Jodi Wille’s Occult LA

The filmmaker talktalktalks finding the Unarians on public access TV, making Welcome Space Brothers and The Source Family, and the magic behind The Miss Velma Christmas Special.

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Nov 13

Jodi Wille is my hero.

She’s made music videos, published a stack of books I’m dying to get my hands on, curated film nights and exhibits across the globe, and knows more about LA’s weird and charming history than anyone I know.

She’s co-director of the celebrated The Source Family.

And she’s the director of Welcome Space Brothers, a film I’m obsessed with about the San Diego-based collective of psychedelic art makers and interplanetary spiritual seekers, the Unarians, and their fabulous visionary matriarch, Uriel.

What else to say?

On top of her ravenous curiosity and sparkly brilliance, Jodi is kind and generous with her time and knowledge.

I’m still reeling over our TALKTALKTALK.

In this week’s podcast episode, Jodi joins me to discuss her teenage coven origins, finding the Unarians on public access television, the making of God Bless America: The Miss Velma Christmas Special (2001) & much more!

And somehow we packed all that into less than an hour.

Listen to the Podcast

Watch Welcome Space Brothers—The Trailer!

Welcome Space Brothers is playing in select theaters!

If you’re in Los Angeles, you can see one of Miss Velma’s sermon dresses at the Autry Museum in Miss Velma in the City of Angels, made in collaboration with Jodi. It’s up through the end of December.

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