DavidPFranceTV Interview #41 - Valerie Barnes - Civil Unrest and Political Change - NYC

DavidPFranceTV INTERVIEW #41
VALERIE BARNES
Film and Video Artist, Storyteller and Business Owner
Valerie Barnes Film
New York City
https://www.valeriebarnesfilm.com

The following interview took place on Sunday, 20 September 2020. David speaks with Valerie about the civil unrest and political change happening all over the United States. Valerie, who is based in New York City, gives us her view on how the pandemic and the lockdowns are affecting the city. David and Valerie also discuss matters including George Floyd, The Police and the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Toward the end, the conversation turns to Flamenco, which David has been learning for the past seven (7) years.

From Valerie's website:

Every person has a story.

​Whether the story unfolds through an art film, documentary, music film or a wedding film matters not. What matters is the ability for the filmmaker to interpret each story and present it in an emotionally engaging manner.
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I've always been enriched by the knowledge learned from the diversity in the projects I've created and in the people I've met along the way. These people have taught me that it is our differences which make us interesting and our similarities which unite us.

I have filmed people who celebrate in the joy of marriage, musicians who strive to be heard, performers who light up a stage or screen with their energy, those who struggle with intolerance and indifference against them, and many others who move forward in life trying to make their mark in whatever is their passion.

My work has taken me to places both nationally and internationally. I am mostly a referral based business which speaks to the trust and satisfaction others have felt when working with me.

Everybody has a story to tell and film and video are the vehicles I use to tell these stories.