Emily Cohn

In episode eight of the Downward Facing Spiritual Spiral, I take my show on the road and welcome New York based filmmaker Emily Cohn to the podcast. If the last name looks familiar, it's because Emily is my cousin but I didn't invite her on the show just because she's family.

 

About two months ago, I was lucky to attend a screening in Los Angeles where Emily screened her first full length feature film entitled CRSHD. Emily is only 23 years old and in a day and age where most twenty-somethings seem to be spending the vast majority of their time on Instagram, she spent the last three years writing, directing and editing her first feature film. The story is a female sex-comedy taking place one summer at Oberlin College and the result is a film that made me laugh, think about the direction our culture is headed and it also left me totally inspired.

 

 

 

We'll have a candid discussion about the process of making CRSHD, the trials and tribulations that came along with making her first full length movie as well as the challenges of having to "wear so many hats" during production. We'll also discuss her love/hate relationship with Instagram, what's next for CRSHD as she submits and awaits responses from film festivals and she'll share what projects she's working on next.

 

 

 

I'm so proud to have Emily on the show and I'm sure you'll be inspired by her stories and her passion for filmmaking. 

 

 

 

Enjoy the show!