December 21, 2016
Garrett Zevgetis Hacks Normal for a Best and Most Beautiful Film
Craig Phillips in Interviews
While Boston-based filmmaker Garrett Zevgetis has made several short films and worked for PBS's FRONTLINE, Best and Most Beautiful Things is his feature-length debut. Yet he's already been named one of "10…...
July 27, 2016
In the Ring with the USA’s First Women’s Boxing Olympic Gold Medalist
Craig Phillips in Interviews
Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper's film T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold tells the story of Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, who at the 2012 London Olympics became the first American woman to win…...
April 28, 2016
Human Rights Lawyer Philippe Sands Confronts Children of Nazis with Painful Past
Craig Phillips in Behind the Films
While some might call Philippe Sands the on-screen host of My Nazi Legacy, the new film by David Evans that is based on Sands' new book, he's actually the probing,…...
April 27, 2016
Downton Abbey Director David Evans Talks About Nazi Legacy Doc
Craig Phillips in Interviews
Award-winning English director David Evans helmed the feature film Fever Pitch (the original, superior British version about soccer, starring Colin Firth, for which Nick Hornby adapted his best-selling book of the…...
April 14, 2016
Camilla Nielsson Gets Unprecedented Access to a Constitution in the Making
Craig Phillips in Interviews
Filmmaker Camilla Nielsson is based in Denmark but works all over the globe. Her previous films were set in Afghanistan, Mumbai, and Darfur. Then she turned her attention to Zimbabwe to capture an important and tumultuous period in its political…...
March 31, 2016
“Leith” Filmmakers Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker Capture a Town in a Powderkeg
Craig Phillips in Behind the Films
Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker have produced eye-popping, gritty fare before, including an acclaimed film about street dancing, Flex Is Kings, and the HBO film Hard Times: Lost in Long Island…...
March 23, 2016
Tyler Measom and Justin Weinstein Unlock the Mystery of James “The Amazing” Randi
Craig Phillips in Interviews
As famous a skeptic as he is a magician, James "The Amazing" Randi has led a life full of magic and mystery, as much off the stage as on it,…...
February 25, 2016
June Cross Tells the Story of a Family Fighting HIV in South Carolina
Craig Phillips in Interviews
June Cross, who has two national Emmys and two duPont-Columbia Journalism Awards to her credit and is the founder of the Documentary Program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism,…...
February 23, 2016
Lyric Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe Capture an FBI Informant
Craig Phillips in Interviews
To do a film about an undercover FBI anti-terror sting is already tricky territory to navigate, but filmmakers Lyric Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe infiltrated even deeper. In (T)ERROR, they gained unprecedented…...
February 11, 2016
Stanley Nelson Reveals the Real Black Panther Party
Craig Phillips in Interviews
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson, who won an Emmy for the PBS documentary The Murder of Emmett Till, three Emmys for Freedom Riders, and made an acclaimed film about Marcus Garvey, has for years…...
February 06, 2016
Nelson George Captures the Poise of Misty Copeland to Tell a Ballerina’s Tale
Independent Lens in Behind the Films
Author, filmmaker, television producer, and critic Nelson George may have worn a lot of hats in his long career, but his love for music has been constant throughout. He's published numerous non-fiction…...
January 30, 2016
Renee Tajima-Peña on the Women of the Madrigal vs Quilligan Case
Craig Phillips in Interviews
Filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary for her film Who Killed Vincent Chin?, which aired on PBS back in 1989. She's hardly sat still since then;…...