Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new book Walking With Sam, fear, success and the 80’s, relationships and isolation, acting, travel and family, generosity, finding our way back home and why it’s so revealing and important to take one step at a time. More about Andrew here and the book is Available now!Photo credit: Jesse DittmarAbout the Book:An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir following New York Times bestselling author and actor Andrew McCarthy as he walks the Camino de Santiago with his son Sam.When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood, McCarthy found himself wishing time would slow down. Looking to create a more meaningful connection with Sam before he fled the nest, as well as recreate his own life-altering journey decades before, McCarthy decided the two of them should set out on a trek like few others: 500 miles across Spain's Camino de Santiago. Over the course of the journey, the pair traversed an unforgiving landscape, having more honest conversations in five weeks than they'd had in the preceding two decades. Discussions of divorce, the trauma of school, McCarthy's difficult relationship with his own father, fame, and Flaming Hot Cheetos threatened to either derail their relationship or cement it.Walking With Sam captures this intimate, candid and hopeful expedition as the father son duo travel across the country and towards one another.About Andrew:Andrew McCarthy is a director, an award-winning travel writer, and—of course—an actor. He made his professional début at 19 in Class, and has appeared in dozens of films, including such iconic movies as Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo’s Fire, Less Than Zero, and cult favorites Weekend At Bernie’s and Mannequin. His memoir chronicling this time, BRAT: An ‘80s Story (order here), became a New York Times Bestseller in 2021.Andrew has directed nearly a hundred hours of television, including The Blacklist, Grace and Frankie, New Amsterdam, Orange is the New Black, and many others.For a dozen years Andrew served as an editor-at-large with National Geographic Traveler magazine. He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Time, Travel+Leisure, Town &amp; Country, Men’s Journal, Bon Appetit, and many others. He was named Travel Journalist of the Year by The Society of American Travel Writers, as well as serving as guest editor of the prestigious Best American Travel Writing anthology.Andrew is the author of a travel memoir, The Longest Way Home, Brat: An 80’s Story, and a Just Fly Away — all New York Times bestsellers. He lives inNew York.Image Copyright: Jesse DittmarF2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew McCarthy and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new book Walking With Sam, fear, success and the 80’s, relationships and isolation, acting, travel and family, generosity, finding our way back home and why it’s so revealing and important to take one step at a time. More about Andrew here and the book is <a href="https://andrewmccarthy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Available now</a>!Photo credit: Jesse DittmarAbout the Book:An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir following New York Times bestselling author and actor Andrew McCarthy as he walks the Camino de Santiago with his son Sam.When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood, McCarthy found himself wishing time would slow down. Looking to create a more meaningful connection with Sam before he fled the nest, as well as recreate his own life-altering journey decades before, McCarthy decided the two of them should set out on a trek like few others: 500 miles across Spain's Camino de Santiago. Over the course of the journey, the pair traversed an unforgiving landscape, having more honest conversations in five weeks than they'd had in the preceding two decades. Discussions of divorce, the trauma of school, McCarthy's difficult relationship with his own father, fame, and Flaming Hot Cheetos threatened to either derail their relationship or cement it.Walking With Sam captures this intimate, candid and hopeful expedition as the father son duo travel across the country and towards one another.About Andrew:Andrew McCarthy is a director, an award-winning travel writer, and—of course—an actor. He made his professional début at 19 in Class, and has appeared in dozens of films, including such iconic movies as Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo’s Fire, Less Than Zero, and cult favorites Weekend At Bernie’s and Mannequin. His memoir chronicling this time, BRAT: An ‘80s Story (order here), became a New York Times Bestseller in 2021.Andrew has directed nearly a hundred hours of television, including The Blacklist, Grace and Frankie, New Amsterdam, Orange is the New Black, and many others.For a dozen years Andrew served as an editor-at-large with National Geographic Traveler magazine. He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Time, Travel+Leisure, Town &amp; Country, Men’s Journal, Bon Appetit, and many others. He was named Travel Journalist of the Year by The Society of American Travel Writers, as well as serving as guest editor of the prestigious Best American Travel Writing anthology.Andrew is the author of a travel memoir, The Longest Way Home, Brat: An 80’s Story, and a Just Fly Away — all New York Times bestsellers. He lives inNew York.Image Copyright: Jesse DittmarF2F Music and Image Copyright: <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Peck</a> and <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Face2Face</a>. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Andrew McCarthy, Success & Family

Robert Osbourne and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Malcolm is Missing, tenacity and passionate commitment to a cause, justice and corruption, family and why sometimes pushing back against the system is necessary.TrailerWatch on CBC GemSynopsis:Malcom is Missing, from Canadian documentarians Robert Osborne and Jari Osborne, is an affecting and suspenseful portrait of a daughter who wouldn’t give up, and a corruption-riddled system of justice - a country where 100,000 people go missing every year and 95% of violent crimes are never solved. In between the moments of investigative discovery, Malcom is Missing paints a picture of a strained but loving family, a man-child of a father who left Brooke’s life early, but maintained a bond that compelled her to find out his fate. We see his odd collection of miniatures, including a mechanical “Curiosity Shop,” and gradually get a sense of a man who’s a curious combination of guarded and suspicious yet oddly naïve and trusting. "I am always amazed and inspired by how passionate and articulate so-called “ordinary” people can be,” says co-director Jari Osborne. “Brooke is no exception. In fact, in every way, I find Brooke remarkable--as is her story. Malcom is Missing is certainly a true crime thriller. But at its heart, beats the story of a brilliant, elusive--and flawed—father, and the daughter who would rescue him and find herself profoundly changed." On April 14, 2023, four-and-a-half years after he disappeared, Malcom’s killers were finally convicted in a Mexican court—Marcela, Martin and Andres each received sentences of 56 years.About Robert:Robert Osborne is the Senior Producer of Dam Builder Productions. He brings to the table more than 30 years of working in long format television. For much of that time he was an investigative journalist working for CTV, CBC and Global Television.In 2012 Robert changed course and began to work exclusively in the field of documentaries--combining his experience as a journalist with new expertise he acquired as a Director, Producer and Writer. The amalgamation of those skills have led to a pair of well-regarded investigative documentaries.Robert has won more than half a dozen RTNDA Awards, a CAJ Award and an Award of Merit from the Governor General. He has been nominated several times for Gemini awards and been part of a team that won two. In 2012 he was nominated for a CSA Award for Unlocking Alex. In 2018 he won a CSA for best writing in a documentary.Image Copyright: Robert Osbourne &amp; Dambuilder Productions.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Osbourne and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Malcolm is Missing, tenacity and passionate commitment to a cause, justice and corruption, family and why sometimes pushing back against the system is necessary.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKqUUMe3lq8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a>Watch on <a href="https://gem.cbc.ca/malcom-is-missing" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CBC Gem</a>Synopsis:Malcom is Missing, from Canadian documentarians Robert Osborne and Jari Osborne, is an affecting and suspenseful portrait of a daughter who wouldn’t give up, and a corruption-riddled system of justice - a country where 100,000 people go missing every year and 95% of violent crimes are never solved. In between the moments of investigative discovery, Malcom is Missing paints a picture of a strained but loving family, a man-child of a father who left Brooke’s life early, but maintained a bond that compelled her to find out his fate. We see his odd collection of miniatures, including a mechanical “Curiosity Shop,” and gradually get a sense of a man who’s a curious combination of guarded and suspicious yet oddly naïve and trusting. "I am always amazed and inspired by how passionate and articulate so-called “ordinary” people can be,” says co-director Jari Osborne. “Brooke is no exception. In fact, in every way, I find Brooke remarkable--as is her story. Malcom is Missing is certainly a true crime thriller. But at its heart, beats the story of a brilliant, elusive--and flawed—father, and the daughter who would rescue him and find herself profoundly changed." On April 14, 2023, four-and-a-half years after he disappeared, Malcom’s killers were finally convicted in a Mexican court—Marcela, Martin and Andres each received sentences of 56 years.About Robert:Robert Osborne is the Senior Producer of Dam Builder Productions. He brings to the table more than 30 years of working in long format television. For much of that time he was an investigative journalist working for CTV, CBC and Global Television.In 2012 Robert changed course and began to work exclusively in the field of documentaries--combining his experience as a journalist with new expertise he acquired as a Director, Producer and Writer. The amalgamation of those skills have led to a pair of well-regarded investigative documentaries.Robert has won more than half a dozen RTNDA Awards, a CAJ Award and an Award of Merit from the Governor General. He has been nominated several times for Gemini awards and been part of a team that won two. In 2012 he was nominated for a CSA Award for Unlocking Alex. In 2018 he won a CSA for best writing in a documentary.Image Copyright: Robert Osbourne &amp; Dambuilder Productions.F2F Music and Image Copyright: <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Peck</a> and <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Face2Face</a>. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Family, Corruption & Justice

Tonje Hessen Schei and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Praying For Armageddon, the power of persuasion, our addiction to certainty, hope, empire and power, fundamentalism, extremism and violence, and the power of the people.Watch the Trailer.Synopsis:Praying for Armageddon is a political thriller that reveals the power and influence of U.S. fundamentalist Evangelicals, as they aim to fulfill the Armageddon prophecy. With close quarters journalism, this feature documentary embeds with American believers who prepare for The Holy war and exposes how powerful megachurch pastors call for the 'final battle' that they believe will trigger the Second Coming of Christ. A deep dive into power and policy, this film unveils how politicians driven by faith embrace Israel as the key to their prophetic vision for the end of days. At any cost.Praying for Armageddon investigates the dangerous consequences of the fusion between Evangelical Christianity and American politics. Stark and gripping in approach, this film not only reveals how structures of fundamentalism weaken the very fabric of American democracy, but also highlights the devastating impact religion wields on U.S. foreign policy. Praying for Armageddon uncovers how the Evangelicals fuel the volatile situation in Israel and Palestine - ultimately escalating the spirals of violence in the Middle East. From the grassroots to megachurch empires and the dark backrooms in Washington D.C., this film goes inside a movement that ultimately aims to destroy our civilization.About Tonja:Tonje Hessen Schei is an award-winning documentary director who has worked with independent documentary since 1996. Her films mostly take on international issues that questions systems of power that shape our world. With political thrillers Tonje has investigated the CIAs drone war, the artificial intelligence revolution, and the consequences of the influence of Evangelical fundamentalists in the US.Tonje is the director of Praying for Armageddon, a political thriller on the fundamentalist U.S. Evangelical ́s power and influence as they work to speed up the end times and fulfill the Armageddon prophecy. She is also the director of iHUMAN, a political thriller from the inside of the AI revolution, which premiered at IDFA 2019, with sold-out theaters and a Doc Talk with Edward Snowden. iHUMAN won Best Norwegian Documentary at HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival, 2020. The film had special high level panel debates at the Berlinale and Cannes 2019 and has screened at the UN and EU.Tonje directed Drone, Play Again and Independent Intervention, which both won several international awards. The films have been screened on all continents in over 100 countries and are used by schools and universities globally.Image Copyright: UpNorth Films and Tonje Hessen Schei.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tonje Hessen Schei and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Praying For Armageddon, the power of persuasion, our addiction to certainty, hope, empire and power, fundamentalism, extremism and violence, and the power of the people.Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oQwFObkw8c" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a>.Synopsis:Praying for Armageddon is a political thriller that reveals the power and influence of U.S. fundamentalist Evangelicals, as they aim to fulfill the Armageddon prophecy. With close quarters journalism, this feature documentary embeds with American believers who prepare for The Holy war and exposes how powerful megachurch pastors call for the 'final battle' that they believe will trigger the Second Coming of Christ. A deep dive into power and policy, this film unveils how politicians driven by faith embrace Israel as the key to their prophetic vision for the end of days. At any cost.Praying for Armageddon investigates the dangerous consequences of the fusion between Evangelical Christianity and American politics. Stark and gripping in approach, this film not only reveals how structures of fundamentalism weaken the very fabric of American democracy, but also highlights the devastating impact religion wields on U.S. foreign policy. Praying for Armageddon uncovers how the Evangelicals fuel the volatile situation in Israel and Palestine - ultimately escalating the spirals of violence in the Middle East. From the grassroots to megachurch empires and the dark backrooms in Washington D.C., this film goes inside a movement that ultimately aims to destroy our civilization.About Tonja:Tonje Hessen Schei is an award-winning documentary director who has worked with independent documentary since 1996. Her films mostly take on international issues that questions systems of power that shape our world. With political thrillers Tonje has investigated the CIAs drone war, the artificial intelligence revolution, and the consequences of the influence of Evangelical fundamentalists in the US.Tonje is the director of Praying for Armageddon, a political thriller on the fundamentalist U.S. Evangelical ́s power and influence as they work to speed up the end times and fulfill the Armageddon prophecy. She is also the director of iHUMAN, a political thriller from the inside of the AI revolution, which premiered at IDFA 2019, with sold-out theaters and a Doc Talk with Edward Snowden. iHUMAN won Best Norwegian Documentary at HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival, 2020. The film had special high level panel debates at the Berlinale and Cannes 2019 and has screened at the UN and EU.Tonje directed Drone, Play Again and Independent Intervention, which both won several international awards. The films have been screened on all continents in over 100 countries and are used by schools and universities globally.Image Copyright: UpNorth Films and Tonje Hessen Schei.F2F Music and Image Copyright: <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Peck</a> and <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Face2Face</a>. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Armageddon, Politics & Prophecy

Emil Langballe, Lukasz Konopa and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Theatre of Violence, Christianity and conflict, radicalization,nature versus nurture, restorative justice, government oppression, and why retributive justice doesn’t work.Watch the trailer here and head to Hot Docs for more information.Synopsis:Can you be an executioner and a victim at the same time? At the age of 9, Ayena's client, Dominique Ongwen, became one of at least 20.000 children abducted by rebel leader Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda. Ongwen was brainwashed by Kony, who used a combination of Christianity, witchcraft and torture to turn the children into loyal LRA soldiers in the rebellion against president, Yoweri Museveni.Ongwen quickly learned that it was a matter of kill or be killed - and he rose to the rank of commander before one day surrendering to the authorities and the following prosecution in The Hague. He is charged with 70 different counts of crimes, including torture, rape and murder. But his defence lawyer, Ayena, wants him acquitted because he believes Ongwen is not responsible for the way his life turned out. In addition, the outcome of the trial threatens to reopen old wounds at home in Uganda seeing that Ongwen and the LRA are part of the Acholi people of northern Uganda, where Kony founded his brutal army in response to the equally brutal crackdown on the Acholi people by the incumbent president, Museveni. Personally, Ayena has a lot at stake. He must not only get justice for his client and his people - but also try to explain to the Western-based International Criminal Court what kind of country Uganda is, and what the potential consequences of the verdict might be.About Emil and Lukasz:Lukasz Konopa has a master’s degree in Documentary Film Directing from the UK’s National Film and Television School (NFTS) and an MA in sociology from the University of Warsaw, Poland.His documentaries have been featured at festivals, such as Hot Docs, Camerimage, Visions du Reel and SXSW. His film After won the CILECT Best Documentary film award, which is chosen by the association of the world’s major film and television schools. Currently splitting his time between Tel Aviv, where he works as a cinematographer on documentaries produced by one of Israel’s top production companies, Heymann Brothers Films; and Denmark where he has just completed his first feature length documentary with Made in Copenhagen.Emil Langballe graduated from UK's National Film and Television School in 2013. His graduation film Beach Boy was honoured at such film festivals as Karlovy Vary, Thessaloniki, Tampere and Hot Docs. The Wait premiered at IDFA. His latest films Q's Barbershop and A Married Couple both premiered in competition at CPH: DOX.Image Copyright: Emil Langballe, Lukasz Konopa &amp; Dogwoof Films.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emil Langballe, Lukasz Konopa and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Theatre of Violence, Christianity and conflict, radicalization,nature versus nurture, restorative justice, government oppression, and why retributive justice doesn’t work.Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceN6R5167D4" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">trailer here</a> and head to <a href="https://hotdocs.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Hot Docs</a> for more information.Synopsis:Can you be an executioner and a victim at the same time? At the age of 9, Ayena's client, Dominique Ongwen, became one of at least 20.000 children abducted by rebel leader Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda. Ongwen was brainwashed by Kony, who used a combination of Christianity, witchcraft and torture to turn the children into loyal LRA soldiers in the rebellion against president, Yoweri Museveni.Ongwen quickly learned that it was a matter of kill or be killed - and he rose to the rank of commander before one day surrendering to the authorities and the following prosecution in The Hague. He is charged with 70 different counts of crimes, including torture, rape and murder. But his defence lawyer, Ayena, wants him acquitted because he believes Ongwen is not responsible for the way his life turned out. In addition, the outcome of the trial threatens to reopen old wounds at home in Uganda seeing that Ongwen and the LRA are part of the Acholi people of northern Uganda, where Kony founded his brutal army in response to the equally brutal crackdown on the Acholi people by the incumbent president, Museveni. Personally, Ayena has a lot at stake. He must not only get justice for his client and his people - but also try to explain to the Western-based International Criminal Court what kind of country Uganda is, and what the potential consequences of the verdict might be.About Emil and Lukasz:Lukasz Konopa has a master’s degree in Documentary Film Directing from the UK’s National Film and Television School (NFTS) and an MA in sociology from the University of Warsaw, Poland.His documentaries have been featured at festivals, such as Hot Docs, Camerimage, Visions du Reel and SXSW. His film After won the CILECT Best Documentary film award, which is chosen by the association of the world’s major film and television schools. Currently splitting his time between Tel Aviv, where he works as a cinematographer on documentaries produced by one of Israel’s top production companies, Heymann Brothers Films; and Denmark where he has just completed his first feature length documentary with Made in Copenhagen.Emil Langballe graduated from UK's National Film and Television School in 2013. His graduation film Beach Boy was honoured at such film festivals as Karlovy Vary, Thessaloniki, Tampere and Hot Docs. The Wait premiered at IDFA. His latest films Q's Barbershop and A Married Couple both premiered in competition at CPH: DOX.Image Copyright: Emil Langballe, Lukasz Konopa &amp; Dogwoof Films.F2F Music and Image Copyright: <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Peck</a> and <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Face2Face</a>. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Uganda, Trauma & Justice

