DavidPFranceTV Interview #16 - Valerie Barnes - The George Floyd Fallout - New York City

DavidPFranceTV INTERVIEW #16
VALERIE BARNES
Film and Video Artist, Storyteller and Business Owner
Valerie Barnes Film
New York City
https://www.valeriebarnesfilm.com

For the 16th Interview, David speaks with long-time friend Valerie Barnes, NYC based film and video artist about the fallout from the George Floyd incident and its impact on the current sociopolitical situation in the United States. They also discuss how this situation is impacting the United States economically and draw attention to their current situation as well as how political divisive impacted their as working creatives in New York City of the early 1990s. We hope you enjoy!

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.