Michelle Espinosa: Director and filmmaker in Los Angeles, California.

thx for your request and much success to you!

Today I posted my first discussion, and boy, was it a disaster! lol I've never really posted a discussion before and thought today i'd take the plunge, well I couldn't have made more of a dick of myself if I really tried! So I'm trying to put that behind me, expunge the whole experience from my memory and do what the discussion board is actually for- starting a discussion. So, with that in mind, what do we feel about the 'death' of celluloid? and the virus like birth of digital? Will it REALLY change how we view feature films, film them and, obviously, edit them. Is it a good thing or a bad thing? I'm torn. I understand it's technically 'better' to film in digital, but the old school romantic in me really likes the idea of 'proper' film. Thoughts? And God help me if I've stuffed it up again, you may never hear another word out of me for the next fifty years!

Thank you for the invitatio, Beverly. I love the name of your company! Who wouldn't want to work with a company like that?

Hello everyone! On July 27th, I am taking my mother who has breast cancer and refuses traditional western treatments from Los Angeles, California to Tena, Ecuador to be treated by an Incan descended Yachak (plant medicine curandero) for 30 days. She is in great spirits and in every other way healthy and full of energy. She's fun to be around and never complains though she will speak her mind. The shaman is well respected in Congress and at the University in Quito. I worked with him before and lived there with the family (in a tent on the land) for a few months. I am an American Film Institute graduate, writer, playwright and author. Three days every month for over three years I facilitate an Alternatives to Violence Project workshop at a local prison. I also facilitate AVP mini sessions at Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles. I am also a volunteer member and on-call manager with the L.A. Mayor's Crisis Response Team. I've been a Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana in the Drikung kagyu tradition) for eight years. I do not have the resources to hire and pay a professional. I can contribute a large portion of airfare and equipment we can carry on our backs. I'm looking for someone who is very interested in going to the Amazon and working with an incredible Shaman either for medical, spiritual, mental or addiction reasons. There would be a few ceremonies working with Ayahuasca and other plants he sees fit to treat you with. Also, it requires sensitivity and a wisdom based brilliance, having eyes wide open and knowing when and in what manner to capture precious moments. I'm looking for technical prowess, courage, ambition and drive but able to chill. And it must all be accomplished with the pack on your back and little else. I posted in jobs but it isn't necessarily a job though full credit will be given for any contribution. I'm looking for that person who was in as soon as they read the title. You know if this is for you an amazing opportunity. Departing Los Angeles the 27th of July and returning the 3rd of September. If only available for two of those weeks, please let me know.

Hi, I'm an art gallery owner from Cape Town, South Africa. Most contemporary art galleries do publications about their artists in the form of books. I want to do something different, more relevant to today's art audience - mini-films. That's the reason I'm part of Stage 32 and keen to connect with you. www.lovellgallery.co.za