Christian Einshøj and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film The Mountains, Super Nintendo, anxiety, depression, memory, family photography andtrauma, existentialism, expectations and the experience of pure joy.Watch the trailer here and head to Hot Docs for more information.'Synopsis:Two decades after the tragic death of his brother, the director Christian Einshøj's family is falling apart. But when his overworked CEO dad is unexpectedly let off anddecides to sell the family home, Christian goes back home in a final desperate attempt to assemble the family and recover what is lost.Armed with 30 years of home-video, 75,000 family photos and three tightly fit superhero costumes, he ventures into landscapes of long-lost time, in an attempt toconfront a 25-year-old tragedy, and the hidden wounds left in its wake. It's a story of fathers and sons, of vast collections of stamps and amateur videography, of longdistance business-class flights and all the other ways in which we flee, instead of talking about that which hurts – and of the redemption that can follow when thesilence is eventually breached.About Christian:Christian Einshøj is a self-taught director and film editor born in Denmark in 1985 but raised in a Norwegian suburb. His editing credits include Bodil and the award winning Q’s Barbershop.In 2018 his short doc Haunted was awarded Best International Short at HotDocs and went on to play at festivals around the world. The Mountains is his first feature film.Image Copyright and Credit: Christian Einshøj.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christian Einshøj and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film The Mountains, Super Nintendo, anxiety, depression, memory, family photography andtrauma, existentialism, expectations and the experience of pure joy.Watch the <a href="https://vimeo.com/814513821" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">trailer here</a> and head to <a href="https://hotdocs.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Hot Docs</a> for more information.'Synopsis:Two decades after the tragic death of his brother, the director Christian Einshøj's family is falling apart. But when his overworked CEO dad is unexpectedly let off anddecides to sell the family home, Christian goes back home in a final desperate attempt to assemble the family and recover what is lost.Armed with 30 years of home-video, 75,000 family photos and three tightly fit superhero costumes, he ventures into landscapes of long-lost time, in an attempt toconfront a 25-year-old tragedy, and the hidden wounds left in its wake. It's a story of fathers and sons, of vast collections of stamps and amateur videography, of longdistance business-class flights and all the other ways in which we flee, instead of talking about that which hurts – and of the redemption that can follow when thesilence is eventually breached.About Christian:Christian Einshøj is a self-taught director and film editor born in Denmark in 1985 but raised in a Norwegian suburb. His editing credits include Bodil and the award winning Q’s Barbershop.In 2018 his short doc Haunted was awarded Best International Short at HotDocs and went on to play at festivals around the world. The Mountains is his first feature film.Image Copyright and Credit: Christian Einshøj.F2F Music and Image Copyright: <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Peck</a> and <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Face2Face</a>. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Nintendo, Family & Pure Joy

Lewis Cohen and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new show Truth and Lies, Conspiracies, Propaganda, the supposed Age of Reason, facts and Fake News, history and how it repeats itself and why we need to be on our guard.Watch the series here.Blurb:Since the dawn of civilization, people in power have played with the truth, danced with deception, and altered reality to suit their interests. Truth and Lies is an ambitious new TVO documentary series that explores the most dramatic present-day and historical examples of facts being bent, twisted and reshaped as a means of achieving influence and control.About Lewis:Lewis Cohen is an Emmy Award-winning writer, producer and director. His documentaries and television series have been broadcast in Canada, the US, UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Australia, South America and China. For the last two years, Lewis has been producing Fighting Words, a globe-trotting feature doc about three pioneering artists pushing back against political polarization. Prior to that, he was a showrunner at VICE, where he wrote, directed and produced 30 episodes of Vice Guide To Film for broadcast in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK; and The Beat, a 20-part doc series with unprecedented access to the police in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. His feature docs include, Lovesick, a Gemini Award winner, Best Arts Program, Jews and Money, an investigation into a kidnapping and murder in Paris. Lewis also wrote  and directed the 13-part series Cirque Du Soleil: Fire Within, the 2003 Primetime Emmy winner for Outstanding Nonfiction Program and Gemini winner for Best Direction and Best Reality-based Series. It was Bravo’s highest-ever rated show at that time. Lewis is currently completing an autobiographical documentary investigating his obsessive relationship with his dog.Image Copyright and Credit: Lewis Cohen and TVO.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lewis Cohen and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new show Truth and Lies, Conspiracies, Propaganda, the supposed Age of Reason, facts and Fake News, history and how it repeats itself and why we need to be on our guard.Watch the series <a href="https://www.tvo.org/programs/truth-lies" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.Blurb:Since the dawn of civilization, people in power have played with the truth, danced with deception, and altered reality to suit their interests. Truth and Lies is an ambitious new TVO documentary series that explores the most dramatic present-day and historical examples of facts being bent, twisted and reshaped as a means of achieving influence and control.About Lewis:Lewis Cohen is an Emmy Award-winning writer, producer and director. His documentaries and television series have been broadcast in Canada, the US, UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Australia, South America and China. For the last two years, Lewis has been producing Fighting Words, a globe-trotting feature doc about three pioneering artists pushing back against political polarization. Prior to that, he was a showrunner at VICE, where he wrote, directed and produced 30 episodes of Vice Guide To Film for broadcast in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK; and The Beat, a 20-part doc series with unprecedented access to the police in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. His feature docs include, Lovesick, a Gemini Award winner, Best Arts Program, Jews and Money, an investigation into a kidnapping and murder in Paris. Lewis also wrote and directed the 13-part series Cirque Du Soleil: Fire Within, the 2003 Primetime Emmy winner for Outstanding Nonfiction Program and Gemini winner for Best Direction and Best Reality-based Series. It was Bravo’s highest-ever rated show at that time. Lewis is currently completing an autobiographical documentary investigating his obsessive relationship with his dog.Image Copyright and Credit: Lewis Cohen and TVO.F2F Music and Image Copyright: <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Peck</a> and <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Face2Face</a>. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Truth, Conspiracy & Lies

Barri Cohen, Brian Logie and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Unloved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children, trauma, empathy and love, “othering”, labels and woodcarving, oppression, institutions and junk science, capitalism and dehumanization and why it’s so important to never forget.   For more info head here and www.remembereveryname.comBlurb:Filmmaker Barri Cohen leads part detective story, part social history in UnLoved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children as she uncovers the truth about Alfie and Louis, her two long-dead half-brothers. They were institutionalized at the Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia in the 1950s, with one brother unceremoniously buried in secret in an unmarked grave as a small child. Their lives were cut short, but their story stands as a microcosm of the immense tragedy of the western world’s 20th century disastrous treatment of intellectually disabled children and youth - a question preoccupies the film: how do we allow ourselves to dehumanize the most vulnerable people in our care?UnLoved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children is a heartbreaking yet redemptive work that moves outwards from a highly personal and painful family secret to an investigation of hidden, searing truths about an entire government-enabled system of institutional cruelty and ugliness against vulnerable children. Yet, humanity is hopefully restored by assembling community and survivor testimony, along with the filmmaker’s insistence that these experiences be fully recognized and memorialized.About Barri:Barri Cohen is an award-winning writer, director, and producer whose career spans over 20 years of making independent documentaries and television series acrossa range of genres from lifestyle to comedy for general and specialty audiences in Canada and around the world. Many of Cohen’s independently produced anddirected works involve health, mental health, and environmental, social justice stories. Among her awards and nominations include those for her feature documentaryToxic Trespass: Children’s Health &amp; The Environment &amp; the recently co-produced Toxic Beauty — Phyllis Ellis’s multiple Canadian Screen Award winning andinternationally nominated feature documentary for White Pine Pictures and documentary Channel which had its premiere at the 2019 Hot Docs InternationalDocumentary Film Festival. Cohen also produced Ellis’s Canadian Screen Award nominated documentary for CBC, Girls Night Out. Cohen is the past NationalExecutive Chair of the Documentary Organization of Canada, past editor and publisher and current columnist of Point of View Magazine and was the co-chair and cofounding member of the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival. She is currently developing a family drama/comedy series, writing a memoircollection with essays, and studying psychoanalysis.Image Copyright and Credit: Barri Cohen and White Pine PicturesF2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barri Cohen, Brian Logie and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Unloved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children, trauma, empathy and love, “othering”, labels and woodcarving, oppression, institutions and junk science, capitalism and dehumanization and why it’s so important to never forget.   For more <a href="https://www.whitepinepictures.com/documentary/unloved" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">info head here</a> and <a href="http://www.remembereveryname.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.remembereveryname.com</a>Blurb:Filmmaker Barri Cohen leads part detective story, part social history in UnLoved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children as she uncovers the truth about Alfie and Louis, her two long-dead half-brothers. They were institutionalized at the Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia in the 1950s, with one brother unceremoniously buried in secret in an unmarked grave as a small child. Their lives were cut short, but their story stands as a microcosm of the immense tragedy of the western world’s 20th century disastrous treatment of intellectually disabled children and youth - a question preoccupies the film: how do we allow ourselves to dehumanize the most vulnerable people in our care?UnLoved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children is a heartbreaking yet redemptive work that moves outwards from a highly personal and painful family secret to an investigation of hidden, searing truths about an entire government-enabled system of institutional cruelty and ugliness against vulnerable children. Yet, humanity is hopefully restored by assembling community and survivor testimony, along with the filmmaker’s insistence that these experiences be fully recognized and memorialized.About Barri:Barri Cohen is an award-winning writer, director, and producer whose career spans over 20 years of making independent documentaries and television series acrossa range of genres from lifestyle to comedy for general and specialty audiences in Canada and around the world. Many of Cohen’s independently produced anddirected works involve health, mental health, and environmental, social justice stories. Among her awards and nominations include those for her feature documentaryToxic Trespass: Children’s Health &amp; The Environment &amp; the recently co-produced Toxic Beauty — Phyllis Ellis’s multiple Canadian Screen Award winning andinternationally nominated feature documentary for White Pine Pictures and documentary Channel which had its premiere at the 2019 Hot Docs InternationalDocumentary Film Festival. Cohen also produced Ellis’s Canadian Screen Award nominated documentary for CBC, Girls Night Out. Cohen is the past NationalExecutive Chair of the Documentary Organization of Canada, past editor and publisher and current columnist of Point of View Magazine and was the co-chair and cofounding member of the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival. She is currently developing a family drama/comedy series, writing a memoircollection with essays, and studying psychoanalysis.Image Copyright and Credit: Barri Cohen and White Pine PicturesF2F Music and Image Copyright: <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Peck</a> and <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Face2Face</a>. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Institutions, Trauma & Love

Jo Brunini and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new book Never A Cloud,  empathy, listening, loss in a marriage, storytelling and self-correction, mysticalencounters, authenticity, and why fighting for your free space is so important.For more info head here.Blurb:Never a Cloud charts the course of three women—Violet, Ava, and Margot— who find their way to a new understanding of home and family at Otyrburn, an estate inrural Scotland. Violet Grey, a child of the sixties, writes from an island in Maine as the novel travels between Scotland, New York City, and Venice, Italy. Otyrburnbelongs to George Lowell and Margot Reid, who is the half-sister of Violet’s daughter, Ava. This is something Margot discovers only when Ava unexpectedly arrives.George, a director at the Metropolitan Museum, finds himself under suspicion for illicit activity as Margot reconnects with her childhood sweetheart, who is helpingrestore the worn-at-the-edges Regency manor, where secrets long forgotten, and those newly discovered, converge.“The novel often feels like the film Gosford Park populated by readers of the London Review of Books... Brunini’s prose is often evocative...”Kirkus ReviewsAbout Jo:Jo Brunini’s paintings and poetry can be found at giovannabrunini.com.Among her regrets are losing the handwritten letter from William Steig and not taking Tasha Tudor up on an invitation to tea.Jo lives in Vermont with her family.Image Copyright and Credit: Jo BruniniF2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jo Brunini and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new book Never A Cloud,  empathy, listening, loss in a marriage, storytelling and self-correction, mysticalencounters, authenticity, and why fighting for your free space is so important.For more <a href="https://www.giovannabrunini.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">info head here.</a>Blurb:Never a Cloud charts the course of three women—Violet, Ava, and Margot— who find their way to a new understanding of home and family at Otyrburn, an estate inrural Scotland. Violet Grey, a child of the sixties, writes from an island in Maine as the novel travels between Scotland, New York City, and Venice, Italy. Otyrburnbelongs to George Lowell and Margot Reid, who is the half-sister of Violet’s daughter, Ava. This is something Margot discovers only when Ava unexpectedly arrives.George, a director at the Metropolitan Museum, finds himself under suspicion for illicit activity as Margot reconnects with her childhood sweetheart, who is helpingrestore the worn-at-the-edges Regency manor, where secrets long forgotten, and those newly discovered, converge.“The novel often feels like the film Gosford Park populated by readers of the London Review of Books... Brunini’s prose is often evocative...”Kirkus ReviewsAbout Jo:Jo Brunini’s paintings and poetry can be found at <a href="http://giovannabrunini.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">giovannabrunini.com</a>.Among her regrets are losing the handwritten letter from William Steig and not taking Tasha Tudor up on an invitation to tea.Jo lives in Vermont with her family.Image Copyright and Credit: Jo BruniniF2F Music and Image Copyright: <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Peck</a> and <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Face2Face</a>. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Listening, Loss & Self Correction

