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My First Colonoscopy Was Like A Grand Old Party. I invited all my friends to watch it!

The average total cost of a colonoscopy in the US is $3,081. That’s a hefty sum for any lower and middle-income family.

Elliott D. Paige

Elliott D. Paige

10 Apr 2021 — 6 min read
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My First Colonoscopy Was Like A Grand Old Party. I invited all my friends to watch it!
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Where the Films Don't Go

Where the Films Don't Go

The distribution gap is not a romantic problem. Filmmakers who cannot distribute their work cannot fund their next film. Audiences who cannot access stories from their own cultural heritage lose something they may not be able to name but will feel across a lifetime.

By Elliott D. Paige 15 Sep 2026
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Everything Is a Trade Agreement

A film made in Los Angeles has access to distribution networks, financing structures, and platform relationships that a film made in Dakar, Bridgetown, or Luanda simply does not. This is not because the American film is better. The variable is infrastructure.

By Elliott D. Paige 12 Aug 2026
The Ones Who Made It Anyway

The Ones Who Made It Anyway

A reflection on artists, writers, and filmmakers who created outside the mainstream—and what it cost to have their work seen across borders.

By Elliott D. Paige 15 Jul 2026
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The Story You Grow Up Inside

A reflection on how the stories we consume as children shape identity, belonging, and the limits of what we believe is possible.

By Elliott D. Paige 15 Jun 2026

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