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Rough Cut

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Conversations with documentary filmmakers and video journalists about their creative process—successes, failures, and what they’ve learned along the way. Created by the global filmmaking collective The Video Consortium, Rough Cut is a guide to navigating today’s ever-changing media landscape.

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Alexandria Bombach on how filmmakers should portray stories of trauma and why she edits her own films 06.03.2019 37:21

Alexandria Bombach is a cinematographer, editor and director from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her feature-length documentary ON HER SHOULDERS follows Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi woman who survived genocide and sexual slavery by ISIS. Now free, Nadia must navigate the bureaucracy and fame of being a human rights figure. Bombach gives insight on how filmmakers and the media should portray stories of...

Jon Kasbe on shooting vs editing and what it's like to watch his own film in a theater 20.02.2019 35:43

Jon Kasbe is a documentary filmmaker based in New York. His new film, When Lambs Become Lions won Best Editing in Tribeca Film Festival’s Documentary competition. Check out Jon’s work at https://jonkasbe.com/ Learn more about When Lambs Become Lions at http://www.whenlambs.com/ For more info on Rough Cut visit https://www.roughcutpodcast.com/ Jennie Butler on Instagram @jen_but Sky Dylan-Robbins o...

Erin Lee Carr on how to pitch a documentary to HBO and lessons from her dad, David Carr 25.01.2019 41:00

Erin Lee Carr is a New York-based director, producer and writer. Her debut film, Thought Crimes, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and Hot Docs in 2015 and aired on HBO that May. Her hit film Mommy Dead and Dearest had its world premiere at SXSW and Hot Docs Film Festival in 2017 and aired on HBO May 15, 2017. Variety named Erin one of 10 "documentarians to watch" in 2015, and she w...

Spencer Chumbley on shooting in war zones and the benefits of being self-taught 25.01.2019 32:12

Spencer Chumbley is a freelance non-fiction cinematographer and producer focused on news and documentary. He has extensive field experience working in hostile and sensitive environments for production focused on human rights, conflict and social justice. In 2018, segments Chumbley filmed for VICE News Tonight on HBO were nominated for the News and Documentary Emmy Awards. He was a segment director...