Ep 38: Jodi Wille (Filmmaker, Curator, and Book Publisher) Focus on the Book - Family: The Source Family Scrapbook and The Unarius Academy I talk with Jodi Wille about her long term book, documentary, and archival project with The Source Family and her work with The Unarius Academy of Science in making a short and feature film about them. We also get into her photography work with The Sparks and R.E.M, and how meeting Howard Finster, and other outsider artists, changed her worldview. About Jodi Wille Jodi Wille an independent filmmaker, book publisher and curator who explores subcultures and people on the edges whose extraordinary true stories and creations leave us with new understandings. Her immersive yet reflective point of view has led her to create works of distinction that build bridges to "the other." She directed and produced the documentary THE SOURCE FAMILY (2013) and is currently directing a feature documentary called WELCOME, SPACE BROTHERS, (about Ruth Norman and The Unarius Academy of Science) now in post-production. She made a living as a rock band photographer and music video director. At the same time visited and documented visionary artists and alternative spiritual communities. She cofounded the book publishing companions (Dilettante Press (1998), Process Media (2004), and Otherworld (2022), editing several award-winning books. Most recently, she co-authored and co-published the book FAMILY: THE SOURCE FAMILY SCRAPBOOK (2022, Sacred Bones and Otherworld) which is a focus of this episode $40 and I highly recommend it. https://www.arcanabooks.com/catalog/book/E000IAFTSFS/ She has curated art exhibitions for The American Visionary Art Museum, Deitch Projects, The London Photographer’s Gallery, and others. She has also curated a couple dozen film programs and cultural experiences in several cities related to her interests in rare films and subcultures. https://jodiwille.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jodiwille/ Songs used Richie by BJ Snowden ⁠https://bjsnowdenmusic.com/⁠ I Never Feel Alone (Instrumental) There Was a Light (Instrumental) ⁠https://www.stephenbluhm.fun/⁠ Vintage Annals Archive Website ⁠https://www.vintageannalsarchive.com/⁠ The Jewish Vintage Annals Archive ⁠https://www.vintageannalsarchive.com/the-jewish-vintage-annals-archive---digital-online-archive.html⁠ Please support this project at Patreon! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/VintageAnnalsArchive⁠ Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/vintageannalsarchive/⁠ Interviewed and edited by Richie Wexler Sponsor For info on Risk Podcast ⁠https://www.risk-show.com⁠ Info on Kevin's coaching and such ⁠https://kevinallison.net⁠

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