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My Rembetika Blues DER PODCAST
Filmmaker Interviews

DER Podcast: Mary Zournazi on MY REMBETIKA BLUES

We recently sat down with filmmaker Mary Zournazi to discuss her new film My Rembetika Blues. Rembetika music, or the Greek blues, is a music born of exile and the streets, developing its roots from the mass migration of people in the early twentieth century.

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DER Podcast: Filmmakers Margo Guernsey and Sara Archambault - What Democracy Looks Like
Filmmaker Interviews

DER Podcast: Margo Guernsey and Sara Archambault on WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE

For this Fiscal Sponsorship Spotlight, we go behind the scenes of the 2020 election with Margo Guernsey and Sara Archambault, Co-Directors and Co-Producers of What Democracy Looks Like. Their film – shot entirely during the pandemic – looks at the experience of election officials in Rhode Island during the 2020 election.

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DER Podcast : Rebecca and Pete Davis on UNRAVELLING AMERICA
Filmmaker Interviews

DER Podcast: Rebecca and Pete Davis on UNRAVELING AMERICA

For this fiscal sponsorship spotlight, we interviewed brother sister duo Rebecca and Pete Davis to discuss their film Unraveling America which explores the life and work of Robert Putnam—acclaimed political and social scientist and author of Bowling Alone.

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DER Podcast: Karim B Haroun on MYSTIC MASS
Filmmaker Interviews

DER Podcast: Karim B Haroun on MYSTIC MASS

Recently, I sat down with Karim Haroun in our office to talk about the making of MYSTIC MASS, his new film documenting the final day of the Ashura ceremony as it is practiced in Nabatiyyeh, Lebanon.

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DER Podcast: Jeff Silva on BALKAN RHAPSODIES
Filmmaker Interviews

DER Podcast: Jeff Silva on BALKAN RHAPSODIES

On one of Boston’s first beautiful spring days of 2015, I had the opportunity to meet with artist, filmmaker, and my former professor, Jeff Silva, to discuss his film, Balkan Rhapsodies: 78 Measures of War. Jeff had been working on his latest project in a dark edit room all day, and my visit was a good excuse for a breath of fresh air.

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DER Podcast: Robbie Leppzer on THE TURNING TIDE COLLECTION
News, Filmmaker Interviews

DER Podcast: Robbie Leppzer on THE TURNING TIDE COLLECTION

Recently, Executive Director Alice Apley sat down here at the DER office with filmmaker Robbie Leppzer to discuss the Turning Tide Collection.

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