Nadine Pequeneza &amp; Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Last of The Right Whales, conservation and general ocean health, hope, despair, joy and plankton, plant intelligence, cohabitation, community and grass roots movements.Watch it on CBC and find out more information here about the film.Blurb:These gentle giants no longer die of natural causes. Instead, they are run over by ships or suffer lethal injuries from fishing gear. Over the past decade they’ve been dying at a rate of 24 per year. This staggering death toll is fueling a movement to save the first great whale to face extinction. Last of the Right Whales is the story of a disparate group of people - a wildlife photographer, a marine biologist, a whale rescuer, and a crab fisher - united in their cause to save the North Atlantic right whale. By joining forces these formidable allies are determined to stop the world’s first great whale extinction. The film combines the 4K cinematography of a blue-chip nature film with the character-driven, vérité storytelling of a high-stakes drama. With unprecedented access to film the migration of the North Atlantic right whale from their calving ground off the coast of Florida to their new feeding area in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, this feature documentary brings a message of hope about the most at-risk, great whale on the planet.About Nadine:Nadine Pequeneza is an award-winning Producer/Director specializing in character-driven films that offer unique access to stories about a wide range of topics from criminal justice to global finance, to wildlife conservation. With more than 15 years international experience her work has garnered worldwide recognition, including a Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Documentary Program, nine CSA and Gemini nominations, Gold and Silver Hugos from the Chicago International Film Festival and a Silver Gavel Award honourable mention from the American Bar Association. Through her company HitPlay Productions Nadine produces, directs and writes feature documentaries: The Invisible Heart, Next of Kin, Road to Mercy, 15 to Life: Kenneth’s Story and Inside Disaster: Haiti. HitPlay’s broadcast and funding partners include CBC, SRC/RDI, PBS, ARTE, SWR, TVO, Knowledge Network, Canal D, Telefilm, Ontario Creates, NFB, Rogers Documentary Fund and the Bell Fund. Nadine is immediate past Chair of the Documentary Organization of Canada and a graduate of the Fledgling Foundation’s inaugural engagement lab. Her most recent work Last of the Right Whales is a story with far reaching implications about the endangered North Atlantic right whales.Image Copyright and Credit: Hit Play Productions.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nadine Pequeneza &amp; Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Last of The Right Whales, conservation and general ocean health, hope, despair, joy and plankton, plant intelligence, cohabitation, community and grass roots movements.Watch it on <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/last-of-the-right-whales#:~:text=NOW%20STREAMING%20ON%20CBC%20GEM&amp;text=North%20Atlantic%20right%20whales%20are%20dying%20faster%20than%20they%20can,be%20extinct%20within%2020%20years." rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CBC</a> and find out <a href="https://lastoftherightwhales.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">more information here</a> about the film.Blurb:These gentle giants no longer die of natural causes. Instead, they are run over by ships or suffer lethal injuries from fishing gear. Over the past decade they’ve been dying at a rate of 24 per year. This staggering death toll is fueling a movement to save the first great whale to face extinction. Last of the Right Whales is the story of a disparate group of people - a wildlife photographer, a marine biologist, a whale rescuer, and a crab fisher - united in their cause to save the North Atlantic right whale. By joining forces these formidable allies are determined to stop the world’s first great whale extinction. The film combines the 4K cinematography of a blue-chip nature film with the character-driven, vérité storytelling of a high-stakes drama. With unprecedented access to film the migration of the North Atlantic right whale from their calving ground off the coast of Florida to their new feeding area in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, this feature documentary brings a message of hope about the most at-risk, great whale on the planet.About Nadine:Nadine Pequeneza is an award-winning Producer/Director specializing in character-driven films that offer unique access to stories about a wide range of topics from criminal justice to global finance, to wildlife conservation. With more than 15 years international experience her work has garnered worldwide recognition, including a Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Documentary Program, nine CSA and Gemini nominations, Gold and Silver Hugos from the Chicago International Film Festival and a Silver Gavel Award honourable mention from the American Bar Association. Through her company HitPlay Productions Nadine produces, directs and writes feature documentaries: The Invisible Heart, Next of Kin, Road to Mercy, 15 to Life: Kenneth’s Story and Inside Disaster: Haiti. HitPlay’s broadcast and funding partners include CBC, SRC/RDI, PBS, ARTE, SWR, TVO, Knowledge Network, Canal D, Telefilm, Ontario Creates, NFB, Rogers Documentary Fund and the Bell Fund. Nadine is immediate past Chair of the Documentary Organization of Canada and a graduate of the Fledgling Foundation’s inaugural engagement lab. Her most recent work Last of the Right Whales is a story with far reaching implications about the endangered North Atlantic right whales.Image Copyright and Credit: Hit Play Productions.F2F Music and Image Copyright: <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Peck</a> and <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Face2Face</a>. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Whales, Conservation & Community

Karen Wookey, Andrea Constand and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film The Case Against Cosby, trauma, purpose, trust and aha moments,authenticity, fear, risk, and faith, finding a safe community and how healing is possible.Watch now on CBC GemSurvivors.orgHope HealingBlurb:Of the sixty-three women who have come forward to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault, only one was able to gain a conviction. This is her story. With intimate access to Andrea Constand and her family, Cosby’s prosecutors, journalists in the courtroom, and experts on predation, pedophilia, and trauma, we are taken on a journey that will leave us shocked, informed, and deeply changed. Woven throughout the stunning legal story are the first-person accounts of five Cosby survivors as they confront the impact of sexual trauma with world-renowned physician and best-selling author Gabor Maté. We will bear witness to the power of healing as these women find strength in one other. A heroine’s journey, The Case Against Cosby is a feature length documentary in Canadian markets and a 2 x 1hr documentary in international markets that reveals how one woman’s unstoppable courage and search for justice helped raise the voice of an entire generation of women seeking lasting change.About Karen:Karen Wookey has produced numerous feature films and over five hundred hours of series television, both scripted and unscripted. As a Showrunner, Writer/Director Wookey has created and produced several shows for television including Crimes of Passion, a doc series exploring intimate partner homicide, Intervention Canada, Vegas Rat Rods for Discovery Channel, and In Their Own Words: 6 premium bio docs for PBS showcasing Elon Musk, Pope Francis, Jimmy Carter, Lady Diana and Chuck Berry.Since 2011 Karen has been partnered with Prospero Pictures’ Martin Katz and together, they have produced many series and feature films, including Man on the Train (Tribeca) starring Donald Sutherland andLarry Mullen Jr., as well as Our House (XYZ International), in partnership with Resolute Films &amp; Entertainment’s Lee Kim, directed by Anthony Scott Burns and starring Thomas Mann and Nicola Peltz. They arecurrently in production on Caitlyn Cronenberg’s first feature entitled Humane.Image Copyright and Credit: Karen Wookey &amp; Prospero Pictures.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karen Wookey, Andrea Constand and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film The Case Against Cosby, trauma, purpose, trust and aha moments,authenticity, fear, risk, and faith, finding a safe community and how healing is possible.Watch now on <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/docs/the-case-against-cosby" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CBC Gem</a><a href="https://www.survivors.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Survivors.org</a><a href="https://hopehealing.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Hope Healing</a>Blurb:Of the sixty-three women who have come forward to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault, only one was able to gain a conviction. This is her story. With intimate access to Andrea Constand and her family, Cosby’s prosecutors, journalists in the courtroom, and experts on predation, pedophilia, and trauma, we are taken on a journey that will leave us shocked, informed, and deeply changed. Woven throughout the stunning legal story are the first-person accounts of five Cosby survivors as they confront the impact of sexual trauma with world-renowned physician and best-selling author Gabor Maté. We will bear witness to the power of healing as these women find strength in one other. A heroine’s journey, The Case Against Cosby is a feature length documentary in Canadian markets and a 2 x 1hr documentary in international markets that reveals how one woman’s unstoppable courage and search for justice helped raise the voice of an entire generation of women seeking lasting change.About Karen:Karen Wookey has produced numerous feature films and over five hundred hours of series television, both scripted and unscripted. As a Showrunner, Writer/Director Wookey has created and produced several shows for television including Crimes of Passion, a doc series exploring intimate partner homicide, Intervention Canada, Vegas Rat Rods for Discovery Channel, and In Their Own Words: 6 premium bio docs for PBS showcasing Elon Musk, Pope Francis, Jimmy Carter, Lady Diana and Chuck Berry.Since 2011 Karen has been partnered with Prospero Pictures’ Martin Katz and together, they have produced many series and feature films, including Man on the Train (Tribeca) starring Donald Sutherland andLarry Mullen Jr., as well as Our House (XYZ International), in partnership with Resolute Films &amp; Entertainment’s Lee Kim, directed by Anthony Scott Burns and starring Thomas Mann and Nicola Peltz. They arecurrently in production on Caitlyn Cronenberg’s first feature entitled Humane.Image Copyright and Credit: Karen Wookey &amp; Prospero Pictures.F2F Music and Image Copyright: <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Peck</a> and <a href="https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Face2Face</a>. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Case Against Cosby

Face2Face is hosted by change maker David Peck and is rooted in casual conversation and intelligent inspiration. David interviews film makers, actors, writers and artists of various kinds and he does it in a fun, thoughtful and entertaining way. Check out this weekly podcast where David honors and celebrates people who believe in the power of little things, the splash and ripple effect and who are rolling up their sleeves to make the world a better place.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s always great to pop in and listen to David’s style of interview. His research into his host and their current work goes deep. With 400  episodes he is now a master at his craft.

Giving value consistently

David&#39;s got a great way of putting guests at ease and recognizing the difference that we can make in the world. His own passion for social change through the &#34;ripple effect&#34; is clearly obvious in the show! Highly recommended.

Great show!

Face2Face is hosted by change maker David Peck and is rooted in casual conversation and intelligent inspiration. David interviews film makers, actors, writers and artists of various kinds and he does it in a fun, thoughtful and entertaining way. Check out this weekly podcast where David honors and celebrates people who believe in the power of little things, the splash and ripple effect and who are rolling up their sleeves to make the world a better place. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Face2Face with David Peck

Valerie Pachner

August Diehl and Valerie Pachner and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Terence Malik’s new film A Hidden Life, true love, pacifism and evil, truth and justice, taking an ethical stance and standing up to power.  Trailer Synopsis: “..for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.”George Eliot A Hidden Life is based on the true story of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian peasant farmer who refused to take the oath of allegiance to Hitler during World War II, sacrificing everything, including his life, rather than to fight for the Nazis. When Franz is called up to basic training, a requirement for all Austrian men, he is away from his beloved wife and children for months. Eventually, when France surrenders and it seems the war might end soon, he is sent back home. His mother and sister-in-law Resie come to live with them, and for a while things seem to go on as normal. Instead of retreating, the war escalates, and Franz and the other men in the village are called up to fight. The first requirement of a new soldier is to swear an oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. Despite pleas from his neighbors, fellow soldiers and commanding officers, Franz refuses the oath—objecting to Hitler and the Nazi regime. With a sense of personal responsibility and the inability to do what he believes is wrong, Franz refuses. After months of incarceration, the case goes to trial. Franz is found guilty and sentenced to death. Franz continues to stand up for his beliefs and is executed by the Third Reich in August 1943. His wife and three daughters survive.  The relationship, however, between Franz and his wife Fani endures. The film portrays their bond as deeply as Franz’s devotion to his cause. At every turn Fani is there for Franz - strong, unfaltering and supportive of his path while raising their daughters and running the farm alone, eventually with help from her mother-in-law and sister. Terence Malik’s film draws on actual letters exchanged between Franz and Fani while Jägerstätter was in prison. The collection was edited by Erna Putz and published in English by Orbis Books. Some lines have been added to the letters, and sometimes the letters are paraphrased. The story was little known outside of St. Radegund, and might never have been discovered, were it not for the research of Gordon Zahn, an American who visited the village in the 1970s. About the Cast:  August Diehl made his debut in 23, which garnered him a Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actor and a German Film Award for Best Actor. Best known for his role in the Academy Award-Winning The Counterfeiters and Inglorious Bastards Diehl’s additional credits include The Ninth Day, Slumming and If Not Us, Who.  Valerie Pachner was Born in Wels, Upper Austria, and trained at the famous Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. She moved to Munich after completing her studies. In 2013 she became part of the permanent ensemble at the Residenztheater.  In addition to her stage work, Pachner also took on movie roles, among them Egon Schiele: Death and The Maiden, a part for which she was awarded the Austrian Film Prize. Pachner played the lead in The Ground Beneath My Feet which received its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2019. Image Copyright: Elizabeth Bay Productions Productions. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.  For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.  With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

August Diehl and Valerie Pachner and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Terence Malik’s new film A Hidden Life, true love, pacifism and evil, truth and justice, taking an ethical stance and standing up to power. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJXmdY4lVR0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a> Synopsis: “..for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.”George Eliot A Hidden Life is based on the true story of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian peasant farmer who refused to take the oath of allegiance to Hitler during World War II, sacrificing everything, including his life, rather than to fight for the Nazis. When Franz is called up to basic training, a requirement for all Austrian men, he is away from his beloved wife and children for months. Eventually, when France surrenders and it seems the war might end soon, he is sent back home. His mother and sister-in-law Resie come to live with them, and for a while things seem to go on as normal. Instead of retreating, the war escalates, and Franz and the other men in the village are called up to fight. The first requirement of a new soldier is to swear an oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. Despite pleas from his neighbors, fellow soldiers and commanding officers, Franz refuses the oath—objecting to Hitler and the Nazi regime. With a sense of personal responsibility and the inability to do what he believes is wrong, Franz refuses. After months of incarceration, the case goes to trial. Franz is found guilty and sentenced to death. Franz continues to stand up for his beliefs and is executed by the Third Reich in August 1943. His wife and three daughters survive.  The relationship, however, between Franz and his wife Fani endures. The film portrays their bond as deeply as Franz’s devotion to his cause. At every turn Fani is there for Franz - strong, unfaltering and supportive of his path while raising their daughters and running the farm alone, eventually with help from her mother-in-law and sister. Terence Malik’s film draws on actual letters exchanged between Franz and Fani while Jägerstätter was in prison. The collection was edited by Erna Putz and published in English by Orbis Books. Some lines have been added to the letters, and sometimes the letters are paraphrased. The story was little known outside of St. Radegund, and might never have been discovered, were it not for the research of Gordon Zahn, an American who visited the village in the 1970s. About the Cast: August Diehl made his debut in 23, which garnered him a Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actor and a German Film Award for Best Actor. Best known for his role in the Academy Award-Winning The Counterfeiters and Inglorious Bastards Diehl’s additional credits include The Ninth Day, Slumming and If Not Us, Who. Valerie Pachner was Born in Wels, Upper Austria, and trained at the famous Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. She moved to Munich after completing her studies. In 2013 she became part of the permanent ensemble at the Residenztheater. In addition to her stage work, Pachner also took on movie roles, among them Egon Schiele: Death and The Maiden, a part for which she was awarded the Austrian Film Prize. Pachner played the lead in The Ground Beneath My Feet which received its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2019. Image Copyright: Elizabeth Bay Productions Productions. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 475 August Diehl & Valerie Pachner, A Hidden Life

Greg Paul

Greg Paul and David Peck talk about his weapons of love, bad, crazy, vicious religion, belief, and the politics of fear, vulnerability, oppression, exclusion and the enormous problem of faith. Greg Paul is a pastor and member, as well as the founder, of the Sanctuary community in Toronto. Sanctuary, a community in which people who are wealthy and people who are poor live, work and share their experiences and resources on a daily basis, makes a priority of welcoming and caring for some of the most hurting and excluded people in Canada’s largest city, including people struggling with addiction, mental illness, prostitution, and homelessness. Greg is the author of the recently released Resurrecting Religion and several other award-winning books: Simply Open; Close Enough to Hear God Breathe; The Twenty-Piece Shuffle; and God In The Alley.  He is the father of four children, and married to Maggie, who has three children of her own. For more information please head here: www.sanctuarytoronto Image Copyright: Greg Paul. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greg Paul and David Peck talk about his weapons of love, bad, crazy, vicious religion, belief, and the politics of fear, vulnerability, oppression, exclusion and the enormous problem of faith. Greg Paul is a pastor and member, as well as the founder, of the Sanctuary community in Toronto. Sanctuary, a community in which people who are wealthy and people who are poor live, work and share their experiences and resources on a daily basis, makes a priority of welcoming and caring for some of the most hurting and excluded people in Canada’s largest city, including people struggling with addiction, mental illness, prostitution, and homelessness. Greg is the author of the recently released Resurrecting Religion and several other award-winning books: Simply Open; Close Enough to Hear God Breathe; The Twenty-Piece Shuffle; and God In The Alley.  He is the father of four children, and married to Maggie, who has three children of her own. For more information please head here: <a href="http://www.sanctuarytoronto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sanctuarytoronto</a> Image Copyright: Greg Paul. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Resurrecting Religion - Greg Paul

