October Films co-founder and former chief at United Artists Bingham Ray joined us in class on Monday morning to talk about "Happiness" and the troubles that faced Indiewood, and him in particular, when he was forced to drop the film at October. A passionate executive and candid guest, Bingham was a hit with the students, sharing numerous experiences from his career and talking a bit about his plans for a new company. Stay tuned...

For a bit of background, check out a conversation that Mark Rabinowitz and I had with Bingham nearly 6 years ago as part of indieWIRE's Decade series of conversations.