Closet Talk: Director Megan Siler, And Then Came Lola

Megan Siler, Co-Director of And Then came Lola, is an award-winning producer of both fiction and documentary films. She has an MFA from UCLA’s film program, an environmental studies degree from UC Berkeley and has taught screenwriting and film production for UC Berkeley Extension, Writers Boot Camp, and the Academy of Art College. Her most recent film, Toxic Bust: Chemicals and Breast Cancer, won the prestigious Cine Golden Eagle Award, and is being used by environmental health and breast cancer advocates around the country. Megan won the Emerging Talent Award from the Los Angeles Outfest for her feature length film The Midwife’s Tale, the UCLA Theater Arts Alumni Spotlight Award for her fictional short First Base, a short fiction film about first kisses, girlfriends and busting up. Megan also won a Dore Schary Award for her documentary, Single Mothers: Living On the Edge. The film, And then Came Lola, gives a not so subtle nod to the popular film, Run, Lola, Run and a sexy, lesbian romp. After an advertisement submitted to Facebook was rejected for being too "adult", the film skyrocketed to the hearts and minds of activists all over the world. The movement resulted in the ad being approved, as originally submitted, by Facebook. We'll be talking with Megan about the film, her work and the effect of discrimination on the films promotion.