Episode 23 - Robert Y. Chang - “Tightrope”

Episode 23 - Robert Y. Chang - “Tightrope”

Photo Credit: Kenneth Pizzo

[Image Description: Robert is pictured from the chest up against a white background. He wears a black suit jacket and a button-down white shirt. His hair is cut short.]

In this episode, I speak with Coordinating Producer at American Documentary/America Reframed, Robert Chang. During our conversation we chat about his Ph.D. in cultural anthropology, America ReFramed’s new season, navigating documentary in the soon-to-be post-COVID world, and get a lesson on how PBS works locally and nationally. Because keeping one’s balance in the documentary world and life is one of the keys to creativity, this week’s song is Janelle Monáe’s “Tightrope".”

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Episode 2 - Emily Cohen Ibañez & Ashley Solis Pavon - "It Takes Two"

Episode 2 - Emily Cohen Ibañez & Ashley Solis Pavon - "It Takes Two"

Photo Credit: Andrew Kemmis Photography

[Image description: Ashley Solis Pavon sits in a chair. She wears a grey sweater and blue jeans. Emily Cohen-Ibañez sits next to her on the arm of the chair to Ashley’s right. She wears a beige sweater, a burgundy blouse, and blue jeans. The background is black.]

In this episode, I speak with director/writer, Emily Cohen Ibañez, and protagonist/writer Ashley Solis Pavon about their upcoming project Fruits of Labor and what it’s like to collaborate on the filmmaking process. Like Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock say, “It Takes Two.” I spoke with them at the 2020 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

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