20 episodes
The True/False Podcast Sebastián Martínez Valdivia
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The True/False Film Fest celebrates the complex, surprising and hilarious world we share, and the documentary films that capture it. The True/False podcast dives deep into conversations with filmmakers about their films, and other topics. Presented by KBIA. The show is on hiatus for the 2023 fest, you can listen to our previous episodes here, and follow KBIA.org or listen on air for our coverage of this year's fest.
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True/False 2022 Films Preview
A chat with True/False Film Festival programmers' about the newly announced slate of films for this year's festival.
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Oscillation with Khalik Allah (I WALK ON WATER) and Ursula Liang (DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL)
In this episode of the True/False Podcast: a conversation from last year's festival between filmmakers Ursula Liang and Khalik Allah. Both were at True/False to show their latest features. Liang's film Down a Dark Stairwell documents the effects of a police shooting of an unarmed Black man. Allah's film I Walk on Water pushes the boundaries of the filmmakers' relationship with those they document.
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Intimacy with Rikkí Wright (A SONG ABOUT LOVE)
This week, we’re continuing our dispatches from True/False 2020 with a conversation between artist and filmmaker Rikkí Wright and programmer Jeanelle Augustin. Wright’s work is often deeply personal and offers commentary on how she interacts with and understands the world around her. “A Song About Love,” Wright's latest short film, showed ahead of The Giverny Document, and is a dreamy mix of vibrant, colorful images and archival material. As she told Jeanelle, Wright’s work started as a way to engage with her own family and document her life.
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2021 Films Preview with Angela Catalano and Amir George
Many things about this year's True/False Film Festival have changed, but one that hasn't is our annual programmer preview. This year, programmers Angela Catalano and Amir George join the podcast to preview some of the films coming to this year's outdoor fest, which starts May 5. Angela and Amir preview Questlove's directorial debut Summer of Soul, Pete Nicks's Homeroom, and a number of other films and events fest-goers can look forward to.
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Retaining Humanity with David France and Maxim Lapunov (WELCOME TO CHECHNYA)
We continue our dispatches from last year's festival with the final True/False Podcast episode recorded in-studio during 2020. The guests were filmmaker David France and Maxim Lapunov, who was imprisoned and tortured as part of the Chechen government's persecution of its LGBTQ community. Lapunov and the subjects of France's 2020 film, Welcome to Chechnya were the recipients of the True Life Fund, the festival's philanthropic effort which provides monetary support to those documented in the select film. Welcome to Chechnya co-producer Igor Myakotin provided translation.