Actor and producer Jaylen Moore (Six, Homeland, Hunting Season) joins the Harbor Podcast to share his journey from stunts to acting, the power of indie filmmaking, and how storytelling can build empathy across divides.
From his Afghan-American heritage to his advocacy for veterans’ mental health through Bullets and Beads, Jalen opens up about culture, purpose, and safe spaces for dialogue. He reflects on learning from Mel Gibson, balancing family with creativity, and why meaningful stories matter more than ever.
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Caity Lotz interview on her directing debut Thunder Child, Indigenous stories, and impact film financing. A Harbor Fund Podcast conversation for film investors and producers seeking purpose-driven projects.
Caity shares how Thunder Child emerged, why narrative builds meaning, and what a nature-epic, Pan’s-Labyrinth-style fantasy can do for audiences. We discuss purpose-driven filmmaking, women directors, respectful cultural collaboration (Vancouver Island, hereditary leadership, advisors), and how motherhood reframes creative discipline.
For builders of world-changing cinema, Caity outlines a film mentorship program (with local/Indigenous trainees) and why pipeline training matters to budgets, communities, and long-term ROI, financial and social. If you back films that matter, this episode is your field guide.
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Social impact film funding for investors & producers. A nonprofit film fund model, rev-share distribution, and an artist-first approach, David Oyelowo joins the Harbor Fund podcast to talk funding independent film that changes lives.
In this conversation, David shares why story moves culture, how producing empowers impact, and what a diversified, nonprofit film fund can unlock for meaningful projects. We cover his stage roots, Selma, Becoming King (Paramount+), new projects seeking partners, and a practical, portfolio approach to film financing that prioritizes sustainability and audience reach.
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The Harbor Fund is a perpetual, venture-shaped nonprofit film fund with one mission: use donor capital to back films and series that change culture. Returns cycle back into the fund, creating an evergreen engine for storytelling that sparks empathy and impact.
In this debut episode, host Lindsay Hadley joins co-founders Freddy Bosche and Matt Peterson to share how Harbor Fund started (1:30), its mission to fund impact-driven media (21:25), and the upcoming Harbor Film Forum (52:00).
Founders:
Lindsay Hadley – Global philanthropist, producer of Uncharitable and Flash Before the Bang
Freddy Bosche – Actor and creative with international stage and film career
Matt Peterson – Tech entrepreneur, venture capitalist, real estate developer
Phil Webb – Oxford-trained nonprofit leader, 20+ years in philanthropy
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