🎬 Sh*t I Should’ve Done #2: Cast My Grandmother Without Making Her Audition
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Every filmmaker has that one story they wish they could redo — not because the film turned out bad, but because life had bigger lessons waiting behind the lens.
For me, that story starts with my grandmother.
Family Is the Original Studio
I come from a big family — the kind where family reunions a...
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