Future News - Space-X Micro Sats for Global Internet, New Raspberry Pi, Rethinking the Santa Cruz Film Festival

Listen Now to Future News 11.11.14

A tweet from Elon and all the world is abuzz about instant access global internet! Could this be?  And a new updated Raspberry Pi computer at the retai price of $20?  Just wow.. and a real treat this week is the new president of the Santa Cruz Film Festival, Chris McGilvray, who comes into the studio to discuss the Fest with his buddy, Greg Peroff,  who keeps us entertained with his Don LaFontaine voice-over impressions and other acts of voice play.  It’s a great lineup of films for the Festival this week, most with trailers, all accessible at the Festival website. This year they are Rethinking the film experience, experimenting with some unusual venues for the films, such as the industrial roasting room of a coffee company! And then there are the post-screening parties.. 

And because our guests are more visually-oriented in their art form, we are posting a video of their appearance on Dr. Future (thanks Ed Ellsworth).

Mrs. Future interviews some Santa Cruz Film Fest Folks

Listen to Sascha Rice, granddaughter of California Governer Pat Brown and niece of Governer Jerry Brown, who just released a film on her grandfather, California State of Mind: The Legacy of Pat Brown.

Listen to Zack Dunn, who won the Santa Cruz Film Festival Screenplay contest.

Listen to Joshua Dylan Mellars, filmmaker of “Play Like a Lion: The Legacy of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan.”

Santa Cruz Film Festival begins! And with Osama, Obama, Royal Wedding Photos, Beltane... this was one theatrical week on planet Earth!

Our guest today was Elizabeth Gunnary, this year’s president of the board for the 2011 Santa Cruz Film Festival, http://santacruzfilmfestival.org/  May 5-14 . 167 Films, many made locally in the Monterey Bay area. This interview is possibly the best way to get a glimpse of the many talents and flavors represented in this year’s festival. Santa Cruz has a reputation as THE BEST film festival for the FILMMAKERS. We will be taking it in, and recommend that you do too. Check the GoodTimes for the insert, with the full write up for all the films, special programs, parties, and more. LISTEN to the Show, and be in the Know.