1. The Double Take: The Two Volcano Films of 2022
A conversation between Topiary and Alisa and featuring special guest Toby Ashworth, debating the virtues and complexities of the phenomenon of two different films being released in the same year about the same people, using material from the same archive. The two films are Sara Dosa’s film Fire of Love (2022) and Werner Herzog’s requiem The Fire Within (2022) about French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft. Mid-way through the episode, Toby Ashworth, an expert on documentaries about geology, joins the conversation to share his knowledge and ideas about the history of volcano films.
2. A Conversation with The Mother of All Lies director Asmae el Moudir
A live recording from the 2024 Sheffield DocFest in which Alisa and Topiary discuss the extraordinary hybrid documentary The Mother of All Lies with acclaimed Moroccan film director Asmae El Moudir. (Episode coming soon…. )
3. Deirdre Boyle on Rithy Panh
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. (Episode coming soon…. )
4. An interview with Italian eco-filmmaker Michelangelo Frammartino
Conducted during the Visible Evidence conference in Italy, Frammartino discusses his two films Le Quattro Volte (2010) and his latest film Il Buco (2021). (Episode coming soon…. )
2. A Conversation with The Mother of All Lies director Asmae el Moudir
A live recording from the 2024 Sheffield DocFest in which Alisa and Topiary discuss the extraordinary hybrid documentary The Mother of All Lies with acclaimed Moroccan film director Asmae El Moudir. (Episode coming soon…. )
4. An interview with Italian eco-filmmaker Michelangelo Frammartino
Conducted during the Visible Evidence conference in Italy, Frammartino discusses his two films Le Quattro Volte (2010) and his latest film Il Buco (2021). (Episode coming soon…. )
