Meet Jenny Mackenzie, director of the documentary Sugar Babies. The eye-opening documentary focuses on the rise of childhood diabetes. Filmmaker Jenny Mackenzie tackles this issue by exploring and revealing the truth of this growing epidemic and how it is effecting…
Virgil FilmsJune 12, 2015
We continue our Filmmaker Fridays series by introducing filmmaker Brent Hodge. Brent Hodge has directed many films including the documentary “A Brony Tale”, which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival last year. Since filming “A Brony Tale,” Brent has been working…
Virgil FilmsJune 5, 2015
SUGAR BABIES: an eye-opening documentary directed by Jenny Mackenzie that examines the public health epidemic of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. At a quick, exciting pace, Jenny Mackenzie's film follows its five main stories at home, in school, on…
Virgil FilmsJune 5, 2015
After walking the Camino de Santiago in 2008, Lydia became inspired to film and direct her first feature film about the Camino pilgrimage. Get a glimpse of what it was like to walk the Camino de Santiago by hearing what Lydia…
Virgil FilmsMay 22, 2015
Sabrina Lee and Shasta Grenier directed the documentary Not Yet Begun to Fight, a documentary about a group of veterans coping with different physical and psychological traumas who find healing through the art of fly-fishing. The documentary has won…
Virgil FilmsMay 15, 2015
Introducing Saffron Cassaday, director of Cyber-Seniors. Saffron directed the heartwarming documentary about a group of seniors who discover the world of the Internet with the help of teenage volunteers. In this #FilmmakerFriday piece, she talks to us about what inspired…
Virgil FilmsMay 8, 2015
The Frontier: Sean, a retired literature professor and civic activist, writes a letter to his estranged son, Tennessee, a ranch hand. Tennessee is uncertain how to respond, but knowing he should see his aging father, he decides to go home.…
Virgil FilmsMay 4, 2015
Director Angela Sun talks about her film she directed that was released on iTunes in August. Angela spent years researching and uncovering the plastic pollution crisis, which she then decided to film the documentary Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garage…
Virgil FilmsApril 17, 2015