Raven Whisnant: Indie Empire & the porcelain doll situation

This episode starts with princess birthday parties and immediately swerves into a staircase ghost and an army of redheaded porcelain dolls living in Raven Whisnant’s basement. So yes, we are thriving. Raven is an actor-writer-director-editor-producer (casual) and the co-founder of New 32 Productions (https://www.new32productions.com/) , a woman and queer-owned indie film company that actually cares about set culture and treats people like humans. We talk Sundance buzz, vintage sci-fi, why bad sci-fi can be perfect, and how she accidentally became a horror girl after getting emotionally scarred by The Ring on a middle-school double date. Then we get into Indie Empire, Raven’s new film education app built to give filmmakers what she didn’t have in 2016: mentorship, community, and a “big sister in film” you can actually call. Follow Raven at @new32indiefilms (  / new32indiefilms  ) and @indieempireofficial (  / indieempireofficial  ) , and check out the Indie Empire app. Hosted by Ilse Zacharias Rivera (https://ilsezachariasrivera.com/) . Say hi / follow along here: @ilsezacharias (  / ilsezacharias  ) Mentioned in this episode: Thank you to our sponsor, Mezcla Media Collective. Please follow them on Instagram @mezclamediacollective and join the community at mezclamediacollective.org Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2655852/fa...) Love the show? Follow, rate, and share Ilse Will Say. It helps us more than you know. New episodes every Wednesday. 🎧 All the links: beacons.ai/ilsewillsay (https://beacons.ai/ilsewillsay) 📸 Follow the show on Instagram & Tiktok: @ilsewillsay (  / ilsewillsay  ) & @ilsezacharias (  / ilsezacharias  ) Ilse Will Say is an Intrepida Entertainment podcast, hosted by Ilse Zacharias Rivera. Produced and edited by Jacob Cagle. Music by Eric Backus. Photography by Joel Maisonet. The views and opinions expressed on Ilse Will Say are entirely those of the host and guests, and do not reflect the views of any employers, sponsors, or innocent bystanders. This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. Nothing said here is professional advice. We're here for the laughs, y'all.