Welcome to Episode 56 of "Peter and Omar's Arts and Culture Show". This week, Peter and Omar welcome Roger M. Mayer to the show.

Roger M. Mayer is a producer, festival programmer, and festival director. He produced the Sundance award-winning documentary "Big River Man", as well as the feature films "Boppin' at the Glue Factory" and "Audie and the Wolf". He has also produced numerous short films, commercials, music videos, et al.

Currently, Roger is the Programming Director for the Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles (http://www.dffla.com/). Previously, he was the Festival Director for the Silver Lake Film Festival and had worked for the Sundance Film Festival for 11 years.

Roger also has an unhealthy infatuation with Mexican food, Dostoyevsky, alcohol and the San Francisco 49ers.

* Photo courtesy of Mr. Paul Marchand

Links:http://www.dffla.com/

http://boppinatthegluefactory.com/http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=11146

http://www.bigriverman.com/http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/big_river_man

boppin' at the glue factory youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVm2y8te2TI

big river man youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4KGKD3qUOg

audie and the wolf youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx2HF-AtnJs