David Taylor

David Taylor and Face2Face host David Peck talk about the arts as a gift for everyone, Bono and U2, beauty and desire, a history of doubt, vehicles for Grace and why donuts are an uncomplicated food group.And check out this short film as it documents the friendship between Bono and Eugene Peterson (author of contemporary-language Bible translation The Message) revolving around their common interest in the Psalms. Based on interviews conducted by David Taylor and produced in association with Fourth Line Films, the film highlights a conversation on the Psalms that took place between Bono, Peterson, and Taylor at Peterson’s Montana home.BiographyW. David O. Taylor, assistant professor of theology and culture at Fuller, is the author of The Theater of God's Glory and of the forthcoming books, Glimpses of the New Creation: Worship and the Formative Power of the Arts (Eerdmans, 2019) and Honest to God: The Psalms and the Life of Faith (Thomas Nelson, 2019).He is also editor of For the Beauty of the Church(Baker, 2010)and Contemporary Art and the Church: A Conversation between Two Worlds IVP Academic, 2017).He has published articles in The Washington Post, Image Journal, Books &amp; Culture, and Christianity Today, among others.An Anglican priest, he has lectured widely on the arts, from Thailand to South Africa. In 2016 he produced a short film on the psalms with Bono and Eugene Peterson. He lives in Houston with his family.He tweets @wdavidotaylorYou can find out more about David here.Image Copyright: David Taylor. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Taylor and Face2Face host David Peck talk about the arts as a gift for everyone, Bono and U2, beauty and desire, a history of doubt, vehicles for Grace and why donuts are an uncomplicated food group.And <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=197&amp;v=-l40S5e90KY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">check out this short film</a> as it documents the friendship between Bono and Eugene Peterson (author of contemporary-language Bible translation The Message) revolving around their common interest in the Psalms. Based on interviews conducted by David Taylor and produced in association with Fourth Line Films, the film highlights a conversation on the Psalms that took place between Bono, Peterson, and Taylor at Peterson’s Montana home.BiographyW. David O. Taylor, assistant professor of theology and culture at Fuller, is the author of The Theater of God's Glory and of the forthcoming books, Glimpses of the New Creation: Worship and the Formative Power of the Arts (Eerdmans, 2019) and Honest to God: The Psalms and the Life of Faith (Thomas Nelson, 2019).He is also editor of For the Beauty of the Church(Baker, 2010)and Contemporary Art and the Church: A Conversation between Two Worlds IVP Academic, 2017).He has published articles in The Washington Post, Image Journal, Books &amp; Culture, and Christianity Today, among others.An Anglican priest, he has lectured widely on the arts, from Thailand to South Africa. In 2016 he produced a short film on the psalms with Bono and Eugene Peterson. He lives in Houston with his family.He tweets @wdavidotaylorYou can find out more about <a href="https://www.fuller.edu/faculty/david-taylor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David here</a>.Image Copyright: David Taylor. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

David Taylor - Beauty, Art and Grace

Fisher Stevens

Malcolm Venville

Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film And We Go Green, the environment, Climate Change, eco-capitalists, Electric Cars, Formula E and social innovation.  Trailer Synopsis: Formula E, the groundbreaking electric car racing series, has grown from upstart championship to the world's fastest growing sport in 4 short years. Through its pulsating and unpredictable racing spectacle featuring the most skillful drivers and most advanced car manufacturers, Formula E is exciting millions about the potential of electric performance in order to combat climate change and air pollution in our cities. With unprecedented access, And We Go Green is the human story of the live wires, underdogs and visionaries who have made this sport such a success and are reinventing racing for the next generation of motorsport fans. Directed by Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, this highly cinematic documentary uses intimate character-driven storylines, behind-the-scenes vérité, and thrilling race footage to thrust you into the drama of a climatic 2018/19 championship and leave you in the driving seat in a race against the clock for a cleaner future.About the Directors:  Fisher Stevens has been in the entertainment business for over 30 years. He directed The Confidence Man, ”for Netflix original series Dirty Money, and, with Leonardo DiCaprio, National Geographic’s Before the Flood, winner of the Hollywood Film Award. He co-directed two-time Emmy-nominated Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds for HBO, and directed three-time Emmy-nominated Netflix original film Mission Blue. He co-directed Independent Spirit Award-winning Crazy Love. Stevens also produced Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove, and follow-up film, Racing Extinction for Discovery, nominated for an Academy Award for best song. He produced Emmy-nominated film Woody Allen: A Documentary for American Masters, SXSW Grand Jury Award-winner Beware of Mr. Baker, and 2016 Sundance opening-night documentary, Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang for Netflix. Stevens directed Paramount Classic’s feature film Just a Kiss, starring Marisa Tomei, Kyra Sedgwick and Taye Diggs. He produced films including five-time Academy Award-nominated drama In the Bedroom, A Prairie Home Companion, Piñero, Swimfan, and Uptown Girls. Stevens directed feature film Stand Up Guys for Lionsgate starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin. He also directed John Leguizamo’s Ghetto Klown, on Broadway, which he later adapted and directed for an HBO special. As an actor, Stevens appears in numerous television shows and movies, including The Blacklist, The Good Fight, the Cohen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar! and Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs. Malcolm Venville is a performance driven visual storyteller whose projects span the mediums of film, television, commercials and documentaries. His advertising campaigns include Apple, Volkswagen, Nike, Porsche and Google. Notable commercials Apple iPad Air Pencil, Google's New Baby, and Squarespace's debut Super Bowl spot. More recently, he gave an introduction to the workers at Jack Daniel's in the spot From the Maker's Of. Venville made his feature film debut with the dark comedy 44 Inch Chest starring Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, John Hurt, and Tom Wilkinson. His next film, Henry's Crime, featured Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, and James Caan. His work also includes the documentary shorts Portrait of a Dancer and Philophiles. He has published three works of photography: The Women of Casa X, Lucha Loco, a collection of more than 100 portraits of Mexican wrestlers; and Layers, a monograph of his work as an art and advertising photographer. Venville has most recently been working on a feature length documentary about Formula E “And We Go Green”, the electric car racing formula and a limited series for A&amp;E on the life of United States President, Civil War hero, and abolitionist, Ulysses S. Grant. Image Copyright: Appian Way and Bloomfish Productions. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film And We Go Green, the environment, Climate Change, eco-capitalists, Electric Cars, Formula E and social innovation.  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVDgoUlzIMU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a> Synopsis: Formula E, the groundbreaking electric car racing series, has grown from upstart championship to the world's fastest growing sport in 4 short years. Through its pulsating and unpredictable racing spectacle featuring the most skillful drivers and most advanced car manufacturers, Formula E is exciting millions about the potential of electric performance in order to combat climate change and air pollution in our cities. With unprecedented access, And We Go Green is the human story of the live wires, underdogs and visionaries who have made this sport such a success and are reinventing racing for the next generation of motorsport fans. Directed by Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, this highly cinematic documentary uses intimate character-driven storylines, behind-the-scenes vérité, and thrilling race footage to thrust you into the drama of a climatic 2018/19 championship and leave you in the driving seat in a race against the clock for a cleaner future.About the Directors: Fisher Stevens has been in the entertainment business for over 30 years. He directed The Confidence Man, ”for Netflix original series Dirty Money, and, with Leonardo DiCaprio, National Geographic’s Before the Flood, winner of the Hollywood Film Award. He co-directed two-time Emmy-nominated Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds for HBO, and directed three-time Emmy-nominated Netflix original film Mission Blue. He co-directed Independent Spirit Award-winning Crazy Love. Stevens also produced Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove, and follow-up film, Racing Extinction for Discovery, nominated for an Academy Award for best song. He produced Emmy-nominated film Woody Allen: A Documentary for American Masters, SXSW Grand Jury Award-winner Beware of Mr. Baker, and 2016 Sundance opening-night documentary, Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang for Netflix. Stevens directed Paramount Classic’s feature film Just a Kiss, starring Marisa Tomei, Kyra Sedgwick and Taye Diggs. He produced films including five-time Academy Award-nominated drama In the Bedroom, A Prairie Home Companion, Piñero, Swimfan, and Uptown Girls. Stevens directed feature film Stand Up Guys for Lionsgate starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin. He also directed John Leguizamo’s Ghetto Klown, on Broadway, which he later adapted and directed for an HBO special. As an actor, Stevens appears in numerous television shows and movies, including The Blacklist, The Good Fight, the Cohen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar! and Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs. Malcolm Venville is a performance driven visual storyteller whose projects span the mediums of film, television, commercials and documentaries. His advertising campaigns include Apple, Volkswagen, Nike, Porsche and Google. Notable commercials Apple iPad Air Pencil, Google's New Baby, and Squarespace's debut Super Bowl spot. More recently, he gave an introduction to the workers at Jack Daniel's in the spot From the Maker's Of. Venville made his feature film debut with the dark comedy 44 Inch Chest starring Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, John Hurt, and Tom Wilkinson. His next film, Henry's Crime, featured Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, and James Caan. His work also includes the documentary shorts Portrait of a Dancer and Philophiles. He has published three works of photography: The Women of Casa X, Lucha Loco, a collection of more than 100 portraits of Mexican wrestlers; and Layers, a monograph of his work as an art and advertising photographer. Venville has most recently been working on a feature length documentary about Formula E “And We Go Green”, the electric car racing formula and a limited series for A&amp;E on the life of United States President, Civil War hero, and abolitionist, Ulysses S. Grant. Image Copyright: Appian Way and Bloomfish Productions. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 472 - Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville - And We Go Green

Brock Cahill

Brock Cahill Z and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Sharkwater Extinction, Rob Stewarts news film, enemies of sharks and activism, drift net fishing, policy changes and why sometime sit’s easier to like animals more than people.TrailerSynopsisSharkwater Extinction is a follow-up to the critically acclaimed Sharkwater, Stewart’s first film, which brought the devastating issue of shark finning to the world stage. Sharkwater Extinction is a thrilling and inspiring action-packed journey. Stewart continues his courageous crusade through the oceans and across four continents to investigate the corruption behind a multibillion-dollar pirate fishing trade and massive illegal shark fin industry.From West Africa, Spain, Panama, Costa Rica, France, and even North America, Stewart exposes the shocking truth that is leading to the extinction of our oldest remaining predator and ultimately to the destruction of our planet. Both Sharkwater and Stewart’s second film Revolution (2012) had world premieres at TIFF before going on to international acclaim. Sharkwater and Revolution are still to this day the number 1 and 3 Canadian documentaries of the last 15 years. They have been awarded more than 70 international awards and viewed by over 125 million people. In January 2017, while shooting Sharkwater Extinction, Rob Stewart tragically passed away during a dive off the Florida Keys. The world was stunned by the loss of one of the most influential activists of our time. Rob risked everything in a tireless effort to educate, preserve and defend the oceans.His impact and sacrifice are beyond measure and the producers along with a talented group of filmmakers, editors and loyal Sharkwater supporters felt compelled to continue his work and ensure the film was completed. Award-winning editor Nick Hector was given the daunting task of sifting through Rob’s copious hours of footage and reams of detailed notes to create a final cut of Sharkwater Extinction. His efforts were supported by award-winning documentary filmmaker Sturla Gunnarsson who acted as a consultant to the team. “Rob spent his life defending the oceans and sharks - determined to change the world. We believe his work will continue to do so,” said Brian and Sandy Stewart. “Rob had a magical way of connecting with audiences and this film is one more step in his mission to inspire action in the important fight to protect this planet for generations to come. We are pleased that Sharkwater Extinction, like Rob’s previous films, will launch at TIFF before rolling out to audiences around the world.”BiographyRob was a biologist, conservationist, activist, and filmmaker. Sharkwater Extinction follows his two internationally award-winning films, Sharkwater (2006) and Revolution (2012). Sharkwater brought the devastating issue of shark finning to the world stage. Revolution was the first feature film to expose the devastating effects that Ocean Acidification would bring: much worse than scientists had thought climate change would be.Born in 1979 and raised in Toronto, Stewart graduated from the University of Western Ontario. He dedicated his life to conservation, saying: “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And, that, above all else is worth fighting for.”He taught the world to love the oceans and their creatures and not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging and free diving with sharks and mantas.For more info head to the site here.Image Copyright: D Films Corporation Company. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brock Cahill Z and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Sharkwater Extinction, Rob Stewarts news film, enemies of sharks and activism, drift net fishing, policy changes and why sometime sit’s easier to like animals more than people.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQYHBrtYsnk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a>SynopsisSharkwater Extinction is a follow-up to the critically acclaimed Sharkwater, Stewart’s first film, which brought the devastating issue of shark finning to the world stage. Sharkwater Extinction is a thrilling and inspiring action-packed journey. Stewart continues his courageous crusade through the oceans and across four continents to investigate the corruption behind a multibillion-dollar pirate fishing trade and massive illegal shark fin industry.From West Africa, Spain, Panama, Costa Rica, France, and even North America, Stewart exposes the shocking truth that is leading to the extinction of our oldest remaining predator and ultimately to the destruction of our planet. Both Sharkwater and Stewart’s second film Revolution (2012) had world premieres at TIFF before going on to international acclaim. Sharkwater and Revolution are still to this day the number 1 and 3 Canadian documentaries of the last 15 years. They have been awarded more than 70 international awards and viewed by over 125 million people. In January 2017, while shooting Sharkwater Extinction, Rob Stewart tragically passed away during a dive off the Florida Keys. The world was stunned by the loss of one of the most influential activists of our time. Rob risked everything in a tireless effort to educate, preserve and defend the oceans.His impact and sacrifice are beyond measure and the producers along with a talented group of filmmakers, editors and loyal Sharkwater supporters felt compelled to continue his work and ensure the film was completed. Award-winning editor Nick Hector was given the daunting task of sifting through Rob’s copious hours of footage and reams of detailed notes to create a final cut of Sharkwater Extinction. His efforts were supported by award-winning documentary filmmaker Sturla Gunnarsson who acted as a consultant to the team. “Rob spent his life defending the oceans and sharks - determined to change the world. We believe his work will continue to do so,” said Brian and Sandy Stewart. “Rob had a magical way of connecting with audiences and this film is one more step in his mission to inspire action in the important fight to protect this planet for generations to come. We are pleased that Sharkwater Extinction, like Rob’s previous films, will launch at TIFF before rolling out to audiences around the world.”BiographyRob was a biologist, conservationist, activist, and filmmaker. Sharkwater Extinction follows his two internationally award-winning films, Sharkwater (2006) and Revolution (2012). Sharkwater brought the devastating issue of shark finning to the world stage. Revolution was the first feature film to expose the devastating effects that Ocean Acidification would bring: much worse than scientists had thought climate change would be.Born in 1979 and raised in Toronto, Stewart graduated from the University of Western Ontario. He dedicated his life to conservation, saying: “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And, that, above all else is worth fighting for.”He taught the world to love the oceans and their creatures and not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging and free diving with sharks and mantas.For more info <a href="https://www.sharkwater.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">head to the site here</a>.Image Copyright: D Films Corporation Company. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Sharkwater Extinction - Brock Cahill

