A brand new interview podcast that offers listeners a chance to get closer to their favourite non-fiction filmmakers. We will hear about their life and career through the lens of three thematically-united documentaries that have had a lasting impact on them. Discover why these documentaries have the meaning they do and how that has manifested in their own non-fiction filmmaking.
Hosted by June Jennings, a writer and journalist, who currently serves as the engagement and partnerships manager for Field of Vision, First Look Media’s award-winning documentary unit.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A brand new interview podcast that offers listeners a chance to get closer to their favourite non-fiction filmmakers. We will hear about their life and career through the lens of three thematically-united documentaries that have had a lasting impact on them. Discover why these documentaries have the meaning they do and how that has manifested in their own non-fiction filmmaking.
Hosted by June Jennings, a writer and journalist, who currently serves as the engagement and partnerships manager for Field of Vision, First Look Media’s award-winning documentary unit.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories Podcast, where your favourite non-fiction filmmakers reveal the documentaries that have had a lasting impact on their lives and careers.
This week, June Jennings is joined by Brian Woods and Kate Blewett for a special episode reflecting on the 25th anniversary of their award-winning Channel 4 documentary The Dying Rooms. Discover how they got extraordinary access to make their groundbreaking film, how the stakes were raised when they made Return to the Dying Rooms, and how documentaries like One Child Nation have sustained and elevated the conversation around China’s One Child Policy.
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SHOW NOTES
The Dying Rooms (1995, Kate Blewett, Brian Woods) Watch on Real Stories from Saturday 12 December
Return to the Dying Rooms (1996, Kate Blewett, Brian Woods)
One Child Nation (2019, Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang) Watch on Prime Video in the US
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The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories Podcast is a Little Dot Studios production in partnership with The Grierson Trust.
Hosted by June Jennings
Produced by Nicole Davis and Annie Hughes
Executive produced by Paul Woolf
Music by Dusty Decks
Edited by Content is Queen
Artwork by Nash Kasic
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