Filmmakers from Initiation on Turning Crisis Into Opportunity: AFC Episode 328

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Remember when SXSW cancelled last year and movie fans everywhere suddenly realized just how serious this Covid thing was? Those films and filmmakers didn’t vanish off the face of the earth, they were left wondering what to do next. One of those films, Initiation, got distribution and was just released recently. We caught up with director John Berardo, DP Jon Pope, and producer Brian Frager about overcoming crisis, creating a new unique slasher IP, and much more!

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