A career can look successful and still leave you wondering whose life you are living.
Manny Bains joins Jay and Gary to talk about leaving the corporate path, exploring personal development, and finding a place in filmmaking. He shares how his interest in reaching people through stories led to documentary work and the creation of The Rising Star Movie Experience.
They discuss F.E.A.R., cultural assumptions, and the ways a film can invite viewers into an experience they have never had. Alongside the jokes, the conversation returns to the pressure to follow a familiar script and the uncertainty that comes with trying something of your own. Manny also describes the ideas behind his project The Cure.
What We Explore
* Feeling unfulfilled in a conventional career
* Moving from personal development into filmmaking
* Documentary storytelling and reaching an audience
* F.E.A.R. and examining cultural assumptions
* Creating with a small cast and limited resources
* Authenticity, ambition, and outside expectations
* The ideas behind Manny's film projects
About Manny Bains
Manny Bains is a filmmaker, actor, author, entrepreneur, and founder of The Rising Star Movie Experience. His projects discussed here include Break Free, F.E.A.R., and The Cure.
Manny: https://risingstarmovies.com/
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