This is “The Focus”-episode 1 in which we focus on filmmaker Alison Duke. Amongst the topics, we discuss is her film Mr. Jane and Finch, hip hop music, women in the film industry, the Oscars, directing hip-hop music videos and the stigma that surrounds the Jane and Finch corridor.
Fernando Fernandez is a graduate of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto. He became interested in entertainment journalism in the late 2000s writing for online startups. He founded FERNTV in 2009 and focused mainly on the film industry. With over a thousand interviews conducted with all walks of life in film, he is still learning as if every day is day one.