Indie Movie Mega-Review: FirstGlance Film Festival Edition, Part 1 – Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast

Title: Service Animal [IMDb] Director: Wendy Pennington (@WendyPenningtn) Producer: Wendy Pennington (executive) Writer: Stuart Glass Stars: Wendy Pennington, Sharon Garrison, Steve Corder Release date: June 1, 2019   Title: White Christmas [IMDb] Director: Jeff Kanew (@JeffKanew) Producers: Camryn Kanew, Jeff Kanew Writer: Camryn Kanew Stars: Camryn Kanew, Keith Aaron Jarvis, John Colella Release date: May 21, 2019   Title: Ramel Carter [IMDb] Director: Chris H. Greene Producers: Louie Pizzle (@Louiepizzle), Greg Packs (executive) Writer: Louie Pizzle Stars: Louie Pizzle, Chris H. Greene, Cienna Jade, Jelani Jeffries, Spencer Du Boff, Darren Holmquist, Justin Parker, Lionel Sylvestre Release date: November 9, 2018   Title: Eyes Open [IMDb] Director: Jawed J.S. Producer: Jawed J.S. Writer: Jawed J.S. Star: Angela Bell Release date: September 12, 2019 (CA)   SHOWNOTES: Collateral Cinema was contacted by multiple directors, writers, and producers participating in the 2019 Los Angeles FirstGlance Film Festival (@FirstGlanceFilm), and we decided to review a few at a time! In the first of two parts focusing on FirstGlance Films, we analyze four short films: Wendy Pennington's Service Animal (2019), Jeff Kanew's (Revenge of the Nerds) White Christmas (2019), Chris H. Green's and Louie Pizzle's Ramel Carter (2018), and Jawed J.S.'s Eyes Open (2019). We love to celebrate indie filmmakers, and we hope you enjoy this episode and go support these guys! Stay tuned for Part 2, where we'll delve into a few feature-length movies at the festival! Collateral Cinema is on Apple Podcasts, Chill Lover Radio, and wherever else you get your podcasts. Also, find us on Patreon; we have exclusive full-length commentaries on our favorite movies and plan more to come! (Collateral Cinema is an LCompany Production. Intro song is a license-free beat. All music and movie clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don’t sue us; we’re poor!)