Kelli McNeil-Yellen

hope.

Wow. This is big.

Same energy.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Thanks for sharing this. I needed it today!

Free Vaccine Clinic: Flu and COVID-19 for for All Ages LA County Department of Public Health is partnering with LA County Library to provide FREE flu vaccinations and the 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 6+ month. Health insurance is not required,...

LA County Library is partnering with the LA County Dept of Public Health to offer a FREE vaccine clinic for Flu and COVID shots, no insurance required. Friday October 24, 10 AM to 12 noon. Go here for details and to make an appointment:

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Four headlines from the BBC News show the following headlines: One is recent Nobel prize winner Maria Machado saying "We're greateful for what Tr&mp is doing for world peace." Yet two headlines for US stories say: They Treated us Like Animals: Inside the Epicenter of Deportations in New York City." And "Four Killed In Mississippi in Mass Shooting After Football Game." Strangely there's another headline that says North Korea Shows Off Huge Missile at Military Parade."

The juxtaposition of these headlines side by side is simply mind boggling. Read the ALT text for a deeper analysis.

Let's Talk About... The Enshitification of Hollywood & The Planned Obsolescence of Streamers: Why This is a Good Thing for Indie Film The enshittification of streamers is in progress with AI & "safe content." My thoughts on how it impacts indie film & is creating the need for a secondary market in this month's free newsletter.

The latest on my Substack:

The Enshitification of Hollywood & The Planned Obsolescence of Streamers: Why This is a Good Thing for Indie Film

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It says a lot that Trump can find $20 billion to bail out Argentina, but won't help the millions of Americans who are in real need at home.

Thank you to former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for explaining.

Exactly.

Democracy depends on a fearless and free press.

Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.

They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.

Thank you @moviejawn.com and @carmenchloie.bsky.social for this wonderful review of Match In A Haystack! ❤️

Let's Talk About... The Value a Celebrity Producer Adds (& Doesn't Add) to Your Indie Film & Traps to Avoid When You Work With One Plus: What the loss of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting means for indie film; Headlines that caught my eye; Check out indie doc 'El Cap Wedding'; Two Writing Pitch Opps, including for the BBC!

The latest on my Substack:

What we lose when we lose PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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AI is a tool (sorry!) that people who are bad at their jobs will use badly and that people who are good at their jobs will maybe, possibly find some uses for. People who are terrible at their jobs (many executives), will tell their employees that they “need” to use AI, that their jobs depend on it, that they must become more productive, and that becoming an AI-first company is the strategy that will save them from the old failed strategy, which itself was the new strategy after other failed business models. The only journalism business strategy that works, and that will ever work in a sustainable way, is if you create something of value that people (human beings, not bots) want to read or watch or listen to, and that they cannot find anywhere else.

This is very good.

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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

I am so sad #BBCNews decided to paywall people in America. There are few outlets as trusted and unbiased as the #BBC and this decision is going to further the spread of misinformation and the collapse of legacy media. People will simply not subscribe. #subscriptionfatigue

Marketing & PR for Indie Films, Creatives & Small Businesses | KLA Media Group | Substack A publication from KLA Media Group dedicated to supporting independent films, creatives and small businesses from writer/producer Kelli McNeil-Yellen. I'm a 20 year marketing + PR pro who finally made...

My Substack about film & marketing & PR is #96 right now on Substack’s top 100
for business. I am a little floored & deeply appreciative that the content has been resonating with people.

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This gives a whole new meaning to the term banana for scale. #bananaforscale

Thank you @indiewire.com @harrisonrichlin.bsky.social! My piece on film festivals was their top recommended pick in their Future of Filmmaking article. 🌟🎦
Read their whole round-up here!

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#FilmFestivals #IndieFilm #IndependentFIlm #Filmmakers #Filmmaking #IndieWire

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

This is ghoulish.

Google Calendar Malware Is on the Rise. Here’s How to Stay Safe A simple calendar can’t be a security risk, right? Wrong.

@atrupar.com from Wired:

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Thrilled to announce I’ll be serving on this year’s jury at #Slamdance! #indiefilm #independentfilm

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Let’s Talk About… The New Media Landscape & How it Impacts Your Film’s Marketing & PR Efforts. Ignore changes happening in real time at your own peril. Plus, Super Bowl spots that stood out and why ads are important to master. And: I'm on the jury at Slamdance! Also Sundance ended a week ago: how many films have released trailers? Why you should care...

The latest on my substack: #indiefilm #independentfilm #slamdance #filmmarketing #filmdistribution

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Let's Talk About... When It's Not a Flaw, but a Feature: Netflix completes their transition into a legacy media company with price hikes & commercials. Welcome back to the era of 1980s television. PLUS: The return of mudslinging in Oscar campaigns; how Emilia Perez ties into why YouTubers don't cross over into Hollywood; Check out indie film A TRIP ELSEWHERE & I'm on a panel at Slamdance!

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Let's Talk About... What to do when your platform of choice dies and the theater surrounding the "death"of TikTok: how to future-proof yourself & your business from financial hardship. Plus: Check out the Corkscrew Comedy Festival, Indie film COLD BLOWS THE WIND, available on platforms now. AND: new film grant opportunities available in this week's paid post. We're in a new world...

The latest on my Substack:

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Thank you @realtimbrennan.bsky.social for this... it meant so much to all of us!

How the new movie "Daruma" is making history Actor Tobias Forrest and Kelli McNeil-Yellen, writer and producer, talk about "Daruma" and its unique portrayal of actors with disabilities, without the disability being part of the story.

Thank you to KCAL News for having us in the studio today to talk about Daruma movie on #InternationalPersonsWithDisabilitiesDay!

You can rent the movie on Amazon and Apple TV+ now!

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#IndieFilm #Filmmaking

Film Isn't Free: A Plea for Audiences to Understand the Plight of the Indie Filmmaker in This Week's Newsletter, Which IS Free. This post is inspired by the astonishing number of people filming scenes from Wicked in theaters and asking to see our film for free. If you want change, you MUST support the artists doing the work.

“Film Isn’t Free”. The latest on my substack:

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#indiefilm #filmmaking #screenwriting

Thank you so so much our entire team is so appreciative!