Professional, amateur filmmakers ready to get back to work.
Professional, amateur filmmakers ready to get back to work.
When the pandemic hit and the governor’s health order shut down most of the state, filmmakers were left wondering how long it would last.
Now those months of wondering are over, as set construction and small filming projects have resumed in the state.
While the industry as a whole has a long way to go, KOAT spoke to filmmakers who are thrilled to just be doing something again.
Principal Art Lecturer, Jessamyn Lovell, Featured in LENSSCRATCH
Jessamyn Lovell is a gender-fluid artist and licensed private investigator based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They hold a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology, an MFA from California College of the Arts, and are currently a Principal Lecturer at the University of New Mexico.
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