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Westdoc Online

Chuck Braverman

Everything about documentary filmmaking! Hear conversations with the most compelling producers, directors, executive and network programmers, commissioning editors, festival directors, and techies from around the world.

tv & film film interviews

All Episodes

36:00

I_Am_Richard_Pryor_a_Documentary

Westdoc Online ·

2025/01/15

An interview with the director of the documentary "I am Richard Pryor."

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27:00

The_Painter_and_the_Thief_Documentary_Interview

Westdoc Online ·

2025/01/08

Director Benjamin Ree and Executive Producer Morgan Neville discuss the documentary "The Painter and the Thief," as story of an unlikely friendship that occurred after an art thief was arrested.

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51:00

Discussing_Robin_Williams_with_Marina_Zenovich

Westdoc Online ·

2025/01/08

Director Marina Zenovich discusses her documentary "What do Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Roman Polanski, and ESPN have in common?" and other highlights of her career.

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48:00

Belushi_The_Documentary_with_Director_RJ_Cutler

Westdoc Online ·

2025/01/08

An interview with the director of the documentary "Belushi," R.J. Cutler. Cutler discusses the making of that film and others.

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30:00

Tim_Wardle_Three_Identical_Strangers_Documentary_Intervi...

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2025/01/08

Director Tim Wardle discusses the making of the documentary "Three Identical Strangers," a story about triplets who were separated at birth and only found each other as adults.

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29:00

Gabriel_Francis_Paz_Goodenough_and_Mayor_Brandon_Scott_B...

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2025/01/08

Cameraman Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough directs his first feature documentary and it's a doozy. His cinema vérité crew spent five years in Baltimore, following our other guest Mayor Brandon Scott, an idealistic young leader with an ambitious plan to stop chronic violence. Recorded December 7, 2024. Throughout his first year in office, he fights powerful political forces to save lives in Baltimore and reveal a pathway toward healing for the nation.

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33:00

Frida_Intimate_Documentary_Interview_Carla_Gutiérrez

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2025/01/08

Peruvian born Gutiérrez speaks with Westdoc about her own connection with Kahlo’s art - as a woman, an artist, and a Latina - her struggle with learning English as a teen, and the importance of using Kahlo’s own words, in Spanish, for the film’s narration. FRIDA the documentary is available on Amazon Prime.

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32:26

RAOUL PECK – Ernest Cole: Lost & Found

Westdoc Online ·

2024/11/27

Producer Director Raoul Peck in a conversation about the making of his new feature documetary ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND, the injustices of apartheid, the grueling necessity of film promotion, the connections between all stories, cinema’s death-by-streaming, and the need to sometime self-finance. 32 minutes, recorded November 19, 2024.

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37:48

IAN BONHOTE & PETER ETTEDGUI – Super/Man: The...

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2024/11/19

Christopher Reeve played the Man of Steel in four films, but his real superpowers didn’t emerge until after his tragic accident. Filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, who made Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, speak with Westdoc about their long journey to get the film made, Reeve’s family and their personal memories, clearance, licensing, financing and the essence of documentary characters. Heroism requires challenge. Christopher Reeves met the challenge and soared faster than a speeding

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30:43

JACOB PERLMUTTER & MANON OUIMET – Two Strangers...

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2024/11/19

Four extraordinary artists — an older couple moving toward the end, a younger couple chronicling the journey — come together to make "Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other." Filmmakers Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet spent a year living with world famous photographer Joel Meyerowitz and his wife writer Maggie Barrett, resulting in an exquisite cinéma vérité of tremendous depth and intimacy. The filmmakers spoke from their London home about their “soulful collaboration,” small light camera

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32:23

ANNIE RONEY – Roco Films, Join or Die

Westdoc Online ·

2024/11/02

In this conversation with Westdoc’s Chuck Braverman, Annie Roney discusses her extensive experience in the documentary film industry, particularly through her global distribution company Roco Films. She elaborates on the difficult challenges faced today in documentary distribution, both foreign and domestic, the launch of the In Real Life Movie Club aimed at fostering community engagement through film, and the evolving landscape of documentary filmmaking. The feature doc “Join or Die” is the first

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31:27

MARC MARRIOTT – Tokyo Cowboy

Westdoc Online ·

2024/10/03

Documentary filmmaker Marc Marriott directs his first scripted feature film and discusses the challenges of a very low budget and short shooting schedule. The film is charming, funny, and beautifully shot by cinematographer Oscar Jimenez. “This is a story about finding untapped reservoirs of courage and empathy from your own culture, while also reaching out and connecting with others. Highlighting this character journey is the natural beauty of the Montana landscape.

