{"podcast":{"title":"The 50/50 Podcast","slug":"the-50-50-podcast-7299121","podcast_index_feed_id":7299121,"rss_url":"https://feeds.castos.com/nz69q","website_url":"https://www.5050fest.com","image_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/67e9c4924ee350-83326482/images/podcast/covers/c1a-zq59d-gp3w6v90idxz-ezwbbs.jpg","author":"Wyatt Sarkisian","episode_count":59,"summary":"50% Business, 50% Creative. Hosted by 50/50 founder Luke Steinfeld, and 50/50 Head of Talent Wyatt Sarkisian, the podcast builds on the mission of the platform: to nurture and empower the next generation of industry talent. Join us every tuesday as we sit down with voices from all corners of the entertainment industry, offering educational insight into process, production, and execution.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T06:18:49.704680+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-50-50-podcast-7299121"},"episode":{"title":"HOW TO: Swing Big With a First Feature, and Win (w/ Elijah Davis)","slug":"how-to-swing-big-with-a-first-feature-and-win-w-elijah-davis","published_at":"2026-03-03T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-50-50-podcast-7299121/how-to-swing-big-with-a-first-feature-and-win-w-elijah-davis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-50-50-podcast-7299121","url":"https://the-5050-podcast.castos.com/episodes/how-to-see-film-as-a-collective-effort-w-elijah-davis","audio_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/67e9c4924ee350-83326482/2381352/c1e-4wv1db8g189h9d7jm-kpj81djrcv3d-y6ig21.mp3","summary":"This week, filmmaker Elijah Davis breaks down how he swung big on his debut feature, Three Colors: Pan African — and what it actually took to get it made. We talk about the influence of French cinema on the film’s visual language, and Elijah’s larger mission: creating real authorship opportunities for Black creatives across every department. He shares how funding the first portion of the project as a proof of concept unlocked momentum — and why fundraising proved to be one of the most difficult stretches of the process. We also discuss representation theory and Elijah’s perspective on the relationship between Blackness and media — who gets to tell stories and who controls the frame. Finally, he opens up about balancing all of this while working full-time as an assistant at WME — and what it means to build a filmmaking career from inside the industry machine. THREE COLORS INSTAGRAM/TRAILER THREE COLORS IMDB THREE COLORS LETTERBOXD SUBMIT TO 50/50 FESTIVAL","meta_description":"This week, filmmaker Elijah Davis breaks down how he swung big on his debut feature, Three Colors: Pan African — and what it actually took to get it made.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3877,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-50-50-podcast-7299121/episodes/how-to-swing-big-with-a-first-feature-and-win-w-elijah-davis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-50-50-podcast-7299121/how-to-swing-big-with-a-first-feature-and-win-w-elijah-davis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}