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Zack's Film Talks at SDSU
Isaiah Solotaroff's guest for this episode of Zack's Film Talks at SDSU is noted cinematographer Sam Levy. As DP for Greta Gerwig's 2017 film Lady Bird, Sam here gives a master class in his craft.
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Nate Mook and Gabe Dinsmoor
Zack's Film Talks at SDSU
Isaiah Solotaroff interviews Nathan Mook and Gabe Dinsmoor for episode 4 of Zack's Film Talks at SDSU. Mook and Dinsmoor are two of the producers of the HBO documentary Baltimore Rising, directed by The Wire’s Sonja Sohn (Detective Kima Greggs).
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Michael Green
Zack's Film Talks at SDSU
Isaiah Solotaroff interviews screenwriter Michael Green (Blade Runner 2049) for Zack's Film Talks at SDSU. Michael talks about reading noir classics to prep for Blade Runner, his show American Gods, and sites every aspiring screenwriter should visit, including JohnAugust.com and Children of Tendu--links and full transcript included.
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Andrew Dodge
Zack's Film Talks at SDSU
Isaiah Solotaroff interviews screenwriter Andrew Dodge for Zack's Film Talks at SDSU. Andrew talks about starting out as a story editor at Columbia Pictures and takes us through his first feature, the spelling-bee comedy Bad Words, starring Jason Bateman. Projects in the works include Space Jam 2 and an R-rated comedy about a leprechaun for Peter Dinklage.
info_outlineThis episode of Zack's Film Talks at SDSU is hosted by Libsyn.
My guests are Nathan Mook and Gabe Dinsmoor, producers of the HBO documentary Baltimore Rising, directed by The Wire’s Sonja Sohn (Detective Kima Greggs).
Sohn’s directorial debut, which has won high praise from the Baltimore Sun, Essence, Newsweek, Newsday, and WBAL, looks at Baltimore in the aftermath of the death of Freddie Gray.
Mook and Dinsmoor talk about:
- following the documentary's nine principal characters, including community leader Genard "Shadow" Barr; youth organizer Makayla Gilliam-Price; activist Kwame Rose; Dayvon Love and Adam Jackson, who created the Baltimore think tank Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle; Melvin Russell, the Baltimore Police Dept.'s Community Partnership Division chief; and Police Commissioner Kevin Davis.
- dealing with the arrest of a cinematographer and cast members in the midst of shooting the documentary
- editing 600 hours of footage down to 90 minutes
- how director Sonja Sohn "let circumstances speak for themselves" rather than going in with a fixed perspective
Listen to Sonja Sohn at Salon.com.
Episode edited by Chris Burke.