Doc Talk: A Deadline and Nō Studios Podcast

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Hosted by Oscar-winning filmmaker John Ridley and Deadline’s Documentary Editor, Matt Carey, Doc Talk features weekly interviews with filmmakers, storytellers, and industry leaders about creating critical content with the power to move the genre forward – and possibly change the world.

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'Soundtrack To A Coup D'Etat' Director Johan Grimonprez

We welcome Johan Grimonprez, director of the award-winning documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat. The Belgian filmmaker explains how he synched complex geopolitical history from the late 1950s and early '60s to the music of jazz giants like Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie. His dizzying achievement exposes the plot by the U.S., the UN secretary general, and Belgium to assassinate charismatic Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, all while the band played on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

43 min
5 NOV

'One To One: John & Yoko' And 'Suburban Fury'

For our second episode recorded live at SFFILM's Doc Stories festival, we speak with director Kevin Macdonald about his documentary One to One: John & Yoko, examining a remarkable year-plus in the lives of the famous couple after they moved to New York. And we climb into the time machine to explore 1970s bizarro radicalism with director Robinson Devor and producer Jason Reid of Suburban Fury, a documentary about would-be presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

50 min
29 OCT

SFFILM's Doc Stories Festival

Doc Talk heads to San Francisco for the 10th anniversary of SFFILM's Doc Stories festival. We speak with SFFILM Executive Director Anne Lai and Director of Programming Jessie Fairbanks, as well as the filmmakers behind a stunning film in the program, Arepas en Bici. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

46 min
22 OCT

Doc Talk And ElectionLine Crossover

The hosts of Doc Talk and the ElectionLine podcast get together for an unprecedented summit. On the agenda — debating the best political documentary ever, and why conservatives can't seem to make a decent documentary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

50 min
15 OCT

Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid

Director Matt Tyrnauer and Democratic political strategist James Carville join us to talk about the entertaining and timely documentary Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

42 min
1 OCT

Report From The Toronto International Film Festival

We’re in the field at the Toronto International Film Festival, interviewing makers of some of the biggest documentaries to play at TIFF, including The Last Republican, The Last of the Sea Women, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, and music-themed docs on Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Paul Anka, and Pharrell Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

49 min
24 SEPT

Report From Camden International Film Festival

Doc Talk goes inside the 20th Camden International Film Festival in Maine, speaking with Artistic Director Sean Flynn and filmmakers Petra Costa ('Apocalypse in the Tropics') and Elizabeth Lo ('Mistress Dispeller'). Camden has emerged as one of the most important all-documentary festivals in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

49 min
10 SEPT

'Seeking Mavis Beacon' Filmmakers

In Seeking Mavis Beacon, director Jazmin Jones and her filmic collaborator Olivia McKayla Ross try to solve a cyber mystery: What became of the elegant Black woman featured on the cover of a groundbreaking learn-to-type software program? The young sleuths discuss the complex cultural truths exposed by their quixotic quest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

50 min

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Hosted by Oscar-winning filmmaker John Ridley and Deadline’s Documentary Editor, Matt Carey, Doc Talk features weekly interviews with filmmakers, storytellers, and industry leaders about creating critical content with the power to move the genre forward – and possibly change the world.