Introduce Yourself : And The Journey Has Begun by Milt Barlow

Hi Stage 32 Members. thought i would take the time this weekend to 're-introduce' myself. I have been in film distribution for about 30 years in Australia,New Zealand ,North America and Asia. You can read more on my bio.One of my passions has always to try and give something back and incubate young and developing filmmakers thru the part of the industry I know well - distribution. For most of this year I have been rebooting a program for the digital age that I created at the turn of the century called 'First Rites'. We soft launched about two weeks ago - www.firstritesfilms.com. The aim is create a global community where new and developing filmmakers can show their work to the world - features , shorts and music videos and we have a special section for Student filmmakers. We are free , non exclusive , non elitist and free to watch and use a Hulu model being ad supported and sharing revenue with filmmakers. Back in 1999-2002 when we ran this program in a 'physical world' (before You Tube/Facebook/Twitter) we helped over 300 new and developing filmmakers get their work out for the world to see. I hope we can do it again in the digital world. I think Stage 31 is a great venue to interact and we should all be thankful to RB for his vision. I hope you can join us on our journey. I wish all the members Happy Holidays and the very best in their careers for 2014. Best and thanks Milt