“I get to talk to a lot of excited people who are interested in disruption of the distribution status quo… Folklight Film Club, is fascinating: she wants to make movies locally and create a new, sustainable model to do so. I chatted with her about why.”
– Liz Manashil, Sundance Institute
“From her home in the redwoods of Guerneville, actress Brooke Tansley is waging a quiet revolution against the powers that be in her profession. The Broadway actress whose credentials include a turn as Belle in the Broadway production of “Beauty and the Beast,” began imagining what it would be like to reclaim storytelling from the Hollywood moguls who make movies by the numbers, deciding with a godlike power, what stories get made and for whom.”
– Meg McConahey, The Press Democrat
”Now, a new kind of project is in pre-production. But this gig is not backed by any major motion picture studio or online streaming service. You don’t need an agent, and you don’t need to “know” someone to be a part of the production.
Folklight Film Club is a first of its kind “events and engagement filmmaking experience” backed by members…. Her goal is to bring Folklight to other cities around the country to share the magic of movie-making and take back story telling one community at a time.”
– Lindsay Peak, Sonoma Index-Tribune
“ Similar to the way a wine club offers members exclusive access to a winery and special events not available to the public, Folklight Film Club's plan is to feature behind-the-scenes access to filmmaking. For a quarterly fee, members can participate in and influence a full-length feature film production from script to screen.”
– Charlie Swanson, North Bay Bohemian