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SYLVIA CAMINER chats FOLLOW HER, Horror and Social Media Storytelling – Interview by Nadine Whitney

May 23, 2023May 24, 2023 Nadine Whitney Dani Barker, female filmmakers, Follow Her, Luke Cook, Sylvia Caminer

Sylvia Caminer is an Emmy winning television director and documentary maker. Turning her talents to directing the social media horror satire Follow Her has seen Sylvia move into a genre that frees many women directors and writers to examine society and inherent sexism. Follow Her blends horror, thriller, comedy, and social commentary with ease and purpose and is definitely a film you should like and subscribe to. In this interview, Caminer discusses what attracted her to the horror genre and to this project in particular.

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FOLLOW HER – Review by Nadine Whitney

May 23, 2023May 25, 2023 Nadine Whitney Dani Barker, Follow Her, Luke Cook, Sylvia Caminer

Social media has changed our social and psychological landscape so there is little surprise that it has become a go to theme in a variety of film genres. The quickest route to fame seems to be going viral on some platform. For aspiring actress, Jess (Dani Barker, who also wrote the film) her goal is to become one of the most watched people on a fictional platform. To achieve this she sets people up in humiliating situations and films the results. Her “Classified Crazies” channel is getting some traction but not enough to support her NYC lifestyle which is about to become a lot less glamourous after her wealthy father cuts her off.