Mr. Soul! director/writer Melissa Haizlip on telling the story of Ellis Haizlip, co-creator and host of the groundbreaking program Soul!: “To really understand who he was as a regular person, also to understand his ambition as somewhat of an unsung hero and a queer icon and a broadcast pioneer.”
Colouring outside the lines Harrison Atkins on guerilla filmmaking, expanding options in cinema, and Sour Minnows
The yearning Corrin Evans, Lily Cowles, Jeff Wahlberg and Michael Vlamis on Corpus
Levelling up Saïd Boumazoughe and Bob Colaers about Attack On Paradise
Two roads, diverged Pascale Bussières and Wiebke von Carolsfeld on Someone’s Daughter
Gangster on the dancefloor Yu Nakamoto and Akito Fujii on dancing, fighting and Break Free
A graveyard smash Larry Fessenden and Aitana Doyle discuss Trauma Or, Monsters All
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