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ON THE ATTRACTION OF AUSTIN: There's a much larger concentration of people doing arts, and the support from the city is unbelievable. There's all the [institutional] support artists have, and then there's all the people coming out to each other's stuff. Here it's spread thin and it's hard to maintain it without sliding back downhill. There are people doing things here, but in Austin it's less uphill. I'm excited about being somewhere with so many options.
ON THE RECEPTION OF MS. FILMS: In some ways the community has been very supportive, but in other ways it hasn't. Turnout hasn't been that great. I'll see a lot of people who say they're excited, they want to come, but not this year, they're gonna be there next year.ON THE NORTH CAROLINA GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL: It's very closed off, it's been very disappointing to me. At the very beginning I tried to partner with them. At first, they said "great" but they never followed through. The sensibility is mainstream and corporate, not quality programming. I think they could stand to get some film curation in there, for god's sake. They're not giving the audience credit for being intelligent. Just because a film is made by a gay person or a woman doesn't make it good.See the full content of this document
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Invisible Bubble
Since moving to the Triangle in 2001, 29-year-old Niku Arbabi has been a whirligig of organizational might around her primary passions, DIY filmmaking and 'zine publishing. Since 2002, she has been the driving force behind Ms. Films Festival, taking the helm after it...
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