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On our new show Commercial Kings, the hysterical Youtube Sensations Rhett and Link travel the country, making local commercials for businesses in need. We document the process, but they make the commercials, keeping every bit of the local flavor. AND “local commercial” flavor. Here’s a sneak peek of a commercial Rhett and Link made for … Read more

The Twitter Rapture from Joke and Biagio

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If you haven’t already heard, we (and by we, I mean me, Biagio) accidentally unfollowed a bunch of you — including super-star actor @Michael_Rooker — when I was trying to unfollow a lot of “dead accounts” (like people who hadn’t tweeted in 10 months, etc.) Haven’t really tried that before, and after two years of tweetin’, there were a bunch.

Well, a couple wrong keystrokes and there went about 300 REAL followers.

And that’s when I knew there was at least one rapture today. I sent a bunch of you to Twitter heaven. (And yes, @VegasWalkinDude I’m stealing your line.)

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Joke and Biagio on the Radio Today (Sunday) with Film Courage Noon PST

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They’ve sat down with legends like John Sayles, Ted Hope, and indie up-and-comers like Gary King and Julie Keck and Jessica King. And now…well, you read the title of this post :-) Today (Sunday May 1) we’ll be live at the Film Courage studios at 12 noon PST, 3pm EST. Not Ashamed to Admit… …been … Read more

See Our Documentary Dying to do Letterman in Two More Cities Soon

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We love traveling around with Dying to do Letterman. We’ve met so many of you in person, sharing meals, swapping stories, and getting to know each other better. The best part of making friends on Twitter, via our Facebook page, and here at the Joke and Biagio blog is eventually getting face to face time … Read more

Restrepo Documentarian Tim Hetherington Lived Life His Way

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Documentarian and Oscar-nominated co-director of the film Restrepo Tim Hetherington died today in Libya. He was covering the conflict between Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and Libyan rebels. A Life To Celebrate There are no words at a time like this. But as time goes on, it will not be how Tim died, but how he lived, … Read more