h2>Dating : I’d Rather Make A Film Than Watch One — Q and A With Robin Zamora of UNWHOLLY MOMENTS
Film Courage: Where did you grow up?
Robin Zamora, Actor/Filmmaker: I grew up about an hour north of LA, Oxnard, California. Life at home was comfortable physically but taxing emotionally. Being the first generation born from a third world country coupled with a significant age gap made for a whole lot of deciphering with no guidance, at least not without religious bias. This created the frame-work to search for my own voice.
Film Courage: Which of your parents do you resemble most?
Robin: None and both. There’s a creative element that I see in my mom and a will to fight in my dad that I can correlate, but neither fully comprehend the path I’ve embarked on.
Film Courage: Why did you need to make UNWHOLLY MOMENTS?
Robin: I had to create work from myself. I spent the previous year saving up money to make a feature, but didn’t know what story to tell. To a certain extent I felt the need to break free from myself by exposing myself. No pun intended. The overwhelming support and feedback I got from my inner circle made it impossible for me to not move forward with the project.
Film Courage: Collaborator and director Andy Rayner mentions that it’s an “emotional horror film.” Do you also feel this way?
Robin: Yes, because we wanted to make the viewer feel uncomfortable through the brutally honest moments that most people don’t talk about or wouldn’t want others to know about themselves. There’s a certain kind of horror element in unpopular vulnerability….(Read the full Q&A here on FilmCourage.com).
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