EP. 1889: Filmmaker Michael Donaldson (W. Mulberry St.)

Matthew Toffolo chatted with Michael Donson' abou his short film "W. Mulberry Street," a time-loop thriller shot entirely in a car where the main character gets stuck in a repetitive cycle while driving to a high school reunion. Michael explained how he developed the concept in 2019-2020, went through several years of pre-production and location scouting before shooting in 2025, and worked with professional theater actors from Austin to bring the story to life. The film explores themes of change and self-reflection, with Michael describing it as a character study about a woman who struggles with whether she's evolved since high school. The discussion also covered Michael's upcoming projects, including another short film in post-production about a boy mourning his grandmother, and his future plans to develop a feature film script that he's already written and has interest in from potential cast and crew members. —- Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod —— Love for you to try the Indy Film Festival AP. • Daily new film festival of the best new films from around the world. New archived festival to watch anytime. • Library of over 500+ award-winning films to watch anytime. Go to https://www.wildsound.ca and sign up for the free 3-day trial. Check out the daily film festival (and previous ones from last month) at https://www.wildsound.ca/browse Always an amazing lineup of films. Inspiring for storytellers.