Sean Baker is a great director and advocate for independent filmmaking. I have thoroughly enjoyed his work from Tangerine to The Florida Project and now to this year's Anora (plus many more). Baker is a staunch advocate for indie film, and he used his biggest platform possible, his speech at the Independent Spirit Awards, to highlight some of the struggles indie film and filmmakers are facing. Read his entire speech below, and we'll chat after. - YouTube www.youtube.com Sean Baker's Independent Spirit Awards Speech This is incredible. Film Independent, I love you. I’m gonna read a little, so please forgive me. First off, Ali, Alonso, Jane, and Brady, we all know there is no best. We all made wholly original films, and it’s an honor to be in this category with you, so thank you. Film Independent, I’ve said this before, but it’s definitely worth repeating: next to my parents, you’ve been my greatest supporter. I’ve been in this room with every one of my films starting with “Take Out,” and it just means the world to me. Thank you so much. I want to thank my incredible cast and crew and two incredible producing partners, Samantha Quan and Alex Coco. And I have all my main cast here who made my job so incredibly easy: Mikey, Yura, Mark, Karren, Vache, I love you guys.I want to thank my manager Adam Kersch, FilmNation, and our distributor Neon. Working with Neon has been an absolute dream. They gave Anora a perfect...
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