This week we discuss our own personal work and creative ventures and look at two doc portraits of activists doing what they love for careers in the ar...
What better time to focus on docs about strong dissenting women effecting positive change in the world? Feels like now is good, so in this episode we ...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018306 Hollywood / Yours in Sisterhood
Recreations, hybridity and truth are the topics this week as we discuss what classifies a documentary while fictionalization in documentaries become m...
Wednesday, October 3, 2018Calling All Earthlings / Dinner Party
What are the ethical standards of a filmmaker portraying subcultures to which they do not belong? How does it shift if they are a member? How does the...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018Fahrenheit 11/9 & Interview with Thom Powers
Following up from Toronto International Film Festival, we discuss the new Michael Moore film, Fahrenheit 11/9 and interview Thom Powers, the Documenta...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018Bonus Episode: The Guardian Short Documentaries
In this bonus episode we take a look at the content The Guardian has been producing and chat with Charlie Phillips about being the Head of Documentari...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018Bonus Episode: Steve James Interview
We sat down with director Steve James at AFI DOCS 2018 to discuss his body of work as a whole, his most recent series, AMERICA TO ME, and working in v...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018The Last Laugh / 209 Rue Saint-Maur, Paris 10eme
Looking back at history under a contemporary lens can be a powerful tool to provide context and take action in difficult political times.This week we ...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018The King / Cuba and the Cameraman
This week we cover documentary films that at first appear to be about a bunch of wildly different ideas but then manage to tie it all together under a...
Wednesday, July 11, 2018Coming to My Senses / Chi-Town
This episode is all about sports and athleticism documentaries. We review COMING TO MY SENSES which tells the story of Aaron Baker who was paralyzed i...
Wednesday, July 4, 2018Filmworker / Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Depicting masters of their craft through documentary is the theme this week. In FILMWORKER, Leon Vitali spent his life working with Stanley Kubrick to...
Wednesday, June 27, 2018Won?t You Be My Neighbor / RBG
In this episode, we look at WON?T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR through the lens of radical kindness and the context of social activism documentaries and Chris i...
