A Conversation with Haitian Filmmaker Luner Eugene!

Episode 12 of the The Struggle is REEL podcast, hosted by Mahalia Ines Pridgett & Erik Francisco Medina, titled "A Conversation with Haitian Filmmaker Luner Eugene!" was published on August 31, 2020 and runs 59 minutes.

August 31, 2020 ·59m · The Struggle is REEL

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Summary

Today's guest is Luner Eugene. Luner is a director, writer, producer, and cinematographer born in Port-de-Paix, Haiti. At the age of 9, he migrated to the United States to join his parents who had gone ahead years prior to pave the way for Luner to have every chance at realizing the American Dream.⁠ Luner directs and produces short films, web series, and music videos mainly for independent artists. In 2008, he produced and entered his first short film "Employed" for the Johnson & Johnson BET Lens on Talent Film Contest, which started the filmmaking bug. Later, Luner's "Poukisa Music Video" by the group GazzmanDisip, featuring Richard Cave was nominated for best cinematography by the Widescreen Film and Music Festival. Currently, Luner is directing the hit web series, Bae Night Season 2. Season 1 was nominated for four categories in the 2018 Miami Web Festival. Luner won the Best Cinematography Award; leading actress, Sandra Justice, won the Best Actress Award; and the series won the Best of the Fest Award.  Luner also wrote, directed and produced the feature film, "Loving Till it Hurts," a romantic drama about a lonely, unhappy housewife who runs into an old high school friend at a time when she is experiencing emotional abandonment and struggling to maintain the love for her husband.⁠ Luner’s Instagram: @lunerversalfilm Host Instagram: @mahalialatortue Co-Host Instagram: @erikfranciscomedina Producer & Audio Engineer: @paksanity2 💫Check out our merch store! www.struggleisreelpodcast.com💫 Don't forget to leave us a review of Apple Podcast, Anchor.fm, Google Podcast and Spotify! #haitianfilmmaker #film #director #podcast⁠

Episode Description

Today's guest is Luner Eugene. Luner is a director, writer, producer, and cinematographer born in Port-de-Paix, Haiti. At the age of 9, he migrated to the United States to join his parents who had gone ahead years prior to pave the way for Luner to have every chance at realizing the American Dream.⁠ Luner directs and produces short films, web series, and music videos mainly for independent artists. In 2008, he produced and entered his first short film "Employed" for the Johnson & Johnson BET Lens on Talent Film Contest, which started the filmmaking bug. Later, Luner's "Poukisa Music Video" by the group GazzmanDisip, featuring Richard Cave was nominated for best cinematography by the Widescreen Film and Music Festival. Currently, Luner is directing the hit web series, Bae Night Season 2. Season 1 was nominated for four categories in the 2018 Miami Web Festival. Luner won the Best Cinematography Award; leading actress, Sandra Justice, won the Best Actress Award; and the series won the Best of the Fest Award. Luner also wrote, directed and produced the feature film, "Loving Till it Hurts," a romantic drama about a lonely, unhappy housewife who runs into an old high school friend at a time when she is experiencing emotional abandonment and struggling to maintain the love for her husband.⁠

Luner’s Instagram: @lunerversalfilm

Host Instagram: @mahalialatortue

Co-Host Instagram: @erikfranciscomedina

Producer & Audio Engineer: @paksanity2

💫Check out our merch store! www.struggleisreelpodcast.com💫

Don't forget to leave us a review of Apple Podcast, Anchor.fm, Google Podcast and Spotify!

#haitianfilmmaker #film #director #podcast⁠