The GOOD DOCS Blog – Page 10

Oct 21, 2021

'TIL KINGDOM COME filmmakers Maya Zinshtein & Abie Troen on creating a film about the complex and powerful alliance between American Evangelicals and Israel

'TIL KINGDOM COME exposes the unusual relationship between American Evangelicals and the State of Israel. Filmmakers Maya Zinshtein and Abie Troen speak on their backgrounds as an Israeli filmmakers and what they hope audiences will take away from the film. Interview Questions by Madalyn Harris Can...

Oct 21, 2021

SELLING LIES filmmaker Leslie Iwerks on disinformation in 2016 and its ramifications today

SELLING LIES offers a rare glimpse inside the secret network behind websites profiting off sensationalized and misleading news stories about American politics leading up to the 2016 presidential election. Director & producer Leslie Iwerks speaks on the vast disinformation then and the...

Oct 21, 2021

CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIAL BULLY filmmaker Lisa Cohen brings a new perspective to bullying

Filmmaker Lisa Cohen spoke with GOOD DOCS intern Danielle Pacione about her motivations and experiences filming CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIAL BULLY and how the documentary fits into the broader conversations on bullying prevention education. Tell us about this project. Where did...

Oct 21, 2021

Music and family caught between U.S.-Cuba relations: LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS filmmakers Marcia Jarmel, Ken Schneider, and virtuoso Ilmar Gavilán discuss new documentary

LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS tracks the parallel lives of virtuoso Afro-Cuban-born brothers—violinist Ilmar and pianist Aldo— who live on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a half-century wide. GOOD DOCS intern Katrina Jacinto sat down with Marcia Jarmel (Director/Producer), Ken Schneider...

Oct 21, 2021

LANDFALL Filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo details the process and emotional impact of addressing collective trauma in Puerto Rico in Hurricane María's aftermath

Filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo sits down with GOOD DOCS intern Sage Wallace-Williams to discuss her film LANDFALL. What is LANDFALL film about?LANDFALL is about Hurricane María’s aftermath, and it goes beyond the global headlines around the category five hurricane. From the...