Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

Today's Guest: Kevin Willmott, writer, director, star, 'Destination: Planet Negro'; co-writer (with Spike Lee), 'Chi-Raq'Download 'Destination: Planet Negro': http://amzn.to/29MFy0cKEVIN WILLMOTT podcast excerpt: "The budget for 'Planet Negro' was $5,000. Five-thousand dollars! Everybody worked for free. What I spent the $5,000 on was meals. The cinematographer is a professor I work with; he built the spaceship. The robot was built by another buddy. He built it from stuff he had lying around. It took two years to make the movie. And I play one of the leads because I knew I would always show up!"Key interview moments:• 6:10 Destination Planet Negro writer/director/star Kevin Willmott explains how he made his movie for just $5,000;• 19:00 A lifelong fan of 1950s sci-fi films, Willmott always loved seeing astronauts in leather jackets;• 27:00 Willmott talks about crossing paths with Spike Lee and how they came to co-write Chi-Raq.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_cen