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Rough Cut
Conversations with documentary filmmakers and video journalists about their creative process—successes, failures, and what they’ve learned along the way. Created by the global filmmaking col...
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Handmade in the Age of AI
We sat down with the award-winning and meticulously creative Canadian filmmaker Charlie Tyrell, co-director of The AI Doc: Or How I Became a...
Who Gets to Write the Rules of AI?
What if the future of AI in the creative industry isn’t inevitable? We chatted with Ted Tremper, producer, director, and writer whose credit...
How to Go Viral: Takeaways from the Mamdani campaign, Subway Takes & More
On this episode of Rough Cut, VC Executive Director, Sky Dylan-Robbins, talks with filmmaker Anthony DiMieri about his unconventional path a...
Changing the Frame: Equity, Empathy, and the Global Documentary Culture
Leonard Cortana, the Inclusion Program and Strategic Partnerships Manager at EURODOC joins Rough Cut, with guest host Keisha Knight, founder...
A Mile From Home: Reporting in Minneapolis with Katie G. Nelson
In this episode of Rough Cut, we explore the powerful intersection of professional duty and personal history with Emmy-nominated journalist...
Raney Aronson-Rath Reflects On Ten Years Leading Frontline
In this compelling episode of Rough Cut, esteemed journalist and VC Board member Kevin Merida, former Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Ti...
The Art of Resistance: Navigating Scarcity and Chaos in Latin American Cinema
In this episode of Rough Cut , guest host Andrea Arauz sits down with Mexican filmmaker and SSP fellow Viviana Zuñiga to deconstruct the evo...
Intimate Narratives: Kristin Feeley with the “Holding Liat” team on Collaboration and Community
In this episode of Rough Cut, we sit down with the award-winning filmmaking duo Brandon Kramer and Lance Kramer. Through stories from their...
Best Seat in the House: Behind the Lens with the LA Sparks Videographer Alicia Ramirez
Step courtside with Los Angeles Sparks Videographer Alicia Ramirez! In this episode of Rough Cut, hosted by producer Lauren Mahoney, Alicia...
Activism, Art, and the Business of Documentary Film with Jarod Neece and Nicholas Bruckman
SHOW NOTES: Documentary filmmaker Nicholas Bruckman, along with guest host Jarod Neece, senior programmer at the Tribeca Festival, take a de...
Trust, TikTok, and the Future of News with Ryan Kellett and Dave Jorgenson
In this episode, Rough Cut dives deep with journalist and video creator Dave Jorgenson, co-founder of Local News International and the maste...
Trust Through Transparency: Rethinking Pay and Power in Documentary
In this episode of Rough Cut , Sweta Vohra and Emma Alpert from Multitude Films—an independent production company dedicated to transformativ...
From Grassroots to Netflix: Inside the Join or Die Impact Campaign
In this episode of Rough Cut , guest host Caitlin Boyle sits down with filmmaker Rebecca Davis to discuss the journey behind Join or Die , t...
Digging Through Time and Truth: Archival Ethics in the Age of AI
On this episode of Rough Cut, host Daniel Chávez-Ontiveros sits down with archival producer Stephanie Jenkins, whose work with filmmaker Ken...
Filming Family: The Ethics of Documenting Loved Ones with Ondi Timoner
Michael Werner returns to Rough Cut and sits down with filmmaker Ondi Timoner to discuss the unique challenges involved in making documentar...
Framing the Artist: Inside Nathan-ism with Dennis Scholl and Elan Golod
On this episode of Rough Cut, artist and filmmaker Dennis Scholl speaks with Elan Golod about his new documentary Nathan-ism, and the compli...
Filming a documentary on an iPhone: Ann Collins with Sandra Luckow
On this episode of Rough Cut, filmmaker and editor Ann Collins talks to director Sandra Luckow about her new feature doc, Vanishing: A Love...
Journalism in the Age of Vertical Video with Brandon Graves and Kamaria Roberts
On this episode of Rough Cut, Brandon Graves and Kamaria Roberts—Video Consortium’s Newsroom Collective team—unpack video as a crucial tool...
The Vital Power of Local Stories: Kevin Merida and Dawn Porter
In this episode of Rough Cut, esteemed journalist and VC Board member Kevin Merida, former Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Times, sits d...