After covering the 54th Nashville Film Festival for Screen Cares, Sarah considers a comment a frenemy said about these types of events: "Film festivals are just fancy parties and pats on the back." Sarah reflects on the dozens of film festivals she's attended and on the authentic conversations she was grateful to have with festival attendees, industry folk and creators, Lagueria Davis, Writer-Director of Black Barbie: A Documentary and Henry Nelson, Writer-Director of Asleep in my Palm and concludes that film festivals matter!

This special bonus episode is read and written by Screen Cares co-host, Sarah Woolverton-Mohler, and is available on our website here.

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