Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'interview'
The Unexpected Patriot: How 9/11 Transformed Shannen Rossmiller into a Counter-Terrorism Expert
by Jessica Mosby -USA- Before 9/11 Shannen Rossmiller was a judge, wife, and mother of three living in Montana. That fateful September day became the impetus for her to become a counter-intelligence expert focused on infiltrating jihadists’ networks. Rossmiller’s memoir...
Director Oliver Schmitz and Actress Khomotso Manyaka on Life, Above All
by Jessica Mosby -USA- Life, Above All tells the story of 12-year-old Chanda who takes responsibility for her family after her baby sister dies and her mother falls ill. Fueled by rumors, the rural village outside Johannesburg quickly ostracizes the...
Pink Smoke Over the Vatican: Recognizing Catholic Women Priests
by Alexandra Marie Daniels -USA- In a coffee house on Alvarado Street in Monterey, California I sat down with documentary filmmaker Jules Hart to talk about her film Pink Smoke Over the Vatican. Pink Smoke, a story about the controversial...
The Best of 2010: An Interview with When We Leave Writer, Director, and Producer Feo Aladag
by Jessica Mosby -USA- Rarely does a film come along that floors you in its perfection and then continues to resonate for months after that first viewing. I saw the German film When We Leave at the 2010 Tribeca Film...
Talented, Funny, and Lovable: A Conversation with Tiny Furniture’s Writer, Director, and Star Lena Dunham
by Jessica Mosby -USA- Tiny Furniture is poised to be 2010’s indie darling. The film is a charming coming of age story for a generation unsure of how to apply their education and execute their aspirations beyond the ubiquity of...
Climate Refugees: The Human Toll of a Changing Planet
by Jessica Mosby - USA - The world’s weather is changing and millions of people will be displaced. This tragic reality is captured in the new documentary film, Climate Refugees. Without engaging in the divisive global warming debate, director and...
Interview with Howl film directors Epstein and Friedman: “Allen Ginsberg’s Poetic Prophecy”
by Vera von Kreutzbruck - Germany - Howl, a biopic centered on beatnik Allen Ginsberg’s seminal poem and the resulting obscenity trial, was the most moving and intellectually engaging film presented at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival....
Dancing The Divide: Interview with Pakistani Peacemaker Sheema Kermani
by Aditi Bhaduri - India - With her large flashing eyes rimmed with kohl and flowing hair, she is the quintessential dancer. Despite her chain-smoking, she is the picture of health and surprisingly agile. But then again, she has been...
“Deeply Divided”: Sri Lanka through the Eyes of Adele Barker
by Mandy Van Deven - India - During the year she taught Russian literature at the University of Peradeniya in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Arizona University professor Adele Barker found herself more comfortable in the role of perpetual learner than educator....
If There is Something to Desire:
Interview with Russian Poet Vera Pavlova
by Anna Clark - USA - Why is the word yes so brief? It should be the longest, the hardest, so that you could not decide in an instant to say it, so that upon reflection you could stop in...
Proceed and Be Bold: Director Laura Zinger and Subject Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. on Art, Life, and Independent Filmmaking
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. is living the dream. After discovering his love of letterpress, Kennedy left his comfortable corporate job and devoted his life to his art. Today the self-described “humble negro printer” lives...
Tapestries of Hope: Director Michealene Cristini Risley on the Tenacity and Optimism of Zimbabwe’s Rape Survivors
by Jessica Mosby - USA - The most striking element of the new documentary Tapestries of Hope is not the hell that the young rape survivors profiled have lived through, but their unbreakable spirit. The film is a vibrant international...
Coming of Age in 1960s London: Interview with An Education's Director Lone Scherfig
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Post-war London is at its most enchanting in director Lone Scherfig’s new film, An Education. Nick Hornby’s clever screenplay, Scherfig’s apt direction and a talented star-studded cast that includes Emma Thompson, Alfred Molina, Peter...
The Story of Stuff’s Annie Leonard Says “It’s so solvable”: 2009 Bioneers Conference Focuses on Solutions
by Kimberly N. Chase - USA – Walking through any one of America’s big cities, the wind may brush a candy bar wrapper across the street and giant bags of trash might choke the sidewalk. Some people think nothing of...
The Missing Context: From Women’s Issues to Societal Needs
by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP - USA - Recently, I had an insightful conversation with Linda Tarr-Whelan, author of Women Lead the Way: Your Guide to Stepping Up to Leadership and Changing the World. As the founder of...
