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The Body Politic is a harbinger of hope in a country plagued by gun violence. Our protagonist is Brandon Scott, a young Mayor who grew up during Baltimore’s most troubling years and sets out, with unyielding idealism, to change the course of his battered and beloved city.
Kristina Motwani is an award-winning film editor, producer, writer, and story consultant working in San Francisco. With Homeroom (2021), Home is a Hotel (2023), Fruits of Labor (2021), First Vote (2020), Midnight Traveler (2019) and After Tiller (2013) Motwani's verité documentary style strives to give intimate portraits of real people.
- How and Where Did You First Learn to Edit?
- How Do You Begin A Project/Set Up Your Workspace?
- What Do You Like About Premiere Pro?
- What’s Your Hidden Gem/Favorite Workflow Hack in Adobe Creative Cloud?
- Who Is Your Creative Inspiration and Why?
- What’s Your Favorite Thing About Your Workspace and Why?
I was an art major in college. I had taken a video art class and began making very weird art videos. I realized I loved doing the editing and thought, “Hey, this could be an actual job!” The class was more theory-based than technical and they just kind of handed you the equipment and said make something. So, I was mostly self-taught on the technica...
Well, this is the moment, of course, that I give a shout out to my assistant editor, Susie Smith, who I usually task with setting up my projects and organizing the sheer amount of materials we usually have. Since I do vérité docs, we usually have a large shooting ratio, so therefore a ton of material. Susie usually begins by organizing everything o...
When I first started editing, I was using a different solution, then I made the switch to Premiere Pro. The transition was much easier than I anticipated. I feel like a lot of the functions are pretty intuitive and so it’s just easy for me to use. Credit: Kristina Motwani
I’m sure everyone says this, but keyboard shortcuts. I have made mine fully custom and used that custom template for a long time. I love that I can just take that little keyboard file with me to any machine I work on and I have my little time-saving shortcuts wherever I go.
Oh gosh, so many people! I’d say maybe the first one is Jonathan Caouette, who made the autobiographical doc Tarnation. I remember I rented that film from Blockbuster, back when you had to actually get the physical media. I watched it in my college apartment and I thought, “Wait a minute. This dude, with basically no editing experience, edited this...
My cats! My workspace for the last year and a half during COVID has been my one-bedroom apartment in the middle of San Francisco, which, while not ideal, I’ve learned to make it work. For me, the thing that has kept me from going insane working in my space is being mobile. I work with a laptop and have different stations around my apartment so I ca...
Kristina Motwani is a producer, director, video editor and story consultant living and working in San Francisco. She is a 2019 DOCNYC 40 under 40 honoree, was a 2017 BAVC National MediaMaker Fellow and a 2018 SFFilm FilmHouse Resident.
Jan 9, 2019 · Interviews with former Fellows Emelie Mahdavian and Kristina Motwani about 2019 Sundance Special Jury Prize Winner “Midnight Traveler”. Published On: January 9, 2019. When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili’s head, he is forced to flee with his wife and two young daughters.
Oct 18, 2016 · Police suspected the 27-year-old was killed over drug money but no charges have been filed in connection with his murder. Mortier's body was never found.
