BraveMaker LA Meet-up for actors & filmmakers 3/12 in Burbank 4-8pm

BraveMaker LA Meet-up with Panel Discussion

Join us for our monthly time of networking and collaboration at our LA meet-up hosted by fillmmaker Tony Gapastione, founder of BraveMaker. If you want to work more in the film industry, it requires building relationship with others who are actively working n the film industry. Make friends. Make Moves. Make movies. The goal is to inspire, encourage and resource creators as well as make space to elevate and priortize our mental health.

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Date: Thursdsay, March 12th, 2026

Time: 3:30pm (DOORS OPEN) Event starts promptly 4pm. We will be hosting a live filmmaker panel: TOPIC TBA.

Location: LA CONNECTION THEATER in Burbank

Address: 3435 Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, CA

Come ready to mingle, make new connections, and perhaps even find your next creative collaborator. Don't miss out on this opportunity to be a part of the BraveMaker film community we are building from LA to the SF BAY. We can't wait to see you there!

Then we will move acroos the street to:

Location: THE NEW DEAL for light bites (buy your own drinks)

Address: 3501 Magnolia Blvd.

GUESTS NAMES/BIOS

Landi Maduro is an award-winning writer, director, and producer with over 10 years of experience in the film industry. Since launching her production company, Bluechild Entertainment, in 2012, she has directed and produced short films, feature films, music videos, commercials, business tutorials, and documentaries. Her documentary, The Silent Killer: Prostate Cancer in the African American Community, is currently streaming on Tubi TV and Amazon Prime. This award-winning film was screened for the Congressional Black Caucus and has been utilized by healthcare professionals and scholars to raise awareness about the health disparities African American men face regarding prostate cancer.

Recently, Landi worked on the faith-based film Driving Force, available on Tubi, and the female boxing franchise Lola 2, available on the AMC/AllBlk network. She was a producer on the unscripted show Flipped Lifestyle, of which she also directed 6 episodes, that is currently streaming on Lifetime Real Women and the CW Network. She is currently in post-production with the documentary Barriers Included and in pre-production with the documentary The Ties That Bind: Prominent Cancers in African American Families.

Landi teaches filmmaking to adults and teens and offers private consulting to indie filmmakers. She is passionate about mentoring emerging filmmakers as they develop their cinematic voice. She recently launched Bluechild Academy, a virtual film school where indie filmmakers learn how to create cinematic films and generate revenue. She is the author of the planner/workbook The Ultimate Feature Film Production Planner, a 12-month blueprint that lays out timeline-based strategies, ideas, and tips to help filmmakers achieve profit-driven results. Landi is also the proud Founder and President of Women of Color Filmmakers (WOCF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting, skill-building, and networking for female filmmakers pursuing careers in film and television.