Crude: The Real Price of Oil – An Interview with Director Joe Berlinger
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Crude: The Real Price of Oil is outright sickening. Huge crude oil pits dot the landscape, natural waterways are so polluted that drinking the water causes cancer, and Ecuador’s indigenous communities’ entire way of...
From Denmark with Love:
An Interview with Filmmaker Janus Metz
by Brittany Shoot - Denmark - Migrant communities in Denmark are a subject fraught with debate. As South Asian women increasingly immigrate to Scandinavia, stricter laws have been enacted to discourage the practice of convenience marriages. Rumors about abuse in...
Colin Beavan on Life Post-No Impact Man: "No American is living a sustainable life"
by Jessica Mosby - USA - The title of Colin Beavan’s book, No Impact Man – not to be confused with the documentary or blog – has a mildly self-deprecating tone that sums things up nicely, No Impact Man: The...
Looking into the Toilet: Potty Politics
by Mandy Van Deven - India - What do former U.S. Senator Larry Craig, women in Victorian England, and transgender activists have in common? Toilets!...
Heart of Stone: Two Generations Unite to Confront Gang Violence in Urban Newark
by Jessica Mosby - USA - During its midcentury glory days, Weequahic High School was a prestigious public school located in a predominantly Jewish enclave of Newark, New Jersey. Students were expected to excel post-graduation, as evidenced by noteworthy alumni,...
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg: Director Aviva Kempner Documents the Life of TV Pioneer Gertrude Berg
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Gertrude Berg is the most famous cultural icon you’ve most likely never heard of. The Jewish-American writer and actress played her most famous character, Molly Goldberg, for over 25 years on radio and later...
Interview with Actress Parker Posey: “It’s not easy as a woman in this business to have integrity”
by Vera von Kreutzbruck - Germany - Unlike many actors in the film industry, Parker Posey’s aspiration is not to be an A-list Hollywood star. Her career path has circumvented mainstream filmmaking, which – in her own words – does...
Telling the Stories of Chinese-America:
Lisa See on Her New Novel, Shanghai Girls
by Anna Clark - USA - Meet Lisa See—if you aren't already among her millions of fans around the world. Born in Paris and raised in Los Angeles, where she lives today, See is the New York Times bestselling author...
Interview with Film Director Sally Potter: “Women are human beings in drag”
by Vera von Kreutzbruck - Germany - When I told British director and choreographer Sally Potter, 59, that I am from Argentina, she broke into song - “Don’t cry for me Argentina.” She has many fond memories from the time...
Interview with Actress Tilda Swinton: "I am probably a woman"
by Vera von Kreutzbruck - Germany - Tilda Swinton is one of the most talented and captivating artists in current international cinema. She’s also in high demand. Tilda recently finished shooting a Jim Jarmusch film in Spain with Jim Murray...
A Raw Portrait of Police Violence in Rio: Interview with Brazilian director José Padilha
by Vera von Kreutzbruck - Germany - Even before Elite Squad was released commercially in October 2007, the hugely popular film about police violence and corruption in Rio de Janeiro was already a major success in Brazil. Eleven million Brazilians...
Interview with Polish Director Andrzej Wajda: An Elegy for Poland’s Painful Past
by Vera von Kreutzbruck - Germany - Andrzej Wajda was 13 years old when World War II broke out. Together with his mother he lived most of his life in the vain hope that his father might have survived the...
US Leadership Expert Michael Maccoby Discusses Which Candidate Is Best Suited for the Presidency
by Eva Sohlman - Sweden - What kind of leader does tomorrow’s America need? And who among the presidential candidates is best suited to meet the challenges that the next leader of the world’s superpower will face? These are some...
Turn Back South: Immigration Through the Lens of a Bosnian Immigrant
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Though the United States is a country of immigrants, immigration divides the culture and fuels an endless debate clouded by strong emotion on both sides. Over 11.3 million people are living illegally in the...
According to Harold Bloom, “What we are seeing is…the fall of America”
by Eva Sohlman - Sweden - Harold Bloom, Yale literature professor and cultural critic, is one of America’s most prominent and provocative intellectuals. Unabashedly, he has always spoken up for what he calls “the fight for truth and beauty” making...
Filmmaker Wendy Slick Shows That “repressing women’s sexual being is a political issue”
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Including the word “orgasm” in the title of your documentary film is a bold move. After seeing the film Passion and Power: Technology of Orgasm at the Mill Valley Film Festival, I wanted to...
Author Cynthia Reeves Explores Relationships, Language and Dreams in Badlands
by Anna Clark - USA - There comes a time when a reader is starved for something new. A lot of tremendous fiction is being published these days, but most people don’t ever hear about it. In a time when...
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