Homo Erectus writer/director Rifkin's animated conversation with MPM about the unexpected way his film came to be greenlit with him in the cast.

Sitting down with MPM, Rifkin shares his enthusiasm at balancing both big-budget studio work and smaller independents, and chats about the role of film festivals.

Writer/director Rifkin chats about financing Homo Erectus through Burnt Orange (see MPM article on this Univ. of Texas Film Institute program) and about the "caveman movement" in film.