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.

5 DAYS AGO

Oscar Shortlist Reaction

Doc Talk co-hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey react to the announcement of the shortlists in the documentary categories for the 97th Academy Awards. What were the snubs and major surprises? We unpack the 15 features and 15 shorts remaining in contention for the Oscar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

36 min
17 DEC

Winners Of The 40th IDA Documentary Awards

We report live from the 40th IDA Documentary Awards in Los Angeles, interviewing winners as they come off stage, including Shiori Ito (Black Box Diaries), the Queendom team, Career Achievement Award winner Dawn Porter, and Curated Series winner Lois Vossen. And we speak with the IDA's executive director, Dominic Asmall Willsdon, about the state of the documentary field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

54 min
10 DEC

'No Other Land' Directors Basel Adra And Yuval Abraham

No Other Land, set in the occupied West Bank, has emerged as a frontrunner for the Oscars, winning awards around the world including a slew in the past week alone. We speak with Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra, half of the Israeli Palestinian collective of filmmakers behind the documentary. Their film, which has attracted praise and controversy, depicts life for Palestinian villagers who face threats of expulsion from their land by the Israel Defense Forces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

46 min
3 DEC

Director Shiori Itō On 'Black Box Diaries'

Japanese journalist Shiori Itō investigates her own sexual assault in the Oscar-contending documentary Black Box Diaries. She joins Doc Talk to discuss how her case changed rape laws in Japan and how she made the transition from objective journalist to first-person storyteller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

41 min
26 NOV

Director Jeff Zimbalist On 'Skywalkers: A Love Story'

Filmmaker Jeff Zimbalist joins us to discuss his Oscar-contending Netflix documentary Skywalkers: A Love Story. This is the story of a young Russian couple who have made a career of illegally climbing to the top of extraordinary tall structures, including the 118-story Merdeka in Malaysia, and then photographing themselves doing balletic poses in the sky. Doc Talk co-host John Ridley calls it the scariest documentary he's ever seen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

48 min
20 NOV

Director R.J. Cutler On His Martha Stewart & Elton John Docs

Renowned documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler discusses his two Oscar-contending documentaries – Elton John: Never Too Late, and Martha, the latter film about businesswoman, entrepreneur and lifestyle doyenne Martha Stewart. Cutler responds to Stewart’s, at times, harsh criticism of his film. She's campaigning for Netflix to create a "second version" of the documentary that's more to her liking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 hr
12 NOV

'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

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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.