Episode 11 - Brigid O’Shea - “Down Under”

Episode 11 - Brigid O’Shea - “Down Under”

Photo Credit: Susan Jennichen

[Image Description: Brigid, a white woman with long brown hair swept to one side, is pictured from the torso up. She wears a white t-shirt and black coat. She smiles at the camera. The dark colored brick background is slightly out of focus.]

In this episode, I speak with the Head of Dok Industry Programme at Dok Leipzig and founder of the Documentary Association of Europe (DEA), Brigid O’Shea about what brought the Australian transplant to Germany and the upcoming festival, the oldest documentary festival in the world. Because she is an Aussie, this week’s song is Men at Work’s “Down Under.”

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Episode 10 - Jamie Starboisky - “Live Your Life Be Free”

Episode 10 - Jamie Starboisky - “Live Your Life Be Free”

Photo Credit: Jamie Starboisky [Image Description: Jaime stands against a red brick wall. He has a beard and wears a black sleeveless sweater with white heats, spades, diamonds and a red button shirt.]

In this episode, I speak with director, creative producer, writer Jaime Starboisky about the Queer Media Film Festival and his virtual reality project, Therese & Peta: A Tale of Two-Spirits. In 1991, the two protagonists of the project, Therese & Peta, did a road trip back to Peta’s home on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Because in conversations with Jaime, Peta described that time as a moment they felt free, this week’s song is Belinda Carlisle’s “Live Your Life Be Free.”

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Episode 9 - Claire Aguilar - “A Meeting in the Ladies Room”

Episode 9 - Claire Aguilar - “A Meeting in the Ladies Room”

[Image Description: Claire Aguilar is pictured from the shoulders up She stands in front of a screened window and a multicolored abstract painting. She smiles.]

In this episode, I speak with award-winning film curator, film festival director and television commissioning editor and broadcaster, Claire Aguilar about her career in documentary and her recent work with the American Film Showcase Pakistan. Because we first began working together, we always seem to run into each other to and fro from the restroom, this week’s song is Klymaxx’s R&B classic, “Meeting in the Ladies Room.”

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Episode 6 - Lily Zepeda - “Waterfalls”

Episode 6 - Lily Zepeda - “Waterfalls”

Photo Credit: Lily Zepeda

[Image description: Lily Zepeda pushes her hair back as she stands on a sidewalk. She wears a green top.]

In this week’s episode, I speak with Lily Zepeda, director, producer & writer of Mr. Toilet: The World’s #2 Man. Because she is a self-proclaimed of the child of the nineties, this week’s song is TLC’s “Waterfalls.”

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