The GOOD DOCS Blog – Page 26

Feb 08, 2017

Cecilia Aldarondo on the Move From Critic to Filmmaker, and Why the AIDS Crisis Still Matters

In Part 1 of this interview we explored how Cecilia Aldarondo turned the camera on her family for Memories of a Penitent Heart. Read it here. We continue the conversation below. REQUEST A GOOD TALK WITH CECILIA ALDARONDO Can you talk about how your...

Feb 08, 2017

Cecilia Aldarondo on Turning the Camera on Family for Memories of a Penitent Heart

Read part two of our interview with Cecilia Aldarondo here. REQUEST A GOOD TALK WITH CECILIA ALDARONDO How would you describe Memories of a Penitent Heart? It is an excavation of the buried conflict in my family around my Uncle Miguel’s death....

Nov 04, 2016

Virginia Espino Speaks About Uncovering LA's Dark History of Forced Sterilization in No Más Bebés

Virginia Espino discusses how she discovered her hometown's dark history of forced sterilization in grad school and how life lead her to make her first documentary about the untold injustice with Renee Tajima-Peña, which continues to add to the ongoing conversation...

Nov 04, 2016

Director Rodrigo Reyes on Re-imagining the Challenges of the Immigrant Experience in Lupe Under the Sun

Rodrigo Reyes speaks on the path and pain of migrant workers, and why he believes it's more crucial than ever to humanize those at the center of this national conversation. REQUEST A GOOD TALK WITH RODRIGO REYES Where did you draw your...

Sep 22, 2016

Keith Fulton & Lou Pepe's Sundance Award Winning Film The Bad Kids: Featuring Principal Vonda Viland on Changing At-Risk Students Lives

What do you do with students whom the system deems lost causes? Filmmakers Keith Fulton and Lou Pepe Sundance Award-Winning film The Bad Kids tackles this question by taking us inside Black Rock High School in the Mojave Desert, an...