I started this documentary in 2022. I finished it in 2023. And I’m releasing it independently… finally. “Becoming the New Indie” follows @justderaj and his path as an artist carving out a career on his own terms. But behind the film is a story I don’t talk about often. After finishing this project, I spent months pitching it, to networks, publications, and potential funding partners, alongside two other documentaries I hoped would become a series. It didn’t get picked up. Not because the work wa