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Tonya McCornell is the founder of the Making Our Movies Film Festival (MOM Film Fest) as well as a director, producer, writer, and single mom. She’s joined Adrienne in conversation about prejudices moms are currently experiencing, how moms are showing up for their daughters, and how film can be used for sending powerful messages. Tonya also shares a story on how she created the MOM Film Fest to uplift moms, women, and others who feature moms as main characters in their film. Tonya’s work with the New York Women in Film & Television network--NYWIFT both inspired and helped her to launch her dream.
Show Notes
🎬 Tonya created an online film festival around her NYWIFT network, and moms around the globe submitted their movies to her first-ever MOM film festival. 2:44
🤱 Focusing on motherhood--we must give moms respect, because they deserve it. 8:15
🤕 All the challenges mothers are currently facing due to the pandemic. 10:42
☹️ Moms in the film industry are experiencing prejudices and are faced with “mothering in the shadows.”13:20
🎦 Tonya was a makeup artist on the set who soon started organizing sets and producing movies. 16:19
🎥 Film is a great medium to help create dialogues around uncomfortable issues and Tonya is using film to explore important themes. 18:16
🥳 It does not matter how young or old you are, a new voice is a new voice. 19:39
⚖️ How are you going to make money vs. what impact do you want to make in this world? 22:18
🎞️ Learning to create movies with the help of community and volunteering.
🔔 We need to get out of these patterns of thinking so we can make a change. 28:52
🌺 MOM Festival will take place on August 20th-23rd with amazing support to all moms and parents. 30:30
👍 Moms can create ads and commercials for products they are buying. 32:57
⏩ You can help and donate MOM Festival. 34:27
Connect with Tonya and MOM Film Fest.
Submit your movie to MOM Festival for only $10 https://momfilmfest.com/submit/
https://www.nywift.org/event/making-motherhood-work-in-the-film-tv-industry/
Insta: tonya_mccornell
Insta: @momfilmfest
Twitter: @MOMFilmFest
Twitter: @TonyaMcCornell
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