Coky Giedroyc

Coky Giedroyc and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film How To Build a Girl, friendship, loyalty and family, discovery and how life unfolds in front of us in a real, messy and wonderful way and the uncertain personal journeys we all seem to take.  Synopsis: Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) is a sixteen-year-old, extrovert from the outskirts of Wolverhampton with raging hormones and gigantic dreams. Even though she loves her big, boisterous, dysfunctional family, Johanna knows with absolute certainty that there is something bigger and better for her out in the world. And when she finds it, only then will she start ‘being me’. But quite what ‘me’ is, hasn’t been invented yet. With her inimitable wit and bottomless imagination, writing is surely her ticket to a brand-new self. After a couple of false starts, Johanna wins a job at top music magazine, D&amp;ME and reinvents herself as revered and feared music critic – Dolly Wilde, the enfant terrible. As she slaughters her way to greater and greater success, the lines between Johanna Morrigan and Dolly Wilde begin to haze. Can she curate her success and hold onto her family, her heroes and her heart? And once you’ve built your girl, is it possible to tear her down and start again? Based on the novel by Caitlin Moran, How To Build a Girl is an irreverent coming of age comedy about what it’s really like to be a girl. About the Director:  Coky Giedroyc is a British, critically acclaimed director most recently celebrated for her work on Harlots, written by Moira Buffini for Monumental Television and Hulu. In 2016, she was awarded a BAFTA for best director of The Sound Of MusicLive starring Kara Tointon and Alexander Armstrong. Coky set up the award-winning drama The Hour written by Abi Morgan and starring Dominic West, Ben Wishaw and Romola Garai which she was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy. She was nominated for both an International Emmy and a BAFTA for the BBC Drama, The Virgin Queen, starring Anne Marie Duff and Tom Hardy. She directed Oliver Twist andWuthering Heights, both of which also starred Hardy. Other credits include the four-part BBC1 series What Remains written by Tony Basgallop, Spies of Warsaw, an adaptation of Alan Furst’s novel and Nativity, a Canadian co-production starring Tatiana Maslany. Her work in the US has included: The Killing, Penny Dreadful with Eva Green and Rory Kinnear, Broad Squad, a pilot for ABC, Veena Sud’s series Seven Seconds and Gypsy, starring Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup. Coky served for four years on the board of Directors UK and is a mentor to young female filmmakers starting out in the industry. Image Copyright: Coky Giedroyc and Film 4 and Tango Entertainment. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.  For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.  With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coky Giedroyc and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film How To Build a Girl, friendship, loyalty and family, discovery and how life unfolds in front of us in a real, messy and wonderful way and the uncertain personal journeys we all seem to take. Synopsis: Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) is a sixteen-year-old, extrovert from the outskirts of Wolverhampton with raging hormones and gigantic dreams. Even though she loves her big, boisterous, dysfunctional family, Johanna knows with absolute certainty that there is something bigger and better for her out in the world. And when she finds it, only then will she start ‘being me’. But quite what ‘me’ is, hasn’t been invented yet. With her inimitable wit and bottomless imagination, writing is surely her ticket to a brand-new self. After a couple of false starts, Johanna wins a job at top music magazine, D&amp;ME and reinvents herself as revered and feared music critic – Dolly Wilde, the enfant terrible. As she slaughters her way to greater and greater success, the lines between Johanna Morrigan and Dolly Wilde begin to haze. Can she curate her success and hold onto her family, her heroes and her heart? And once you’ve built your girl, is it possible to tear her down and start again? Based on the novel by Caitlin Moran, How To Build a Girl is an irreverent coming of age comedy about what it’s really like to be a girl. About the Director: Coky Giedroyc is a British, critically acclaimed director most recently celebrated for her work on Harlots, written by Moira Buffini for Monumental Television and Hulu. In 2016, she was awarded a BAFTA for best director of The Sound Of MusicLive starring Kara Tointon and Alexander Armstrong. Coky set up the award-winning drama The Hour written by Abi Morgan and starring Dominic West, Ben Wishaw and Romola Garai which she was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy. She was nominated for both an International Emmy and a BAFTA for the BBC Drama, The Virgin Queen, starring Anne Marie Duff and Tom Hardy. She directed Oliver Twist andWuthering Heights, both of which also starred Hardy. Other credits include the four-part BBC1 series What Remains written by Tony Basgallop, Spies of Warsaw, an adaptation of Alan Furst’s novel and Nativity, a Canadian co-production starring Tatiana Maslany. Her work in the US has included: The Killing, Penny Dreadful with Eva Green and Rory Kinnear, Broad Squad, a pilot for ABC, Veena Sud’s series Seven Seconds and Gypsy, starring Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup. Coky served for four years on the board of Directors UK and is a mentor to young female filmmakers starting out in the industry. Image Copyright: Coky Giedroyc and Film 4 and Tango Entertainment. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Coky Giedroyc - How To Build A Girl

Garin Hovannisian

Garin Hovannisian, Serj Tankian and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film I Am Not Alone, politics and protest, Armenia and the Velvet Revolution, citizen protests, activism, advocacy pessimism and hope. Trailer Synopsis: On Easter 2018, a man put on a backpack and went live on Facebook to announce that he was beginning a walk across Armenia. His mission: to inspire a velvet revolution — and topple the corrupt regime that enjoys absolute power in his post-soviet nation. With total access to all key players, I AM NOT ALONE tells the miraculous true story of what happens in the next 40 days.Garin Hovannisian’s gripping documentary deftly follows the efforts led by journalist, politician, and activist Nikol Pashinyan to prevent the election of the country’s president, Serzh Sargsyan, as the new prime minister — a move that would essentially put Sargsyan in control of Armenia for life, making him a de facto dictator.The movement begins hopelessly, with Nikol and just a handful of supporters — including a stray dog — setting out on a 14-day march from one side of the country to the capital Yerevan. As they clash against the regime, there are many moments when their efforts seem doomed to fail, like every democratic movement in Armenia before them. But this time something is different. Step by step, the marchers begin to capture the hearts and minds of the Armenian public. Within a few weeks, the country erupts in a spectacular revolution, as millions of citizens take to the streets, disperse across their neighborhoods, and stage some of the most creative, powerful, and surprising acts of civil disobedience in modern history. This incredible political drama presents an emotional and inspiring roadmap for how a true democratic movement can achieve profound change against all odds. It is packed with rich and memorable characters, plot twists, and a true hero’s journey. About the Guests:  Garin Hovannisian has been an active participant in Armenia’s struggle for freedom, and has written about it for The Atlantic, The New York Times, and in his memoir Family of Shadows. He is the co-writer/director of the feature film 1915 (2015), a psychological mystery set 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, and praised by the Los Angeles Times as a “a high-minded version of Birdman…a creative way to do justice to such a monumental topic.” He splits his time between Los Angeles and Yerevan, Armenia, where he has founded the arts foundation Creative Armenia. His production company Avalanche Entertainment (est. 2014) has produced I Am Not Alone and 1915, and a variety of forthcoming projects in film and television. Serj Tankian acted a composer and executive producer on the project and he is a Grammy-winning frontman of the band System of a Down has long been a musical inspiration to the democratic struggle in Armenia. He is the film’s composer and EP, and an interview subject. In addition to five albums with SOAD and five solo albums ranging from metal to jazz to orchestral symphony, Tankian has been composing films since 2015, including titles such as 1915 (2015), Intent to Destroy (2017), Furious: The Legend of Krovat (2017), and Spitak (2018). He is producing a forthcoming rockumentary about his journey as a musical activist, which is also directed by Garin Hovannisian.  Image Copyright: Serjical Strike Entertainment and Garin Hovannisian. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.  For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.  With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Garin Hovannisian, Serj Tankian and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film I Am Not Alone, politics and protest, Armenia and the Velvet Revolution, citizen protests, activism, advocacy pessimism and hope. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POHr1kOqez8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a> Synopsis: On Easter 2018, a man put on a backpack and went live on Facebook to announce that he was beginning a walk across Armenia. His mission: to inspire a velvet revolution — and topple the corrupt regime that enjoys absolute power in his post-soviet nation. With total access to all key players, I AM NOT ALONE tells the miraculous true story of what happens in the next 40 days.Garin Hovannisian’s gripping documentary deftly follows the efforts led by journalist, politician, and activist Nikol Pashinyan to prevent the election of the country’s president, Serzh Sargsyan, as the new prime minister — a move that would essentially put Sargsyan in control of Armenia for life, making him a de facto dictator.The movement begins hopelessly, with Nikol and just a handful of supporters — including a stray dog — setting out on a 14-day march from one side of the country to the capital Yerevan. As they clash against the regime, there are many moments when their efforts seem doomed to fail, like every democratic movement in Armenia before them. But this time something is different. Step by step, the marchers begin to capture the hearts and minds of the Armenian public. Within a few weeks, the country erupts in a spectacular revolution, as millions of citizens take to the streets, disperse across their neighborhoods, and stage some of the most creative, powerful, and surprising acts of civil disobedience in modern history. This incredible political drama presents an emotional and inspiring roadmap for how a true democratic movement can achieve profound change against all odds. It is packed with rich and memorable characters, plot twists, and a true hero’s journey. About the Guests: Garin Hovannisian has been an active participant in Armenia’s struggle for freedom, and has written about it for The Atlantic, The New York Times, and in his memoir Family of Shadows. He is the co-writer/director of the feature film 1915 (2015), a psychological mystery set 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, and praised by the Los Angeles Times as a “a high-minded version of Birdman…a creative way to do justice to such a monumental topic.” He splits his time between Los Angeles and Yerevan, Armenia, where he has founded the arts foundation Creative Armenia. His production company Avalanche Entertainment (est. 2014) has produced I Am Not Alone and 1915, and a variety of forthcoming projects in film and television. Serj Tankian acted a composer and executive producer on the project and he is a Grammy-winning frontman of the band System of a Down has long been a musical inspiration to the democratic struggle in Armenia. He is the film’s composer and EP, and an interview subject. In addition to five albums with SOAD and five solo albums ranging from metal to jazz to orchestral symphony, Tankian has been composing films since 2015, including titles such as 1915 (2015), Intent to Destroy (2017), Furious: The Legend of Krovat (2017), and Spitak (2018). He is producing a forthcoming rockumentary about his journey as a musical activist, which is also directed by Garin Hovannisian. Image Copyright: Serjical Strike Entertainment and Garin Hovannisian. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 466 - Garin Hovannisian & Serj Tankian 

Robert Fisk

Yung Chang

Robert Fisk and Yung Chang and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film This Is Not A Movie, fake news and journalism, our addiction to social media, complicity, a “dead language”, and something called, “apparent clarity.” Trailer Synopsis: For more than 40 years, journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent and divisive conflicts in the world: Northern Ireland, the Balkans, and Syria. Yong Chang’s This Is Not a Movie captures Fisk in action—feet on the ground, notebook in hand, as he travels into landscapes devastated by war, interviewing both combatants and ordinary folk, ferreting out the facts and firing reports back home to reach an audience of millions.  As corporations devour independent media, and language becomes a weapon, another less obvious battle is taking place. In an ever-accelerating 24-hour news cycle, the process of translating raw experience into incisive and passionate dispatches requires the determination to see things first-hand and the tenacity to say what others won’t.   In his relentless pursuit of the facts, Fisk has attracted his share of controversy. But in spite of the danger, he has continued to cover stories as they unfold, talking directly to the people involved, whether that’s Osama Bin Laden or a young Palestinians woman whose father was recently murdered. Unlike the glamorous films that fueled Fisk’s early ambitions, justice rarely prevails, villains aren’t punished, and there are no tidy endings. As Fisk says, “the truth is that this is not a movie.” About the Director and Robert: Yung Chang is the director of Up the Yangtze, China heavyweight and The Fruit Hunters. He is currently completing a screenplay for his first dramatic feature, Eggplant. In 2015, Chang was selected to participate in the prestigious Sundance Labs for Eggplant. His award-winning short Gatekeeper is a Vimeo Staff Pick and distributed by Field of Vision, Laura Poitras’ curated online film unit.  Chang’s films have screened at international film festivals including Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, and IDFA and have played theatrically in cinemas around the world. Up the Yangtze was one of the top-grossing documentary releases in 2008. In 2013, China Heavyweight became the most widely screened social-issues documentary I Chinese history with an official release in 200 Chinese cinemas.  His films have been critically acclaimed, receiving awards in Paris, Milan, Vancouver, San Francisco, the Canadian Screen Award, Taiwan Golden Horse, Cinema Eye Honors, among others and have been nominated at Sundance, the Independent Spirit Awards and the Emmys.​Chang's films have been shown on international broadcasters including PBS, National Geographic, ARTE, ZDF, Channel 4, HBO, TMN, NHK, CBC, Bell Media, TV2, SBS, RTS and EBS. He's received funding from major organizations like Sundance Institute, BRITDOC, Telefilm, SODEC, Hot Docs, National Film Board and Canada Council for the Arts. Chang is the recipient of the Don Haig Award, the Yolande and Pierre Perrault Award, and the Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada. In 2013, he was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization behind the Academy Awards. Up the Yangtze and The Fruit Hunters were co-produced by the National Film Board and Eyesteel film. Robert Fisk is the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain, according to The New York Times. He is the Middle East correspondent of the London Independent and has won more than 20 major British and international journalism awards for his reporting from the region. He is the author of several bestselling books, including Pity the Nation, an eyewitness account of the Lebanese Civil War, and the historical volume The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East. In 2006, he was awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Prize for Cultural Freedom from the Lannan Foundation.  First for The Times of London and then for The Independent, Fisk has been reporting from the Middle East for nearly 40 years, covering everything from the Lebanese Civil War in the 1980s to the Israeli invasions of Lebanon. He was among the first Western journalists to report the massacre at the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila. He also witnessed and reported from the Iranian Revolution (1979), the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979), the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988), the Algerian Civil War (1990–1998), the US-Iraqi Gulf War (1991), the Bosnian and Kosovo conflicts (1992–1995, 1998), the American attack on Afghanistan (2001), and the US invasion of Iraq (2003). He covered many of the 2011 Arab revolutions, especially Egypt, and is today reporting from the civil war in Syria. He is the only journalist to have interviewed Osama bin Laden three times—first in Sudan and then in Al-Qaeda’s secret camps in Afghanistan. Born in England in 1946, Fisk holds a BA in English and Linguistics from Lancaster University in the UK, and a PhD in Politics from Trinity College, University of Dublin. He has received 17 honorary doctorates from British, Canadian, and other universities. He is a frequent broadcaster and lecturer around the world.  Fisk is the author of five books, including two works on Irish history, one of them an account of Irish neutrality in the Second World War; it remains a bestseller. Outside of the Middle East, Fisk has written and lectured extensively on the First and Second World Wars. He was the first Englishman to be invited to give a lecture to the families of Irish Catholics killed by British soldiers on Bloody Sunday.  He remains based in Beirut as The Independent’s Middle East correspondent and is currently working on a new history of the region called Night of Power. Image Copyright: TINAM Inc. and the NFB. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.  For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.  With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Fisk and Yung Chang and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film This Is Not A Movie, fake news and journalism, our addiction to social media, complicity, a “dead language”, and something called, “apparent clarity.” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4VuvQChWQ8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a> Synopsis: For more than 40 years, journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent and divisive conflicts in the world: Northern Ireland, the Balkans, and Syria. Yong Chang’s This Is Not a Movie captures Fisk in action—feet on the ground, notebook in hand, as he travels into landscapes devastated by war, interviewing both combatants and ordinary folk, ferreting out the facts and firing reports back home to reach an audience of millions. As corporations devour independent media, and language becomes a weapon, another less obvious battle is taking place. In an ever-accelerating 24-hour news cycle, the process of translating raw experience into incisive and passionate dispatches requires the determination to see things first-hand and the tenacity to say what others won’t.   In his relentless pursuit of the facts, Fisk has attracted his share of controversy. But in spite of the danger, he has continued to cover stories as they unfold, talking directly to the people involved, whether that’s Osama Bin Laden or a young Palestinians woman whose father was recently murdered. Unlike the glamorous films that fueled Fisk’s early ambitions, justice rarely prevails, villains aren’t punished, and there are no tidy endings. As Fisk says, “the truth is that this is not a movie.” About the Director and Robert: Yung Chang is the director of Up the Yangtze, China heavyweight and The Fruit Hunters. He is currently completing a screenplay for his first dramatic feature, Eggplant. In 2015, Chang was selected to participate in the prestigious Sundance Labs for Eggplant. His award-winning short Gatekeeper is a Vimeo Staff Pick and distributed by Field of Vision, Laura Poitras’ curated online film unit.  Chang’s films have screened at international film festivals including Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, and IDFA and have played theatrically in cinemas around the world. Up the Yangtze<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1114277/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a>was one of the top-grossing documentary releases in 2008. In 2013, China Heavyweight became the most widely screened social-issues documentary I Chinese history with an official release in 200 Chinese cinemas.  His films have been critically acclaimed, receiving awards in Paris, Milan, Vancouver, San Francisco, the Canadian Screen Award, Taiwan Golden Horse, Cinema Eye Honors, among others and have been nominated at Sundance, the Independent Spirit Awards and the Emmys.​Chang's films have been shown on international broadcasters including PBS, National Geographic, ARTE, ZDF, Channel 4, HBO, TMN, NHK, CBC, Bell Media, TV2, SBS, RTS and EBS. He's received funding from major organizations like Sundance Institute, BRITDOC, Telefilm, SODEC, Hot Docs, National Film Board and Canada Council for the Arts. Chang is the recipient of the Don Haig Award, the Yolande and Pierre Perrault Award, and the Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada. In 2013, he was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization behind the Academy Awards. Up the Yangtze and The Fruit Hunters were co-produced by the National Film Board and Eyesteel film. Robert Fisk is the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain, according to The New York Times. He is the Middle East correspondent of the London Independent and has won more than 20 major British and international journalism awards for his reporting from the region. He is the author of several bestselling books, including Pity the Nation, an eyewitness account of the Lebanese Civil War, and the historical volume The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East. In 2006, he was awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Prize for Cultural Freedom from the Lannan Foundation. First for The Times of London and then for The Independent, Fisk has been reporting from the Middle East for nearly 40 years, covering everything from the Lebanese Civil War in the 1980s to the Israeli invasions of Lebanon. He was among the first Western journalists to report the massacre at the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila. He also witnessed and reported from the Iranian Revolution (1979), the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979), the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988), the Algerian Civil War (1990–1998), the US-Iraqi Gulf War (1991), the Bosnian and Kosovo conflicts (1992–1995, 1998), the American attack on Afghanistan (2001), and the US invasion of Iraq (2003). He covered many of the 2011 Arab revolutions, especially Egypt, and is today reporting from the civil war in Syria. He is the only journalist to have interviewed Osama bin Laden three times—first in Sudan and then in Al-Qaeda’s secret camps in Afghanistan. Born in England in 1946, Fisk holds a BA in English and Linguistics from Lancaster University in the UK, and a PhD in Politics from Trinity College, University of Dublin. He has received 17 honorary doctorates from British, Canadian, and other universities. He is a frequent broadcaster and lecturer around the world. Fisk is the author of five books, including two works on Irish history, one of them an account of Irish neutrality in the Second World War; it remains a bestseller. Outside of the Middle East, Fisk has written and lectured extensively on the First and Second World Wars. He was the first Englishman to be invited to give a lecture to the families of Irish Catholics killed by British soldiers on Bloody Sunday. He remains based in Beirut as The Independent’s Middle East correspondent and is currently working on a new history of the region called Night of Power. Image Copyright: TINAM Inc. and the NFB. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 477 - Robert Fisk and Yung Chang