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31:42

WE WILL DANCE AGAIN – Yariv Mozer, Susan Zirinsky and...

Westdoc Online ·

2024/09/25

In the year that has passed since the brutal Hamas attack of October 7, families grieve for lost love ones, other families pray for the return of hostages, and a sympathetic movement has arisen for the Palestinians of Gaza. The horror of the attack, told in first-person video accounts, unfolds in director Yariv Mozer’s profound documentary, We Will Dance Again. Westdoc talks with Mozer, along with See It Now executive producers Susan Zirinsky and Terrance Wrong about access to the restricted war

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40:40

DAYTIME REVOLUTION – Erik Nelson

Westdoc Online ·

2024/09/19

DAYTIME REVOLUTION chronicles one week in 1972 when John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-hosted the most popular show on daytime TV, bringing together iconic leaders of the cultural, musical, and political revolution. Producer/director Erik Nelson found the old video, restored it beautifully, and created this powerful feature doc. A return guest on Westdoc, with Chuck Braverman he talked about the three essentials of doc films; subject, access, filmmaker, and the two most important moments in any film; the

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31:47

ALEX GIBNEY – Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos

Westdoc Online ·

2024/09/04

The HBO Original two-part documentary WISE GUY David Chase and The Sopranos directed by Academy Award®-winner Alex Gibney (HBO’s “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” and “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley”) debuts SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. 25 years after the show first debuted, HBO’s paradigm-shifting series “The Sopranos” remains a cultural phenomenon and a touchstone for prestige television. On a replica set

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36:23

JEFF ZIMBALIST – How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer

Westdoc Online ·

2024/08/23

Producer Director JEFF ZIMBALIST has two terrific documentaries released at the same time. HOW TO COME ALIVE with NORMAN MAILER explores the rollercoaster life of America’s most controversial and bestselling author of the 20th Century. Propelled by his tremendous ego and contrarian spirit, Mailer’s ceaseless visibility in the public eye lasted 6 decades, during which he had 6 tumultuous marriages, 9 children, 11 bestsellers, 3 arrests, and 2 Pulitzer Prizes. SKYWALKERS; A LOVE STORY is about a pair

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34:07

RALPH ARLYCK – I Like It Here

Westdoc Online ·

2024/08/15

I LIKE IT HERE is about the simple pleasures of being alive. An American documentarian for more than 50 years, Ralph Arlyck has created an eloquent cinematic meditation on the reality and surprising beauties of moving through life. Arlyck conveys how it feels to experience the winding down of one's days as he visits friends from past and present, most of them rather lively, plus children and grandchildren. He punctuates those scenes with reflections on the challenges of feeling your joints and

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27:08

AMY NICHOLSON – Happy Campers

Westdoc Online ·

2024/08/05

Producer, Director, Cinematographer Amy Nicholson shot Happy Campers, a bittersweet anthem to a working class paradise, virtually by herself. Her low budget, minimalist approach, combined with her beautiful photography, produced a powerful film and a reminder of the importance of community. Westdoc host Chuck Braverman talked with her about cameras, sound, day jobs, and the joy of work. Join us and see all the episodes at www.westdoc.net.

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31:08

LUCY WALKER – Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa...

Westdoc Online ·

2024/07/23

"Mountain QueenThe Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa" Lucy Walker’s heart stopping new film, Mountain Queen: the Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, is not just about mountain climbing but about a woman who struggled with social norms, language, and personal demons to get to the top. Lhakpa Sherpa has climbed Everest a record ten times, helped others to do so, protected her daughters from abuse, all while supporting them in a country that barely values her gifts. This is an important conversation.

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32:34

DAN COVERT – Geoff McFetridge: Drawing A Life

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2024/07/23

“This is a story about design,” says the subject of "Geoff McFetridge: Drawing A Life." He and producer/director Dan Covert speak with Westdoc about the experience of filming his life. McFetridge, who designed faces on the Apple Watch, though he doesn’t wear one himself, shares his feelings about art, money, the “danger of sincerity,” and the importance of self-awareness. Director Covert wanted to push the film past the normal “artist doc” tropes to create a larger meditation on creativity, family,

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