The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

36 | Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Kemp Powers On Adaptation

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Mar 21, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
I'm Going to Get Out of the House. I'll Just Put That Project Away Right Now.
01:55 • 3min
3
I've Got Something to Beat Lori Enough
04:32 • 4min
4
Act One
08:07 • 4min
5
The Art of Adapting
12:26 • 2min
6
How Did You Decide to Adapt Your Own Play?
14:48 • 2min
7
Playwriting - What Is It All About?
16:53 • 3min
8
Screenwriting - My One and Only Class
19:49 • 4min
9
Playwriting - You're a Baby Writer
24:18 • 2min
10
Writing a Stage Play or a Screenplay?
25:54 • 4min
11
How Do You Know What Works in One Medium and Not in Another?
30:21 • 4min
12
What's the Difference Between a Play and a Film?
34:36 • 2min
13
What Excites You the Most About Your Play?
36:54 • 2min
14
What Excites Me About Anything?
39:13 • 4min
15
Passion Projects - One Night in Miami
43:09 • 2min
16
Soul Isn't a Black Film, but It's Through the Prism of a Black Man
45:31 • 5min
17
Screenwriters of Color - I Love Both Soul and One Night in Miami as a Screenwriter of Color
50:05 • 2min
18
Jackie Robinson - The First Sucks, You Know?
52:14 • 2min
19
You Know Your Limits
54:32 • 5min
20
Films With Blacks
59:43 • 2min
21
The Natural Reaction to the Population at Large Is to Devalue and Belittle Black Shit
01:01:17 • 4min
22
Screenwriting Life - Happy Writing!
01:05:45 • 2min