Ann Shin

Ann Shin and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her important new film The Superfood Chain, ghetto gardens, sustainability, local versus fair trade, the butterfly effect and crossing into other cultures.TrailerSynopsisAre so called superfoods really that great for you? And how does the burgeoning global demand impact the indigenous cultures who grow the food and depend on it as a staple? ‘The Superfood Chain’ is a beautiful cinematic documentary that investigates how the super food industry affects the lives of farming families from Bolivia, Ethiopia, Philippines, and Haida Gwaii.Every year, the western world is introduced to a new ‘superfood’ that boasts extraordinary nutritional features, and year after year we buy them. The Superfood Chain is a feature documentary that explores the facts and myths behind superfoods, and reveals the ripple effect of the ‘Superfood’ industry on farming and fishing families around the world. Shot on location in four countries, the TVO produced film features the lush landscapes of Bolivia, Ethiopia, Philippines, and Haida Gwaii in Canada, following four farming and fishing families. The documentary examines the larger issues around globalization of superfoods, including unintended effects on food security and health, sustainable farming, and fair trade food practices and provides an opportunist to learn more about the good food revolution.DIRECTOR'S STATEMENTWhen I became a mom, I became hyper aware of the food I was feeding my family. I wanted the very best for them and so whenever a new superfood came to market, I’d buy it and serve it up, no questions asked. But when my six-year-old daughter asked me where her quinoa crusted salmon came from, I had no answers. When I started to look into it, what I discovered was eye-opening.While superfoods have become a globalized trend, few people know if they’re really that great for you, and even fewer realize the profound impact that the superfood industry has on the farmers who produce them and the indigenous communities who rely on them as a staple food. The Superfood Chain takes a closer look at the superfoods we eat as well as the lives of superfood producing families around the world.In this film, I travel to meet superfood farmers and fisherfolk, to witness firsthand the impact the world’s obsession with superfoods.How have their lives changed since the superfood boom? How have their diets changed? And what can we do as consumers to help sustainable practices in farming and fishing communities?BiographyAnn Shin is an award-winning Director and Producer known for beautiful, compelling documentary films, series and innovative interactive projects. Her films and series have aired on CBC, TVO, HBO, ABC, CBC The Documentary Channel, Discovery Channel, HGTV, History Channel, SLICE.Her latest film, ‘My Enemy, My Brother’ won Grand Jury Prize at SDAIFF , the short version was shortlisted for a 2016 Academy Award, and nominated for an Emmy. Her cross-platform project ‘The Defector’ film won Best Documentary and Best Documentary Director at the Canadian Screen Awards. The Defector Interactive won the FITC Award, the Canadian Digi Award, and at the SXSW Interactive Festival. The Four Seasons Mosaic was a Gemini nominee for Best Performance Doc. Other credits include Chris Award-winning ‘The Roswell Incident’, ‘Western Eyes’, and ‘Almost Real: Connecting in a Wired World’.Image Copyright: Fathom Film Group and Ann Shin. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ann Shin and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her important new film The Superfood Chain, ghetto gardens, sustainability, local versus fair trade, the butterfly effect and crossing into other cultures.<a href="https://vimeo.com/273040931" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a>SynopsisAre so called superfoods really that great for you? And how does the burgeoning global demand impact the indigenous cultures who grow the food and depend on it as a staple? <a href="https://www.thesuperfoodchain.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘The Superfood Chain’</a> is a beautiful cinematic documentary that investigates how the super food industry affects the lives of farming families from Bolivia, Ethiopia, Philippines, and Haida Gwaii.Every year, the western world is introduced to a new ‘superfood’ that boasts extraordinary nutritional features, and year after year we buy them. The Superfood Chain is a feature documentary that explores the facts and myths behind superfoods, and reveals the ripple effect of the ‘Superfood’ industry on farming and fishing families around the world. Shot on location in four countries, the <a href="https://tvo.org/article/about/tvo-original-the-superfood-chain-explores-the-truth-behind-some-of-the-trendiest-foods-in-the-world-starting-thanksgiving-day" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TVO</a> produced film features the lush landscapes of Bolivia, Ethiopia, Philippines, and Haida Gwaii in Canada, following four farming and fishing families. The documentary examines the larger issues around globalization of superfoods, including unintended effects on food security and health, sustainable farming, and fair trade food practices and provides an opportunist to learn more about the <a href="http://www.goodfoodrevolution.com/shin-superfood/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">good food revolution</a>.DIRECTOR'S STATEMENTWhen I became a mom, I became hyper aware of the food I was feeding my family. I wanted the very best for them and so whenever a new superfood came to market, I’d buy it and serve it up, no questions asked. But when my six-year-old daughter asked me where her quinoa crusted salmon came from, I had no answers. When I started to look into it, what I discovered was eye-opening.While superfoods have become a globalized trend, few people know if they’re really that great for you, and even fewer realize the profound impact that the superfood industry has on the farmers who produce them and the indigenous communities who rely on them as a staple food. The Superfood Chain takes a closer look at the superfoods we eat as well as the lives of superfood producing families around the world.In this film, I travel to meet superfood farmers and fisherfolk, to witness firsthand the impact the world’s obsession with superfoods.How have their lives changed since the superfood boom? How have their diets changed? And what can we do as consumers to help sustainable practices in farming and fishing communities?Biography<a href="http://www.annshin.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ann Shin</a> is an award-winning Director and Producer known for beautiful, compelling documentary films, series and innovative interactive projects. Her films and series have aired on CBC, TVO, HBO, ABC, CBC The Documentary Channel, Discovery Channel, HGTV, History Channel, SLICE.Her latest film, ‘My Enemy, My Brother’ won Grand Jury Prize at SDAIFF , the short version was shortlisted for a 2016 Academy Award, and nominated for an Emmy. Her cross-platform project ‘The Defector’ film won Best Documentary and Best Documentary Director at the Canadian Screen Awards. The Defector Interactive won the FITC Award, the Canadian Digi Award, and at the SXSW Interactive Festival. The Four Seasons Mosaic was a Gemini nominee for Best Performance Doc. Other credits include Chris Award-winning ‘The Roswell Incident’, ‘Western Eyes’, and ‘Almost Real: Connecting in a Wired World’.Image Copyright: <a href="https://fathomfilm.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fathom Film Group</a> and Ann Shin. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ann Shin - The SuperFood Chain

Sophie Deraspe

Sophie Deraspe and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Antigone, Greek tragedies, empathy, dignity, resistance and trusting and following your heartTrailerSynopsis:﻿Antigone is a moving, compassionate and beautiful story and it won the best film at TIFF 2019. Gripping, powerful, and of-the-moment, Antigone loosely adapts Sophocles' Greek tragedy and situates it in contemporary Montreal. The latest from critically acclaimed Québécois writer-director Sophie Deraspe (The Wolves, The Amina Profile) is a compassionate family drama that doesn't hold back on its indictment of the current refugee and immigrant experience in North America.Following the murder of their parents, Antigone, her sister Ismène, her brothers Étéocle and Polynice, and their grandmother Ménécée find refuge in Montreal. They live a quiet modest life in a tiny apartment in a working-class neighbourhood. A straight-A student seemingly destined for greatness, Antigone (masterfully played by Nahéma Ricci in her first leading role) is the glue that holds the family together. Tragedy strikes when Étéocle is wrongfully gunned down by police during the arrest of Polynice, a small-time drug dealer. Motivated by her sense of duty towards her family and fuelled by the memory she cherishes of her dead parents, Antigone decides to jeopardize her own future to preserve that of her family.Antigone acutely explores familial sacrifice, the burden of responsibility, and the nature of justice with exceptional depth and nuance. Although inspired by a story 2,500 years old, Deraspe's film is a timely meditation, one that prompts serious reflection on immigrant life in ostensibly welcoming contemporary Canada.With thanks to TIFF.About the Director:One of the leading figures of new Quebec cinema, Sophie Deraspe fell in love with cinema through her Visual Arts studies in Austria and Literature studies at the University of Ottawa and Montreal. As both a filmmaker and cinematographer, she worked primarily within the realms of documentary before making her first feature, Rechercher Victor Pellerin/Missing Victor Pellerin in 2016. Her second feature, Les signes vitaux/Vital Signs in 2009, was in IFFR's Tiger Competition and she won the FIPRESCI award at Torino Film Festival for Les loups in 2015. The documentary Le profil Amina/A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile was selected as a World Cinema Documentary at Sundance and won the Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs. Antigone was chosen as Best Canadian Feature at the Toronto International Film Festival and it will represent Canada at the Oscars in the category Best International Feature Film.Image Copyright: Association Coopérative des Productions Audio-Visuelles and Sophie Deraspe. Used with permission.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sophie Deraspe and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Antigone, Greek tragedies, empathy, dignity, resistance and trusting and following your heart<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo5os3XbZC4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a>Synopsis:﻿Antigone is a moving, compassionate and beautiful story and it won the best film at TIFF 2019. Gripping, powerful, and of-the-moment, Antigone loosely adapts Sophocles' Greek tragedy and situates it in contemporary Montreal. The latest from critically acclaimed Québécois writer-director Sophie Deraspe (The Wolves, The Amina Profile) is a compassionate family drama that doesn't hold back on its indictment of the current refugee and immigrant experience in North America.Following the murder of their parents, Antigone, her sister Ismène, her brothers Étéocle and Polynice, and their grandmother Ménécée find refuge in Montreal. They live a quiet modest life in a tiny apartment in a working-class neighbourhood. A straight-A student seemingly destined for greatness, Antigone (masterfully played by Nahéma Ricci in her first leading role) is the glue that holds the family together. Tragedy strikes when Étéocle is wrongfully gunned down by police during the arrest of Polynice, a small-time drug dealer. Motivated by her sense of duty towards her family and fuelled by the memory she cherishes of her dead parents, Antigone decides to jeopardize her own future to preserve that of her family.Antigone acutely explores familial sacrifice, the burden of responsibility, and the nature of justice with exceptional depth and nuance. Although inspired by a story 2,500 years old, Deraspe's film is a timely meditation, one that prompts serious reflection on immigrant life in ostensibly welcoming contemporary Canada.With thanks to TIFF.About the Director:One of the leading figures of new Quebec cinema, Sophie Deraspe fell in love with cinema through her Visual Arts studies in Austria and Literature studies at the University of Ottawa and Montreal. As both a filmmaker and cinematographer, she worked primarily within the realms of documentary before making her first feature, Rechercher Victor Pellerin/Missing Victor Pellerin in 2016. Her second feature, Les signes vitaux/Vital Signs in 2009, was in IFFR's Tiger Competition and she won the FIPRESCI award at Torino Film Festival for Les loups in 2015. The documentary Le profil Amina/A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile was selected as a World Cinema Documentary at Sundance and won the Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs. Antigone was chosen as Best Canadian Feature at the Toronto International Film Festival and it will represent Canada at the Oscars in the category Best International Feature Film.Image Copyright: Association Coopérative des Productions Audio-Visuelles and Sophie Deraspe. Used with permission.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 481 - Sophie Deraspe - Antigone

Karen Stokkendal Poulsen

Karen Stokkendal Poulsen and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film On The Inside of A Military Dictatorship, democratic reform, compromise, trust and privilege, personal interest, corruption and power.Trailer Synopsis: The film tells the story of how the military of Myanmar stepped into the shadow after 50 years of dictatorship, while the democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who the military had kept in house arrest for 20 years, became the leader of the country. The story is unusual because the two parties keep having a strange grip on each other: the military with their control of the countries’ resources, Aung San Suu Kyi with her control of the people.It’s the story of how power struggles unfold and how political enemies can end up being closer than the ones they claim to fight for: the people. They play in the same field and get to know each other on close hold and it changes them.It is a two-egged sword, though: compromise can be the way forward to reconcile a painful past. It can unfortunately also be a way of trapping each other and leave the visions behind. In Myanmar it is a complex mix of both.  About the Director: Karen is a documentary filmmaker. She graduated with a Master of Arts in “Screen Documentary” from Goldsmiths College, London, in 2008.In addition to her work as a director, Karen has an educational background in Political Science, in which she holds a bachelor’s and Masters degree from the University of Copenhagen. Parallel with her studies she has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has lectured a course in International Relations at the University of Copenhagen.Her documentary the Agreement was selected for competition at CPH:DOX 2013 and for the Dragon award at Göteborg International Film Festival, the human rights festival and many more.  Image Copyright: Karen Stokkendal Poulsen and First Hand Films. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karen Stokkendal Poulsen and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film On The Inside of A Military Dictatorship, democratic reform, compromise, trust and privilege, personal interest, corruption and power.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1FOCE3rKJs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a> Synopsis: The film tells the story of how the military of Myanmar stepped into the shadow after 50 years of dictatorship, while the democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who the military had kept in house arrest for 20 years, became the leader of the country. The story is unusual because the two parties keep having a strange grip on each other: the military with their control of the countries’ resources, Aung San Suu Kyi with her control of the people.It’s the story of how power struggles unfold and how political enemies can end up being closer than the ones they claim to fight for: the people. They play in the same field and get to know each other on close hold and it changes them.It is a two-egged sword, though: compromise can be the way forward to reconcile a painful past. It can unfortunately also be a way of trapping each other and leave the visions behind. In Myanmar it is a complex mix of both.  About the Director: Karen is a documentary filmmaker. She graduated with a Master of Arts in “Screen Documentary” from Goldsmiths College, London, in 2008.In addition to her work as a director, Karen has an educational background in Political Science, in which she holds a bachelor’s and Masters degree from the University of Copenhagen. Parallel with her studies she has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has lectured a course in International Relations at the University of Copenhagen.Her documentary the Agreement was selected for competition at CPH:DOX 2013 and for the Dragon award at Göteborg International Film Festival, the human rights festival and many more.  Image Copyright: Karen Stokkendal Poulsen and First Hand Films. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 448 - Karen Stokkendal Poulsen

