Episode 119 - ALMOST FORGOT HOW TO SWIM Writer/Director Casey Shaw

The Viewfinder Podcast with Chris Hadley

My series of conversations with some of the outstanding Louisiana-based filmmakers whose shorts were recently seen at the inaugural Baton Rouge Underground Film Festival continues on this week's Viewfinder Podcast. My guest on the show is Casey Shaw, the writer/director of a fascinating and reflective character drama called Almost Forgot How To Swim.

The movie, shot on 35mm analog film in Atlanta and produced by Casey's New Orleans-based studio Shawscope, stars actor/singer/songwriter Jahmiu Yakubu as a man trying to not only recover from the heartache of a failed romantic relationship, but also to rediscover his creativity and his purpose in a world that demands everything of him.

Almost Forgot How To Swim is also the name of an album written and performed by Yakubu, and some of his songs from that album are heard in Almost Forgot How To Swim, the movie.

On our next show you'll hear more from Yakubu about his role in it, and how his own attempts to move on from a breakup influenced the character he plays and the experience he has in the film.

Now, though, Casey Shaw joins me to discuss how this unique project jumped from script to screen, and how his production company is making celluloid cool in a digital world here on the Viewfinder Podcast.

For more information on Shawscope, visit the studio's web site:

https://shawscope.com/

Shawscope's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/shawscope

Casey's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/liminal_case/

Hear Jahmiu's album Almost Forgot How To Swim on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/album/5NA2HBGpl6yCIvSojREqtd

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