A podcast about all things documentary
Alisa interviews Deirdre Boyle on the occasion of the publication of her remarkable and important new book “Ferryman of Memories: The Films of Rithy Pahn” about the legendary Cambodian filmmaker and his work. Continue ReadingDeirdre Boyle on filmmaker Rithy Pahn
An interview by Alisa with the acclaimed Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Frammartino during his appearance at the Visible Evidence conference in Udine, Italy in July 2023. Continue ReadingMichelangelo Frammartino
A live recording of our conversation with the Moroccan director of “The Mother of All Lies,” Asmae El Moudir, at the 2024 Sheffield Docfest. Continue ReadingA Conversation with Asmae El Moudir
A conversation between Topiary and Alisa as we debate the virtues and complexities of these two different films about French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft that are created with the same archive of imagery. Mid-way through the episode, we are joined by our special guest, Toby Ashworth, an expert on documentaries about geology. Toby brings his knowledge about the history of volcano films to our discussion of the uncanny relationship between Sara Dosa’s film Fire of Love (2022) and Werner Herzog’s requiem The Fire Within (2022). Continue ReadingThe Double Take—Two Volcano Films from 2022