Lisa Fiorilli

Lisa Fiorilli and Face2Face host David Peck talk about working in the cultural sector, diversity and inclusion, passion and people, statistics, and the perception and definition of art. Making It Work: WorkInCulture is a non-profit arts service organization that supports the people who work in the cultural sector in Ontario through life-long career development and entrepreneurial and business skills training. Specifically, WIC is recognized for its Job Board and for connecting employers to artists, creatives and cultural workers; though WorkInCulture is not just the Job Board. In partnership with sector leaders and funders, WorkInCulture develops and delivers diversified learning opportunities for artists, creative entrepreneurs and arts administrators from all creative disciplines and stages of their careers. WorkInCulture is committed to implementing inclusive programming through its Creative Boost and WorkSmarts workshops and webinars, eLearning modules, Creative Works Conference, mentorship programs, professional development activities, and free resources found on its website. About our Guest:  Lisa Fiorilli is a research and policy professional with several years of experience in Canada’s arts &amp; culture sector. Her experience has spanned across the public and not-for-profit sector, and she is passionate about developing and sharing the data that tells the story of the value of arts and culture to our economy and society.She joined WorkInCulture as the Research &amp; Outreach Manager in 2017, and she is tasked with managing the organization’s flagship research projects, including MakingItWork, as well as with developing a broader research strategy for WorkInCulture.Her previous experience includes policy, research and funding-related roles at the Canadian Independent Music Association, Ontario Creates (formerly the Ontario Media Development Corporation), and the Bell Fund. Her educational background is in political science and economics, and she holds a Master of Arts degree in Public Policy and Administration from Ryerson University.  Image Copyright: Lisa Fiorilli and Making It Work. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lisa Fiorilli and Face2Face host David Peck talk about working in the cultural sector, diversity and inclusion, passion and people, statistics, and the perception and definition of art. Making It Work: <a href="https://www.workinculture.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WorkInCulture</a> is a non-profit arts service organization that supports the people who work in the cultural sector in Ontario through life-long career development and entrepreneurial and business skills training. Specifically, WIC is recognized for its Job Board and for connecting employers to artists, creatives and cultural workers; though WorkInCulture is not just the Job Board. In partnership with sector leaders and funders, WorkInCulture develops and delivers diversified learning opportunities for artists, creative entrepreneurs and arts administrators from all creative disciplines and stages of their careers. WorkInCulture is committed to implementing inclusive programming through its Creative Boost and WorkSmarts workshops and webinars, eLearning modules, Creative Works Conference, mentorship programs, professional development activities, and free resources found on its website. About our Guest: Lisa Fiorilli is a research and policy professional with several years of experience in Canada’s arts &amp; culture sector. Her experience has spanned across the public and not-for-profit sector, and she is passionate about developing and sharing the data that tells the story of the value of arts and culture to our economy and society.She joined WorkInCulture as the Research &amp; Outreach Manager in 2017, and she is tasked with managing the organization’s flagship research projects, including MakingItWork, as well as with developing a broader research strategy for WorkInCulture.Her previous experience includes policy, research and funding-related roles at the Canadian Independent Music Association, Ontario Creates (formerly the Ontario Media Development Corporation), and the Bell Fund. Her educational background is in political science and economics, and she holds a Master of Arts degree in Public Policy and Administration from Ryerson University.  Image Copyright: Lisa Fiorilli and Making It Work. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Lisa Fiorilli on Passion, People, Statistics, and Art

Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar, Chato and David Peck talk about their new film, empathy engines, recovering history, dictatorship, Spain, memory and the narrative of the people.SynopsisThe Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, who continue to seek justice to this day. Filmed over six years, the film follows victims and survivors as they organize the groundbreaking Argentine Lawsuit and fight a state-imposed amnesia of crimes against humanity, in a country still divided four decades into democracy.The Silence of Others is directed/produced by Emmy-winning filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar. It is Executive Produced by Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar and Esther García.The Silence of Others had its world premiere at the 2018 Berlinale in the Panorama section, where it won both the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary and the Berlinale Peace Prize.BiographyThe Silence of Others was written, produced and directed by Emmy-winning filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar. Their previous film, Made in L.A. (MadeinLA.com), which tells the story of three Latina immigrants fighting for better working conditions in Los Angeles garment factories, was praised by The New York Times as “an excellent documentary... about basic human dignity.” Made in L.A. screened at 100+ film festivals, premiered on United States public television’s POV series and won numerous awards including an Emmy, the Henry Hampton Award and the Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism, among others.Born in Madrid, Spain, Almudena Carracedo has developed her professional career in the US, where she directed and produced her debut feature film, the Emmy-winning documentary Made in L.A. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Creative Capital Fellow, a Sundance Time Warner Documentary Fellow, a United States Artists Fellow, and the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Illinois Wesleyan University. Prior to Made in L.A., she directed the short documentary Welcome, A Docu-Journey of Impressions, which won Silverdocs’ Sterling Prize. In 2012 Almudena returned to Spain to begin work on The Silence of Others.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Robert Bahar lives and works between Madrid, Spain and Brooklyn, New York. He won an Emmy as producer/writer of the documentary Made in L.A., and he spearheaded a three-year impact campaign that brought the film to audiences around the world. Prior to Made in L.A., he produced and directed the documentary Laid to Waste, and line produced several independent films. Robert is a Creative Capital Fellow, a Sundance Documentary Fellow, and holds an MFA from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema-Television.Image Copyright: Almudena Carracedo &amp; Robert Bahar. Used with permission.For more information about his podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar, Chato and David Peck talk about their new film, empathy engines, recovering history, dictatorship, Spain, memory and the narrative of the people.SynopsisThe Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, who continue to seek justice to this day. Filmed over six years, the film follows victims and survivors as they organize the groundbreaking Argentine Lawsuit and fight a state-imposed amnesia of crimes against humanity, in a country still divided four decades into democracy.The Silence of Others is directed/produced by Emmy-winning filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar. It is Executive Produced by Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar and Esther García.The Silence of Others had its world premiere at the 2018 Berlinale in the Panorama section, where it won both the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary and the Berlinale Peace Prize.BiographyThe Silence of Others was written, produced and directed by Emmy-winning filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar. Their previous film, Made in L.A. (<a href="http://MadeinLA.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MadeinLA.com</a>), which tells the story of three Latina immigrants fighting for better working conditions in Los Angeles garment factories, was praised by The New York Times as “an excellent documentary... about basic human dignity.” Made in L.A. screened at 100+ film festivals, premiered on United States public television’s POV series and won numerous awards including an Emmy, the Henry Hampton Award and the Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism, among others.Born in Madrid, Spain, Almudena Carracedo has developed her professional career in the US, where she directed and produced her debut feature film, the Emmy-winning documentary Made in L.A. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Creative Capital Fellow, a Sundance Time Warner Documentary Fellow, a United States Artists Fellow, and the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Illinois Wesleyan University. Prior to Made in L.A., she directed the short documentary Welcome, A Docu-Journey of Impressions, which won Silverdocs’ Sterling Prize. In 2012 Almudena returned to Spain to begin work on The Silence of Others.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Robert Bahar lives and works between Madrid, Spain and Brooklyn, New York. He won an Emmy as producer/writer of the documentary Made in L.A., and he spearheaded a three-year impact campaign that brought the film to audiences around the world. Prior to Made in L.A., he produced and directed the documentary Laid to Waste, and line produced several independent films. Robert is a Creative Capital Fellow, a Sundance Documentary Fellow, and holds an MFA from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema-Television.Image Copyright: Almudena Carracedo &amp; Robert Bahar. Used with permission.For more information about his podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Silence of Others

Brian Goldman

Brian Goldman and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his book The Power of Kindness, healthcare and shame, threats and anxiety, the big reveal, bonding with others and why empathy is a choice.SynopsisIn The Power of Kindness, Goldman leaves the comfortable, familiar surroundings of the hospital in search of his own lost compassion. A top neuroscientist performs an MRI scan of his brain to see if he is hard-wired for empathy. A researcher at Western University in Ontario tests his personality and makes a startling discovery. Goldman then circles the planet in search of the most empathic people alive, to hear their stories and learn their secrets.He visits a boulevard in São Paulo, Brazil, where he meets a woman who calls a homeless poet her soul mate and reunited him with his family; a research lab in Kyoto, Japan, where he meets a lifelike, empathetic android; and a nursing home in rural Pennsylvania, where he meets a therapist at a nursing home who has an uncanny knack of knowing what’s inside the hearts and minds of people with dementia, as well as her protégé, a woman who talked a gun-wielding robber into walking away from his crime.Powerful and engaging, The Power of Kindness takes us far from the theatre of medicine and into the world at large, and investigates why kindness is so vital to our existence.BiographyDr. Brian Goldman has been an ER doctor, radio host of White Coat, Black Art and healthcare pundit. As a veteran emergency room physician, Brian has a successful career setting broken bones, curing pneumonia, and otherwise pulling people back from the brink of medical emergency. He has been an award-winning medical reporter for CBC Television's The Health Show as well as The National. He's known across Canada as CBC Radio One's "House Doctor." Brian has a proven knack for making sense of medical baffelgab.He always believed that caring came naturally to physicians, but time, stress, errors, and heavy expectations left him wondering if he might not be the same caring doctor he thought he was at the beginning of his career. He wondered what kindness truly looks like—in himself and in others.You can purchase Brian’s book here: The Power of KindnessImage Copyright: Brian Goldman. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian Goldman and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his book The Power of Kindness, healthcare and shame, threats and anxiety, the big reveal, bonding with others and why empathy is a choice.SynopsisIn <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Power-Kindness-Empathy-Essential-Everyday/dp/1443451061" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Power of Kindness</a>, Goldman leaves the comfortable, familiar surroundings of the hospital in search of his own lost compassion. A top neuroscientist performs an MRI scan of his brain to see if he is hard-wired for empathy. A researcher at Western University in Ontario tests his personality and makes a startling discovery. Goldman then circles the planet in search of the most empathic people alive, to hear their stories and learn their secrets.He visits a boulevard in São Paulo, Brazil, where he meets a woman who calls a homeless poet her soul mate and reunited him with his family; a research lab in Kyoto, Japan, where he meets a lifelike, empathetic android; and a nursing home in rural Pennsylvania, where he meets a therapist at a nursing home who has an uncanny knack of knowing what’s inside the hearts and minds of people with dementia, as well as her protégé, a woman who talked a gun-wielding robber into walking away from his crime.Powerful and engaging, The Power of Kindness takes us far from the theatre of medicine and into the world at large, and investigates why kindness is so vital to our existence.BiographyDr. Brian Goldman has been an ER doctor, radio host of White Coat, Black Art and healthcare pundit. As a veteran emergency room physician, Brian has a successful career setting broken bones, curing pneumonia, and otherwise pulling people back from the brink of medical emergency. He has been an award-winning medical reporter for CBC Television's The Health Show as well as The National. He's known across Canada as CBC Radio One's "House Doctor." Brian has a proven knack for making sense of medical baffelgab.He always believed that caring came naturally to physicians, but time, stress, errors, and heavy expectations left him wondering if he might not be the same caring doctor he thought he was at the beginning of his career. He wondered what kindness truly looks like—in himself and in others.You can purchase Brian’s book here: <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Power-Kindness-Empathy-Essential-Everyday/dp/1443451061" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Power of Kindness</a>Image Copyright: Brian Goldman. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Brian Goldman - The Power of Kindness

Tuva Novotny and Pia Tjelta and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new beautiful and challenging new film Blind Spot, shock and grief, parenting, PTSD and dealing with guilt, blame and responsibility.TrailerSynopsisSwedish actor Tuva Novotny’s feature directorial debut is an uncompromising confrontation with family tragedy and heartbreak, about a mother’s struggle to understand her teenage daughter’s crisis. Shot in a series of harrowing long takes, Tuva Novotny's uncompromising Blind Spot documents every parent's worst nightmare. Maria, Anders and their two children — teenaged daughter Tea and son Bjorn — enjoy a uneventful and connected family life. But when an unexpected catastrophe happens, everything about their life is called into question.As the family assembles and tries to deal with events, shock and hysteria lead to recrimination and self-doubt. Shot in a style reminiscent of the Dogme 95 school, with a handheld camera that's constantly chasing after the characters as they struggle with their trauma, the film never releases its grip. Indeed, it grows more and more claustrophobic and heartrending with each passing scene.BiographyOne of Sweden's most durable and in-demand stars, Tuva Novotny has appeared in everything from Josef Fares's international hit ‘Jalla! Jalla!’ to TV series (Dag) to Hollywood titles like ‘Eat Pray Love’, ‘Annihilation’, ‘A War’ and ‘Borg vs McEnroe.’ Tuva Novotny was born in Stockholm. She has acted extensively in television and film. ‘Blind Spot” is her directorial debut.Image Copyright: Tuva Novotny. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to TIFF’s Steve Gravestock and producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tuva Novotny and Pia Tjelta and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new beautiful and challenging new film Blind Spot, shock and grief, parenting, PTSD and dealing with guilt, blame and responsibility.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv2p5HFq-mE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trail</a>erSynopsisSwedish actor Tuva Novotny’s feature directorial debut is an uncompromising confrontation with family tragedy and heartbreak, about a mother’s struggle to understand her teenage daughter’s crisis. Shot in a series of harrowing long takes, Tuva Novotny's uncompromising Blind Spot documents every parent's worst nightmare. Maria, Anders and their two children — teenaged daughter Tea and son Bjorn — enjoy a uneventful and connected family life. But when an unexpected catastrophe happens, everything about their life is called into question.As the family assembles and tries to deal with events, shock and hysteria lead to recrimination and self-doubt. Shot in a style reminiscent of the Dogme 95 school, with a handheld camera that's constantly chasing after the characters as they struggle with their trauma, the film never releases its grip. Indeed, it grows more and more claustrophobic and heartrending with each passing scene.BiographyOne of Sweden's most durable and in-demand stars, Tuva Novotny has appeared in everything from Josef Fares's international hit ‘Jalla! Jalla!’ to TV series (Dag) to Hollywood titles like ‘Eat Pray Love’, ‘Annihilation’, ‘A War’ and ‘Borg vs McEnroe.’ Tuva Novotny was born in Stockholm. She has acted extensively in television and film. ‘Blind Spot” is her directorial debut.Image Copyright: Tuva Novotny. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to TIFF’s Steve Gravestock and producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Tuva Novotny & Pia Tjelta - Blind Spot

James Fell

James Fell and Face2Face host David Peck talk about peak experiences, core identities and values, losing weight, eureka movements, the tortoise/hare approach to decision making, the fear of boredom and why science and self help should be connected.SynopsisAfter years of helping people change, James Fell had a sudden insight about sudden insight: significant life change doesn’t often come from just putting one foot in front of the other, carefully observing and altering habits, slogging through baby steps toward new behavior. Rather, the research reveals that serious life turnaround usually happens in a moment, with a flash of inspiration. Epiphany arrives like a lightning strike, rapidly shifting the recipient of such enlightenment onto a new path that creates a better life.Motivational psychology has traditionally focused on slow and steady―gradual improvement over time to reach a desired goal, whether it’s weight loss, career change, battling addiction, or success in relationships. We’ve all been told that the tortoise beats the hare. But, through compelling science and powerful stories, James Fell shows us that the hare has the edge; overwhelming desire can be awakened fast and furiously. When you learn to become attuned to that sensation of sudden awakening, a new path can be followed almost effortlessly.Everyone has the ability to experience the lightning strike. The Holy Sh!t Moment will teach you how to create a life-changing epiphany and go directly from intention to action.BiographyJames Fell is a highly regarded science-based motivator for lasting life change. With millions of readers around the globe, he has the mission of helping people achieve sudden insight into what inspires them to live the life they know they’re meant to.He has been a regular contributor for numerous major publications, including the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, AskMen.com, Men’s Health, TIME, The Guardian, NPR, and a variety of others. Fell is the author of Lose it Right: A Brutally Honest 3 Stage Program to Help You Get Fit and Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind.You can find out more about him and his work here.Image Copyright: James Fell. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Thom Powers form TIFF and producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Fell and Face2Face host David Peck talk about peak experiences, core identities and values, losing weight, eureka movements, the tortoise/hare approach to decision making, the fear of boredom and why science and self help should be connected.SynopsisAfter years of helping people change, James Fell had a sudden insight about sudden insight: significant life change doesn’t often come from just putting one foot in front of the other, carefully observing and altering habits, slogging through baby steps toward new behavior. Rather, the research reveals that serious life turnaround usually happens in a moment, with a flash of inspiration. Epiphany arrives like a lightning strike, rapidly shifting the recipient of such enlightenment onto a new path that creates a better life.Motivational psychology has traditionally focused on slow and steady―gradual improvement over time to reach a desired goal, whether it’s weight loss, career change, battling addiction, or success in relationships. We’ve all been told that the tortoise beats the hare. But, through compelling science and powerful stories, James Fell shows us that the hare has the edge; overwhelming desire can be awakened fast and furiously. When you learn to become attuned to that sensation of sudden awakening, a new path can be followed almost effortlessly.Everyone has the ability to experience the lightning strike. The Holy Sh!t Moment will teach you how to create a life-changing epiphany and go directly from intention to action.BiographyJames Fell is a highly regarded science-based motivator for lasting life change. With millions of readers around the globe, he has the mission of helping people achieve sudden insight into what inspires them to live the life they know they’re meant to.He has been a regular contributor for numerous major publications, including the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, <a href="http://AskMen.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AskMen.com</a>, Men’s Health, TIME, The Guardian, NPR, and a variety of others. Fell is the author of Lose it Right: A Brutally Honest 3 Stage Program to Help You Get Fit and Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind.You can find out more about him and his work <a href="https://www.bodyforwife.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.Image Copyright: James Fell. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to Thom Powers form TIFF and producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

