On this episode, we talk with documentary filmmaker Carol Carimi Acutt of Safari Films.

Carol is a native New Orleanian and has directed three documentaries about Louisiana musicians: Getting It Together featuring bebop pianist Willie Metcalf, Jr., My Story, My Music, My Life about renowned jazz composer and arranger Harold Battiste, Jr., and most recently Been Down That Muddy Road featuring Louisiana Hall of Fame swamp pop legend Joe Barry.

Muddy Road had its world premiere at the 2007 Rhode Island International Film Festival where it won 1st Place for Best Documentary.

The 2007 Awards Ceremony for the 11th annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), recorded live at the Federal Reserve Restaurant in Providence, RI.

The ceremony was hosted by Don Farias of RIIFF, Steve Feinberg of the RI Television & Film Office, and emceed by George Marshall of RIIFF.

The Rhode Island International Film Festival is the largest public film festival in New England, and is rated one of the top twelve film festivals in the United States. It is also a qualifying festival for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscars™).

The 2007 RIIFF festival featured over 320 films from 70 countries around the world.

We speak with Jason Connell, president of Connell Creations, a video and film production company in Los Angeles.

Jason Connell has recently directed a documentary film about the lives of Hollywood background actors (often somewhat inaccurately called "extras") called Strictly Background.

He also founded the Tulsa Uncensored Film Festival, which spread to both New York and Los Angeles, underwent a name change, and is now known as the United Film Festival.

Greg Cahill is originally from Boston and graduated from NYU in 2004. His thesis film there was Wolves of Chechnya, a short film about a Russian soldier’s harrowing experiences in the Chechen War. He then moved to LA, where he produces and directs special features for the NBC TV series Medium.

Greg Cahill has recently written, directed, and produced The Golden Voice, a short film about the Cambodian rock singer Ros Sereysothea, one of Cambodia’s biggest stars of the 60’s and early 70’s before the advent of the Khmer Rouge. It is a tragic yet inspiring film featuring some undiscovered gems of rock and roll music.

The Golden Voice screened recently at the 11th annual Rhode Island International Film Festival.