32 min
Where the Crawdads Sing with Olivia Newman and Catherine Hardwicke (Ep. 367) The Director's Cut - A DGA Podcast
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- TV & Film
Director Olivia Newman discusses her new film, Where the Crawdads Sing, with fellow director Catherine Hardwicke in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, Newman reveals how she pitched the film to producers, discusses the difficulty of doing chemistry reads via Zoom, and talks about the necessity of being flexible as a director.
Based on the best-selling novel, the film follows Kya, an abandoned girl raised in the marshland, who finds herself falsely accused of murder by a small town in North Carolina. When the town attempts to prosecute her, Kya must clear her name as the truth of what happened lies within the murky waters of the marsh.
Please note: spoilers are included.
See photos and a summary of this event below:
https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/September2022/WhereTheCrawdadsSing_QnA_0722.aspx
Director Olivia Newman discusses her new film, Where the Crawdads Sing, with fellow director Catherine Hardwicke in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, Newman reveals how she pitched the film to producers, discusses the difficulty of doing chemistry reads via Zoom, and talks about the necessity of being flexible as a director.
Based on the best-selling novel, the film follows Kya, an abandoned girl raised in the marshland, who finds herself falsely accused of murder by a small town in North Carolina. When the town attempts to prosecute her, Kya must clear her name as the truth of what happened lies within the murky waters of the marsh.
Please note: spoilers are included.
See photos and a summary of this event below:
https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/September2022/WhereTheCrawdadsSing_QnA_0722.aspx
32 min