Ep 57: A Place to Grow - Marques Brooks Talks Content Creation in the Midwest

From rapping to filmmaking, this show features the talented Marques Brooks from Iowa City, Iowa who talks about how he got into filmmaking by learning all aspects of the process. We discuss how he got involved with the film East of Middle West as well as his work on his own project The Foreigner.

What challenges do we run into in the Midwest when trying to create our content but also what advantages do we have over other parts of the country or the world. Our conversation covers a wide range of topics from how the University of Iowa benefits the film scene to how supportive and collaborative our Heartland community is for filmmakers to how do we get our work noticed.

So come on in, sit down, and enjoy this conversation with a gem of the Heartland filmmaking community.