50 GREATEST INDEPENDENT FILMS
50. El Mariachi (1992), d. Robert Rodriguez Robert Rodriguez may be a household name, but back in 1992 he was an impoverished would-be filmmaker who raised $3,000 of the film’s $7,000 shooting budget as a volunteer for experimental drug testing. Shot on the streets of Coahuila, Mexico without storyboards (Rodriguez had no crew to show […]
Byron Miller: The Rebirth of a Funk Legend
Byron Miller is a man shrouded in mystery—a quality that can be both an asset and a deficit. It shapes how he is perceived versus who he truly is, blending the realms of reality and his vibrant imagination. For Byron, mystery has been a double-edged lightsaber. On one hand, it has been an asset, allowing his […]
Top 10 World Hunger Solutions
Top 10 World Hunger Solutions Sustainable Food: Heifer International is an organization that helps transform agriculture. They fund projects so people can provide food for themselves in a sustainable way. This is very powerful, because ultimately we would like to see many impoverished areas not reliant on aid from foreign countries (which often causes […]
Lee Ritenour | Grammy award winning guitarist
Lee Ritenour | Grammy award winning guitarist After studying jazz at the Stan Kenton summer clinics held at University of Redlands, the guitarist began his professional career at age 16 when John Phillips of the 1960s group The Mamas and the Papas invited him in on a session. During the next two years, he accompanied […]