Dumbworld: A Sacramento Based Blog on Entertainment, Media and Art

Sactown magazine has a great article on why there aren’t more Hollywood movies shot in Sacramento and shows what some local filmmakers are doing to change it (Including the filmmakers from Redwood Palms Pictures and Joe Carnahan and Deon Taylor). 

Sacramento mayor Heather Fargo’s support for filmmaking is described as “anemic,” this despite the positive economic impact of having films shoot in Sacramento.  Just across the county line, the El Dorado County Film Commision works hard to bring films to El Dorado County– maybe Sacramento should pay attention.

Check it out if you get a chance (sorry– it is not on the web– but I guess that is how they sell magazines, right)?

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Above is episode 1 as filmmaker Chris Jones documents his journey to the Rhode Island Film Festival with his short film, Gone Fishing.  Go here for the other episodes.  via Stacey Parks from film specific.