Joseph Marconi
Directing
Biography
Joe Marconi is a screenwriter and director from the Hudson Valley, New York. His short film Wild Animal won Best Short Film and Best Made in Montana Film at the 2021 MINT Film Festival. He edited the documentary feature Hargrove (dir. Eliane Henri) and the Muslim Futurism music video Alhamdu (dir. Abbas Rattani), both of which premiered at Tribeca 2022. He is a 2021 Film Independent Fellow and his feature film directorial debut, Wild Animal, will go into production in fall 2023. Joe lives in Los Angeles with his wife and child.
Known For
Follows Grammy award-winning Roy Hargrove during the last year of his life and illuminates his impact on Black music while delving into themes of power, race and ethics in the music industry.
Hargrove
'Temp-to-Perm' is a four-minute meditation on the bizarre behavior of the corporate culture: What begins as a seemingly benign interview for the position of 'temp-to-perm,' Jane is subjected to an increasingly bizarre series of questions and demands as we learn just how far she's willing to go for gainful employment. The film begins by examining the dehumanizing behavior lauded in offices spaces but then takes a turn into the absurd tabloid demands placed on actresses.
Temp-To-Perm
Gia swipes right on a new dating app where she's paired up with unlikely matches.
A Shaming
A female MMA fighter on the brink of self-destruction finds a lifeline in a court-ordered equine therapy program, leading her to confront her past and redefine her future.