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Home / Podcasts / Ep. 123: Sundance 2022: Creative nonfiction

Seventh Row Editors / February 16, 2022

Ep. 123: Sundance 2022: Creative nonfiction

Alex & Orla discuss the highlight of Sundance 2022: creative nonfiction. We discuss active listening, reframing history, and a risk taking volcanologist couple.

Four stills from creative nonfiction films at Sundance22, clockwise from top left: Director Sam Green holidng a boom mic in 32 Sounds; a man tends to an injured black kite bird in All That Breathes, a woman wearing a scarf and sunglasses in Framing Agnes, and volcanologist in front of a lava flow in Fire of Love
Clockwise from top left: 32 Sounds; All That Breathes, Framing Agnes, & Fire of Love

This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney and Executive Editor Orla Smith

On this episode:

  • Related episodes (1:26)
  • Sundance overview (4:22)
  • 32 Sounds (Sam Green) (8:59)
  • Reframing history: Framing Agnes (Chase Joynt), The Janes (Tia Lessin), & Tantura (Alon Schwarz) (29:27)
  • I Didn’t See You There (Reid Davenport) (44:10)
  • Fire of Love (Sara Dosa) (47:34)
  • All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen) & Mija (Isabel Castro) (52:51)
  • Conclusion (57:31)

Notes

  • Read our selections of the 10 best films of Sundance 2022
  • Read Orla’s interview with Director Chase Joynt and co-writer Morgan M Page about Framing Agnes
  • Read Orla’s review of Reid Davenport’s I Didn’t See You There
  • Read Orla’s review of Isabel Castro’s Mija
  • Read Orla’s review of Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes
  • View a online version of Joe Bini and Maya Daisy Hawke’s Little Ethiopia
  • For more on creative nonfiction, purchase our ebook Subjective realities: The art of creative nonfiction film. Subjective realities is a six part ebook composed of interviews and essays. Discover the myriad forms of nonfiction filmmaking, from animation to archival and beyond, and find out what funding structures exist to make them possible.
  • The episode’s transcript is auto-generated and contains minor errors

Related Episodes

  • Ep. 105: Subjective realities: The art of creative nonfiction film
  • Ep. 95: No Ordinary Man and John Ware Reclaimed: Reclaiming history in documentary (Members Only)
  • Ep. 78: Sundance 2021, part 1 (Members Only)
  • Ep. 79: Sundance 2021, part 2 (Members Only)

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