Local Filmmaker Set To Speak at Film Industry Day Next Month
By EMILY HILBERT
ONEONTA
What does it take to be invited to be a “Female Filmmakers Take Center Stage” panelist at this year’s Film Industry Day in Albany? Well, if you ask Lori Bailey, if takes handmade circus tickets, child-like flair, and a dream that began in her back yard.
Lori Bailey is a female filmmaker on the rise who channels local stories into her work. Originally from Oneonta, where she still lives today, her repertoire includes “Garrow,” about serial killer Robert Garrow, “A Roadhouse Coup,” covering the life and crimes of the infamous Eva Coo, and “Mineville,” which explores the American iron-ore industry in Mineville, New York, and for which there is a prequel film, “Switchback,” set to be released soon. But in order to truly understand the success Bailey has had in her career, it is important to start at the beginning.
