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NonDē UprisingEp 016 - Ted Hope on *The Paradox of Starting a Leaderless Movement*If you’re in the NonDē world, the FilmStack community, or have some knowledge of what it means to produce a movie, then you know of Ted Hope. He’s of course the brains behind Hope For Film, his Substack that helped launch the NonDē movement. So it’s quite appropriate for him to come back to the podcast and talk about the paradox of starting a leaderless movement.In Episode #016 of NonDē Uprising, Ted chats about how working in corporate filmmaking informed how he thinks about NonDē, why it’s important to engage with people who don’t agree...
2026-02-2225 min
NonDē UprisingEp 006 - Ted Hope on *Utopia*Ted Hope is a producer on over 70 films, studio exec on over 60, and he launched Amazon’s foray into feature film production. Known as FilmStack’s resident coach, his newsletter Hope For Film is not only essential reading for today’s filmmakers, it is also where NonDē was born. Ted also initiated two community-curated newsletters: FilmStack Daily Digest and FilmStack Deep Dive.Before we started recording, Ted told me two things: “I don’t like video podcasts” and “I don’t like the 20-minute format.” On the other hand, he did let me choose his topic. In Episode #006 of Non...
2026-01-1924 min
The County Fence PodcastThe Collective Imagination -- FilmStack Inspiration Post Challenge Day 123This is a special piece for FilmStack’s Inspiration Post Challenge that is not part of County Fence’s usual fare. The series was put together by Ted Hope with the help of Donny Broussard and Avi Setton with the goal of connecting the film community on Substack (FilmStack) and establishing a film category (which was successful! Congrats!). They’re looking for volunteers to talk about what inspired or continues to inspire the FilmStack crowd and I put my hand up. Maybe you can too. Here’s a link to the instructions. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kr0JiZ...
2025-12-1813 min
Moonshot Mentor with Laverne McKinnonHow Do You Stay Inspired?💡Today is a departure from the usual career strategy talk, but still applicable to anyone who’s going after a moonshot and is in need of inspiration. I’m joining a community experiment launched by producer Ted Hope to bring together NonDē filmmakers on Substack. You’ve heard of independent filmmaking? This is non-dependent filmmaking and honestly I find that inspiring in itself – to boldly state we are no longer depending on the systems that have kept people on the outside, repressed, and denied.The idea behind the experiment is simple: each day, a member of the non-de fi...
2025-12-0108 min