For our first double feature review, we are looking at low-budget filmmaking through the lens of two films, the first chosen by The Rolling Tape team, Barry Jenkins’ 2016 Best Picture-winning film, Moonlight, and the second selected by our listeners, The Last Black Man in San Francisco. Both films are early directorial entries that tell intimate, personal stories under a $2 million budget. We discuss the themes and impacts of each, and how they utilize their low budgets creatively to maximize their production value.

Chapter Timestamps:

  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 4:28 Moonlight
  • 41:14 LBMiSF
  • 1:24:22 Double Feature Summary
  • 1:27:14 Polls
  • 1:30:30 Double Feature Pitches


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Credits:

  • Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
  • Artwork by Danny Jarabek
  • Edited by Danny Jarabek