Dawn Mikkelson
@emergencegrrl.bsky.social
Filmmaker. Mom. Friend. Queer.
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It’s really very easy to be on the right side of this.
February 22, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It’s really very easy to be on the right side of this.
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Let’s go Canada! 🇨🇦
February 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Let’s go Canada! 🇨🇦
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“No Other Land” is a great film and it deserves broad distribution because there is an audience who wants to see it. film distribution in the US is broken. We are all working on finding an alternative. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/m...
“No Other Land” Is the Oscar-Nominated Film That No Studio Will Touch
“No Other Land,” about the destruction of a village in the occupied West Bank, is one of the year’s most acclaimed films. Still, U.S. studios are unwilling to distribute it.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“No Other Land” is a great film and it deserves broad distribution because there is an audience who wants to see it. film distribution in the US is broken. We are all working on finding an alternative. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/m...
WTF?!?! READ. THE. ROOM.
UPDATE: Trump said he and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu talked Tuesday about relocating Palestinians and leveling Gaza, which he suggested could be the “Riviera of the Middle East” under U.S. ownership.
Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip
Trump said he and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu talked Tuesday about relocating Palestinians and leveling Gaza, which he suggested could be the "Riviera of the Middle East" under U.S. ownership.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
WTF?!?! READ. THE. ROOM.
Crap
BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
February 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Crap
“History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” - Mark Twain
President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold tens of thousands of people who can’t be sent back to their home countries.
Trump wants to hold up to 30,000 detained migrants at Guantanamo Bay. Here's what to know
President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold…
buff.ly
January 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” - Mark Twain
Yelled from the other room:
"Mom, Eliza wants to know, where are the sausages?" - kid
"What sausages? Why does she need sausages?" - me yelling back
"She can find the sausages all right. But where are the LOZENGES??" - kid
"Mom, Eliza wants to know, where are the sausages?" - kid
"What sausages? Why does she need sausages?" - me yelling back
"She can find the sausages all right. But where are the LOZENGES??" - kid
January 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yelled from the other room:
"Mom, Eliza wants to know, where are the sausages?" - kid
"What sausages? Why does she need sausages?" - me yelling back
"She can find the sausages all right. But where are the LOZENGES??" - kid
"Mom, Eliza wants to know, where are the sausages?" - kid
"What sausages? Why does she need sausages?" - me yelling back
"She can find the sausages all right. But where are the LOZENGES??" - kid
Still true.
"So what did I learn? Although it can be fun for the ego to do it alone or with only a couple of unicorns, filmmaking is a team sport and is better played that way..." canvasrebel.com/meet-dawn-mi... @emergencegrrl.bsky.social
True of research grants, & Flow kinda too @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social
True of research grants, & Flow kinda too @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social
canvasrebel.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Still true.
Similar surprise for an independent filmmaker.
No one tells you that you also become a collection agent when you become a writer. SURPRISE!
January 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Similar surprise for an independent filmmaker.
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I just got a report that the Minneapolis VA has stopped hiring workers thanks to a hasty Trump Executive Order.
They’ve rescinded offers to dozens of people who were going to fill critical roles to care for vets.
They’ve rescinded offers to dozens of people who were going to fill critical roles to care for vets.
January 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I just got a report that the Minneapolis VA has stopped hiring workers thanks to a hasty Trump Executive Order.
They’ve rescinded offers to dozens of people who were going to fill critical roles to care for vets.
They’ve rescinded offers to dozens of people who were going to fill critical roles to care for vets.
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Buried in the flurry of Executive Orders last night is one that halts all funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Yes, the law that Republicans and Democrats came together to pass that fixes our roads, modernizes old bridges and makes drinking water safer.
Yes, the law that Republicans and Democrats came together to pass that fixes our roads, modernizes old bridges and makes drinking water safer.
January 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Buried in the flurry of Executive Orders last night is one that halts all funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Yes, the law that Republicans and Democrats came together to pass that fixes our roads, modernizes old bridges and makes drinking water safer.
Yes, the law that Republicans and Democrats came together to pass that fixes our roads, modernizes old bridges and makes drinking water safer.
If you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what to?
4. what do you do now professionally?
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1)Broadway Actress
2) Theatre
3) Political Science & Women’s Studies with a Music minor
4) Documentary Filmmaker
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what to?
4. what do you do now professionally?
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1)Broadway Actress
2) Theatre
3) Political Science & Women’s Studies with a Music minor
4) Documentary Filmmaker
January 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what to?
4. what do you do now professionally?
-=-
1)Broadway Actress
2) Theatre
3) Political Science & Women’s Studies with a Music minor
4) Documentary Filmmaker
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what to?
4. what do you do now professionally?
-=-
1)Broadway Actress
2) Theatre
3) Political Science & Women’s Studies with a Music minor
4) Documentary Filmmaker
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Back on the grind tomorrow
January 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Back on the grind tomorrow
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. - MLK
January 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. - MLK
Highly recommended.
January 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Highly recommended.
Definition of a true creative collaboration.
“His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other.”
“His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other.”
These recollections of David Lynch by Kyle Maclachlan & Naomi Watts are genuinely moving - a strong reminder of what it means to leave a mark…artistically and personally. RIP variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Kyle MacLachlan Says ‘I Owe My Entire Career’ and Life to ‘Blue Velvet’ and ‘Twin Peaks’ Director David Lynch; Naomi Watts Says ‘My Heart Is Broken’
Kyle MacLachlan has paid tribute to David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker known for 'Blue Velvet' and 'Twin Peaks,' who died at the age of 78.
variety.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Definition of a true creative collaboration.
“His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other.”
“His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other.”
Our kiddos did this kind of swimming lesson when they were tiny. 8 years later they still love swimming and hopefully they also learned a thing or two about perseverance.
Moving talking about the docs that I'm watching to here. Today's #dailydocumentary is A Swim Lesson: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6oo...
A Swim Lesson
YouTube video by Los Angeles Times
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Our kiddos did this kind of swimming lesson when they were tiny. 8 years later they still love swimming and hopefully they also learned a thing or two about perseverance.
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Please and thank you
January 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Please and thank you
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Donold says he will rename the “Gulf of Mexico” the “Gulf of America.”
Still no plans for eggs or gas.
Still no plans for eggs or gas.
January 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Donold says he will rename the “Gulf of Mexico” the “Gulf of America.”
Still no plans for eggs or gas.
Still no plans for eggs or gas.
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Today, Congress certified the results of a free and fair election.
Four years after an attempted insurrection, we must continue to protect and uphold our democratic ideals by ensuring that never happens again.
Four years after an attempted insurrection, we must continue to protect and uphold our democratic ideals by ensuring that never happens again.
January 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Today, Congress certified the results of a free and fair election.
Four years after an attempted insurrection, we must continue to protect and uphold our democratic ideals by ensuring that never happens again.
Four years after an attempted insurrection, we must continue to protect and uphold our democratic ideals by ensuring that never happens again.
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Thou shalt stop obsessing over every idiotic thing Elon or Donold says and promote YOUR values and your solutions for a better world.
December 10, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Thou shalt stop obsessing over every idiotic thing Elon or Donold says and promote YOUR values and your solutions for a better world.
The rumors are true! FINDING HER BEAT is broadcasting on PBS Stations across the United States!!! We are currently scheduled for broadcast in more than 121 markets in 42 states!!!
November 18, 2024 at 7:57 PM
The rumors are true! FINDING HER BEAT is broadcasting on PBS Stations across the United States!!! We are currently scheduled for broadcast in more than 121 markets in 42 states!!!