{"id":2209,"date":"2022-12-02T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2022-12-02T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T09:00:15","slug":"325-4qs-with-christopher-ninness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=2209","title":{"rendered":"325. 4Qs with Christopher Ninness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2408\" src=\"https:\/\/discoverindiefilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Christopher_4Qs-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>What are the 4Qs? \u00a0(1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out.<\/p>\n<p>Filmmaker Christopher Ninness made the documentary short &#8220;The Kids are Still Here,&#8221; which played at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2021 and took home the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film \u2013 Documentary. \u00a0This amazing documentary investigates &#8220;nodding syndrome,&#8221; a rare, regional, severe seizure disorder affecting children. \u00a0I\u2019m proud to say that &#8220;The Kids are Still Here&#8221; is in Season 6 of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3qExIxQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In THIS podcast, we don&#8217;t tail about Christopher&#8217;s wonderful film. \u00a0Instead he answers the 4Qs above.<\/p>\n<p>But&#8230; you should learn more about nodding syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher worked directly with WEND Africa on this film. \u00a0WEND Africa (Women Empowerment Network Design)\u00a0is a nonprofit that provides opportunities for \u00a0employment, education &amp; empowerment\u00a0to war-affected mothers in Northern Uganda. \u00a0Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendafrica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wendafrica.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To see more of Christopher&#8217;s work, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/showcase\/8237972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cgninness.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Discover Indie Film Links<br \/>\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverindiefilm.com\">DIF Website<\/a>\u00a0<\/b> &#8211; <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/difwins\/\">DIF Instagram<\/a>\u00a0<\/b> &#8211; <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/difwins\">DIF Facebook<\/a>\u00a0<\/b> &#8211; <b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DIFwins\">DIF Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: Discover Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the 4Qs? \u00a0(1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Filmmaker Christopher Ninness made the documentary short &#8220;The Kids are Still Here,&#8221; which played at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2021 and took home the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=2209\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;325. 4Qs with Christopher Ninness&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}