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In The Mood For California

Today we’ll feel and experience South Pasadena and the Garfield House followed by an interview with amazing Alex Winter! Alex Winter is a director, writer and actor who has worked across film, television and theater. Winter entered show business as a child actor with co-starring roles on Broadway in The King & I and Peter Pan, and came to prominence in movies such as Warner Bros’ hit The Lost Boys and the wildly popular Bill & Ted franchise. As a filmmaker, Winter’s narrative features include the cult classic Freaked, for 20th Century Fox and the critically acclaimed Fever, for Lionsgate, which screened in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes. Winter is the founder of Trouper Productions, which services much of his directing work. In 2020, Winter released two new documentary feature films, "Showbiz Kids," premiered on HBO to widespread critical acclaim, garnering a Critics Choice nomination for Best Score by Tweedy. Followed by "Zappa," the first all-access documentary on the life and times of Frank Zappa. The highly anticipated third installment in the Bill & Ted franchise, Bill & Ted Face The Music, opened in August, 2020, as the number one movie both in the U.S. and the UK, and is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Previous documentary work includes multiple award-winner "The Panama Papers," about the largest global corruption scandal in history, and the journalists who worked in secret and at considerable risk to break the story. Also in release worldwide is "Trust Machine," about the rise of bitcoin and the blockchain, from Breaker Studios. Other acclaimed films include "Deep Web" about the online black market Silk Road and the trial of its creator Ross Ulbricht, and "Downloaded" which is a VH1 RockDoc about Napster and the digital revolution. Just completed is Winter’s next feature documentary, The YouTube Effect. Produced by Winter/Trouper Productions in partnership with Gale Anne Hurd/Valhalla Entertainment and Glen Zipper. The film had its world premiere at Tribeca in June, 2022, completed a sold-out theatrical run in July of 2023 and is now being released worldwide on digital beginning August 8, 2023, from Drafthouse Films. Please check out Alex Winter’s website www.alexwinter.com And you can follow him on Instagram @alxwinter www.inthemoodforcalifornia.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maria.korpacheva.3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthemoodforcalifornia/ Twitter: @InTheMoodForCA