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Eating Our Way to Extinction' with documentary filmmakers Otto and Ludovic Brockway

September 17, 2021

Eating our Way to Extinction is a compelling new documentary from filmmakers Otto and Ludovic Brockway, and produced by Sir Richard Branson and Kate Winslet (who also narrates the film). Spanning the globe and several continents, the film is an explo...

Writer-director Kay Cannon on rethinking the world of 'Cinderella'

September 17, 2021

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Cinderella... Who dreamed of being a dress designer.

‘The Human Factor’ documents 30 years of the Middle East peace process

September 16, 2021

What’s it like to be a part of the toughest negotiations on the planet? How do you bring two enemies to the table to discuss peace?

Following Hurricane Ida, Justin Chon talks depicting the plight of New Orleans-based Asian-Americans in 'Blue Bayou'

September 15, 2021

I have a Zoom hangout with Justin Chon the day after Category 4 Hurricane Ida makes landfall to New Orleans, where he shot his third feature film, Blue Bayou. It’s produced by MACRO’s Charles D. King and Poppy Hanks, as well as others. The tear-jerke...

Write On with 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye' Writer Abe Sylvia

September 14, 2021

The biopic about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker is based on the documentary of the same name. Writer Abe Sylvia talks about what drew him to the project: "I grew up in Oklahoma in the 80s, and that's right in the middle of the Bible Belt, and while ...

Everybody's Talking About Jamie' director Jonathan Butterell brings the world of a 16-year-old drag queen from the stage to the screen

September 14, 2021

Jamie New (Max Harwood) struts from table to table through his school’s cafeteria, down a runway, and through a nightclub with about 500 people cheering him on as his imagination explodes across the screen. In one second he is a force of nature turni...

Rising Through the Ranks: Katie White is storytelling her way to lifting up women in the industry

September 13, 2021

Writers’ assistant on CBS staple NCIS, Katie White firmly believes in hard work, lifting up the women around her, and that cultivating natural relationships in this industry is key to a lasting network. All of that, and writing nonstop.

The two teenage screenwriters behind ‘Generation Wrecks’ on portraying teens in film

September 13, 2021

It’s 1994 and things are simpler... Well, not really. Especially not for Stacy and Liz. Distanced from each other because of an unspoken event, the two Gen-Xers, along with a group of underdog high schoolers, are brought back together for a weekend g...

Write On with ‘Y: The Last Man’ Showrunner Eliza Clark

September 10, 2021

Eliza talks to Write On about how she approached adapting a 20-year-old comic book series for FX: “I really wanted to update the way we talk about gender and the diversity of gender in this landscape… it's a more nuanced look at the diversity of the ...