Road to SilverVox

Episode 10: Richard Jeffries (Screenwriter, Director)

Screenwriter, director, and SilverVox Film + Music Festival judge Richard Jeffries joins host Jordan Miller to talk about returning home to Frederick from Hollywood, transitioning from the studio world to indie film, and the growth of Frederick’s creative community.  He also teases his upcoming talk The Surfer’s Secret: Inside the 90s Marvel Movie You Never Saw (11Am Sat. June 20th @ The MET stage 2).

Episode 9: Dan Franko (Actor)

Actor Dan Franco, who appears in two films that will be screened at the SilverVox Film + Festival: Danielle Weinberg’s Invasion ’53 and Emily Ginnona’s The Disproportionate Man – talks to host Jordan Miller about the evolution of the local filmmaking scene and his experience working with horror legend Jeffrey Combs on Invasion ’53.

Episode 8: Scott Crawford (Documentary Filmmaker)

Filmmaker and SilverVox Film + Music Festival judge Scott Crawford – whose documentary Salad Days chronicled the influential D.C. punk underground scene of the 1980s – joins host Jordan Miller for a wide-ranging discussion about the evolution of the D.C. scene and the influence of punk across music, film and beyond. Crawford’s new film: Something Better Change, the story of legendary D.O.A. frontman Joe Keithley’s surprising pivot to politics, screens Saturday, June 20th at the YMCA Ausherman Arts Center.

Episode 7: Michael Streissguth (Doc Filmmaker, Author)

Author, Documentary Filmmaker and SilverVox Film + Music Festival judge Michael Streissguth discusses the complex process behind long-form narrative documentaries like his new film Tiananmen Tonight. A powerful drama about Dan Rather and the CBS Evening News team’s courageous reporting during the 1989 student uprising, Tiananmen Tonight screens Friday, June 19th at New Spire Arts.

Episode 6: Martin Schmidt & Drew Daniel (Matmos)

Host Jordan Miller talks to SilverVox Film and Music Festival judges Martin Scmidt and Drew Daniel from the experimental electronic music duo Matmos – best known for their collaborations with Bjork - about their creative process, finding sounds in unexpected places, and the intersection between music and film.