James Fell -  The Holy Sh!t Moment

Patricia Marcoccia

Patricia Marcoccia and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Shut Him Down: The Rise of Jordan Peterson, human rights and pronouns, fearful associations, differing world-views and sacred ceremonies.TrailerSynopsisShut Him Down: The Rise of Jordan Peterson is the directorial debut of Patricia Marcoccia. It’s a timely one-hour point-of-view documentary film focusing on University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson’s controversial rise to fame from an unprecedented behind-the-scenes perspective. The film documents over 110 hours of vérité, fly-on-the-wall moments with Peterson, his family, activists, students and professors, ranging from staunch supporters of Peterson to those who vehemently oppose him.In fall 2016, Peterson published a video entitled “Professor Against Political Correctness,” thrusting him into the national spotlight for his criticisms of Canadian human rights legislation Bill C-16. In the video, Peterson argued that the law crosses a dangerous line with regards to freedom of expression because it enforces the use of alternate gender pronouns for persons who identify as a gender outside of male or female. Peterson’s views were immediately described as transphobic and dangerous by people like A.W. Peet, a self-described non-binary University of Toronto physics professor. As Dr. Peet states in the film, “Bill C-16 is not about cisgender people, it’s about protections for transgendered people.”Director Marcoccia, who was shooting another film about Peterson when the controversy ignited, stumbled into one of the biggest debates in Canada. As the debate ensued, media attention shifted from questions like “Is Peterson right or wrong about this debate,” to “who is this world-renowned professor and are his ideas dangerous?”“As a documentary filmmaker, my goal wasn’t to push out a message,” continues Marcoccia, “But it was important that I deeply understood what was at stake for people coming at this from different vantage points: non-binary people; activists; professors; students, and to create a film that enabled each side to voice itself on its own terms.”BiographyPatricia Marcoccia is a Toronto-based filmmaker with 8 years of multidisciplinary experience in digital media production, journalism, and documentary film. Her first documentary short, We Make Stories Out of Totem Poles, 2016, was screened at festivals internationally and her premiere feature-length documentary, Shut Him Down, aired on CBC in the fall 2018 and is available online.Before her foray into documentary film, Patricia worked as a journalist and digital media producer with agencies that focus on social change mandates. She collaborated on innovative projects such as a Telefilm multi-city national workshop series on online marketing and multiplatform distribution for film, and Melting Silos, a trans media development workshop sponsored by NFB, Telefilm, CMPA and BC Film.In 2011 Patricia participated in DOXA Documentary Film Festival’s Kris Anderson Program for emerging female filmmakers. She went on to work as associate producer for the interactive component of Canadian Screen Award nominated action documentary series, Battle Castle. Battlecastle.tv won the Blue Drop Award for best entertainment website in 2013.Patricia earned an honours bachelor of science degree in psychology, neuroscience and behaviour at McMasterImage Copyright: Patricia Marcoccia and Holding Space Films. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patricia Marcoccia and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Shut Him Down: The Rise of Jordan Peterson, human rights and pronouns, fearful associations, differing world-views and sacred ceremonies.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JogZlEeJmjA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a>SynopsisShut Him Down: The Rise of Jordan Peterson is the directorial debut of Patricia Marcoccia. It’s a timely one-hour point-of-view documentary film focusing on University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson’s controversial rise to fame from an unprecedented behind-the-scenes perspective. The film documents over 110 hours of vérité, fly-on-the-wall moments with Peterson, his family, activists, students and professors, ranging from staunch supporters of Peterson to those who vehemently oppose him.In fall 2016, Peterson published a video entitled “Professor Against Political Correctness,” thrusting him into the national spotlight for his criticisms of Canadian human rights legislation Bill C-16. In the video, Peterson argued that the law crosses a dangerous line with regards to freedom of expression because it enforces the use of alternate gender pronouns for persons who identify as a gender outside of male or female. Peterson’s views were immediately described as transphobic and dangerous by people like A.W. Peet, a self-described non-binary University of Toronto physics professor. As Dr. Peet states in the film, “Bill C-16 is not about cisgender people, it’s about protections for transgendered people.”Director Marcoccia, who was shooting another film about Peterson when the controversy ignited, stumbled into one of the biggest debates in Canada. As the debate ensued, media attention shifted from questions like “Is Peterson right or wrong about this debate,” to “who is this world-renowned professor and are his ideas dangerous?”“As a documentary filmmaker, my goal wasn’t to push out a message,” continues Marcoccia, “But it was important that I deeply understood what was at stake for people coming at this from different vantage points: non-binary people; activists; professors; students, and to create a film that enabled each side to voice itself on its own terms.”BiographyPatricia Marcoccia is a Toronto-based filmmaker with 8 years of multidisciplinary experience in digital media production, journalism, and documentary film. Her first documentary short, We Make Stories Out of Totem Poles, 2016, was screened at festivals internationally and her premiere feature-length documentary, Shut Him Down, aired on CBC in the fall 2018 and is available online.Before her foray into documentary film, Patricia worked as a journalist and digital media producer with agencies that focus on social change mandates. She collaborated on innovative projects such as a Telefilm multi-city national workshop series on online marketing and multiplatform distribution for film, and Melting Silos, a trans media development workshop sponsored by NFB, Telefilm, CMPA and BC Film.In 2011 Patricia participated in DOXA Documentary Film Festival’s Kris Anderson Program for emerging female filmmakers. She went on to work as associate producer for the interactive component of Canadian Screen Award nominated action documentary series, Battle Castle. <a href="http://Battlecastle.tv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Battlecastle.tv</a> won the Blue Drop Award for best entertainment website in 2013.Patricia earned an honours bachelor of science degree in psychology, neuroscience and behaviour at McMasterImage Copyright: Patricia Marcoccia and <a href="https://www.holdingspacefilms.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Holding Space Films</a>. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Patricia Marcoccia - Shut Him Down

Jawad Rhalib

Jawad Rhalib and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film When Arabs Danced, stereotypes, the gender gap and the oppression of women, art, fundamentalism and culture and the power of knowledge.TrailerSynopsisWriter, director, and journalist Jawad Rhalib presents a timely exploration of Muslim identity in relation to artistic expression and harmful stereotypes, through archival footage, interviews, and evocative performances. As invested in mood as it is in message, When Arabs Danced forgoes conventional artist-profile tropes in favour of a weave of rehearsals, conversations, performances, and a trove of archival materials that remind us of the long and often sensual history of dance and music found throughout the Arab world. In the wake of the terror shockwave provoked by Daesh’s islamo-fascism, director Jawad Rhalib questions the many facets of Arab culture that have sadly been forgotten by western and middle-eastern media alike; its love for dancing and music, but also for literature, philosophy, and science.These aspects, though, willingly ignored by both racists and religious zealots and fundamentalists, have always been an integral part of the great texture of the Arab identity.Through some humorous clips of president Nasser’s public speeches addressing the Muslim Brotherhood about imposing on all Egyptian women the obligation of the hijab, the complexities behind a stage adaptation of Michel Houellebecq’s controversial book Submission and the many issues of gender identity in Arab societies, the film explores how Islamic fascism has suffocated the freedom, creativity and all progressive values of the Arab society.BiographyJawad Rhalib has worked as an author and journalist. His films include the documentaries El Ejido, The Damned of the Sea and Le chant des tortues, and the features 7, rue de la Folie, Insoumise. When Arabs Danced is his latest film.As an author and a director, Jawad Rhalib has oriented his work on social realism. He wrote and directed short, medium and full-length films and feature length documentaries. His movies El Ejido, The Law of Profit, The Damned of The Sea, The Turtle’s Song, The Swallows of Love, When Arbs danced, have been selected for competitions in prestigious festivals.He won the Grand Prize for the movie El Ejido, The Law of Profit at Fespaco, the Audience Award for The Damned of The Sea at Vision du Réel Nyon, the Great Prize at Monte-Carlo IFF, the Great Prize EcoCamera at RIDM and was nominated for the European Academy Awards.In 2014, he made his first feature fiction film: madness with selections at Montreal world film festival, Seminci – Valladolid International Film Festival, FIFF Namur, the Festival cinéma d’Agadir where the film won the prize of the best scenario and the prize for the female interpretation.His second feature fiction film Rebellious Girl won the jury’s prize at Marrakech International Film Festival FIFM.His last movie When Arabs Danced won the Audience Award and Best Film at Vision du Réel- Nyon 2018.Image Copyright: Jawad Rahlib and R &amp; R productions. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Thom Powers form TIFF and producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jawad Rhalib and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film When Arabs Danced, stereotypes, the gender gap and the oppression of women, art, fundamentalism and culture and the power of knowledge.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4VaJ0gK1s4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a>SynopsisWriter, director, and journalist Jawad Rhalib presents a timely exploration of Muslim identity in relation to artistic expression and harmful stereotypes, through archival footage, interviews, and evocative performances. As invested in mood as it is in message, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4VaJ0gK1s4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When Arabs Danced</a> forgoes conventional artist-profile tropes in favour of a weave of rehearsals, conversations, performances, and a trove of archival materials that remind us of the long and often sensual history of dance and music found throughout the Arab world. In the wake of the terror shockwave provoked by Daesh’s islamo-fascism, director Jawad Rhalib questions the many facets of Arab culture that have sadly been forgotten by western and middle-eastern media alike; its love for dancing and music, but also for literature, philosophy, and science.These aspects, though, willingly ignored by both racists and religious zealots and fundamentalists, have always been an integral part of the great texture of the Arab identity.Through some humorous clips of president Nasser’s public speeches addressing the Muslim Brotherhood about imposing on all Egyptian women the obligation of the hijab, the complexities behind a stage adaptation of Michel Houellebecq’s controversial book Submission and the many issues of gender identity in Arab societies, the film explores how Islamic fascism has suffocated the freedom, creativity and all progressive values of the Arab society.BiographyJawad Rhalib has worked as an author and journalist. His films include the documentaries El Ejido, The Damned of the Sea and Le chant des tortues, and the features 7, rue de la Folie, Insoumise. When Arabs Danced is his latest film.As an author and a director, Jawad Rhalib has oriented his work on social realism. He wrote and directed short, medium and full-length films and feature length documentaries. His movies El Ejido, The Law of Profit, The Damned of The Sea, The Turtle’s Song, The Swallows of Love, When Arbs danced, have been selected for competitions in prestigious festivals.He won the Grand Prize for the movie El Ejido, The Law of Profit at Fespaco, the Audience Award for The Damned of The Sea at Vision du Réel Nyon, the Great Prize at Monte-Carlo IFF, the Great Prize EcoCamera at RIDM and was nominated for the European Academy Awards.In 2014, he made his first feature fiction film: madness with selections at Montreal world film festival, Seminci – Valladolid International Film Festival, FIFF Namur, the Festival cinéma d’Agadir where the film won the prize of the best scenario and the prize for the female interpretation.His second feature fiction film Rebellious Girl won the jury’s prize at Marrakech International Film Festival FIFM.His last movie When Arabs Danced won the Audience Award and Best Film at Vision du Réel- Nyon 2018.Image Copyright: Jawad Rahlib and R &amp; R productions. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to Thom Powers form TIFF and producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Jawad Rhalib - When Arabs Danced

Michael Del Monte

Janae Kroc

Michael Del Monte, Janae Kroc and David Peck talk about their new film Transformer, fear, pressure and identity, hateful and angry people, creating conversations and why this film has a heart.Watch the trailer here.SynopsisFrom white trash kid, to decorated U.S. Marine, to bodybuilder, to world record powerlifter, Matt Kroczaleski faces his most challenging feat of strength yet: becoming a woman.A world record power lifter faces his most challenging feat of strength yet: becoming a woman. Transformer takes audiences on the transition journey of world record powerlifter Janae "Kroc" Kroczaleski. A unique and inspiring look at the transgender community, Transformer explores Janae's discovery that letting go of Matt doesn't mean she has to let go of herself."I don't think I am comfortable as an extremely muscular woman but as a guy, that's the only way I'm comfortable."Transformer was directed by Michael Del Monte and produced by Tad Munnings of Storystream Creative.The film premiered at the Austin Film Festival where it won the Audience and Best Doc Feature Awards and also recently was the recipient of the audience award for best documentary at Hot Docs 2018. The film has since screened at the Big Sky Film Festival and at the Socially Relevant Film Festival this year.BiographyMichael Del Monte is an award-winning director, working around the globe. His latest documentary "Transformer" (2018) follows former U.S. Marine and world-record powerlifter, Matt Kroc, as he sets out to become a woman.Transformer premiered at the Austin Film Festival and won the Best Documentary and the Audience Award. His first documentary, Transcend (2014) follows Boston Marathon Champion, Wesley Korir, who sets out to earn a seat as a Member of Parliament in a politically corrupt Kenyan election.Del Monte received his Master's in theology and philosophy from The University of Toronto.For more info on the film head here.----------Image Copyright: Michael Del Monte and StoryStream. Used with permission.For more information about his podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Del Monte, Janae Kroc and David Peck talk about their new film Transformer, fear, pressure and identity, hateful and angry people, creating conversations and why this film has a heart.Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGxUG3cC9Mw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trailer here.</a>SynopsisFrom white trash kid, to decorated U.S. Marine, to bodybuilder, to world record powerlifter, Matt Kroczaleski faces his most challenging feat of strength yet: becoming a woman.A world record power lifter faces his most challenging feat of strength yet: becoming a woman. Transformer takes audiences on the transition journey of world record powerlifter Janae "Kroc" Kroczaleski. A unique and inspiring look at the transgender community, Transformer explores Janae's discovery that letting go of Matt doesn't mean she has to let go of herself."I don't think I am comfortable as an extremely muscular woman but as a guy, that's the only way I'm comfortable."Transformer was directed by Michael Del Monte and produced by Tad Munnings of Storystream Creative.The film premiered at the Austin Film Festival where it won the Audience and Best Doc Feature Awards and also recently was the recipient of the audience award for best documentary at Hot Docs 2018. The film has since screened at the Big Sky Film Festival and at the Socially Relevant Film Festival this year.BiographyMichael Del Monte is an award-winning director, working around the globe. His latest documentary "Transformer" (2018) follows former U.S. Marine and world-record powerlifter, Matt Kroc, as he sets out to become a woman.Transformer premiered at the Austin Film Festival and won the Best Documentary and the Audience Award. His first documentary, Transcend (2014) follows Boston Marathon Champion, Wesley Korir, who sets out to earn a seat as a Member of Parliament in a politically corrupt Kenyan election.Del Monte received his Master's in theology and philosophy from The University of Toronto.For more info on the <a href="https://www.transformerfilm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">film head here</a>.----------Image Copyright: Michael Del Monte and StoryStream. Used with permission.For more information about his podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Michael Del Monte and Janae Kroc

Nazeha Arebi and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Freedom Fields, Libya, the politics of religion, inspiration and empowerment, gender disparity, joy, fear and the love for life and stepping outside of the norm.SynopsisFilmed over five years, FREEDOM FIELDS follows three women and their football team in post-revolution Libya, as the country descends into civil war and the utopian hopes of the Arab Spring begin to fade. Through the eyes of these accidental activists, we see the reality of a country in transition, where the personal stories of love and aspirations collide with History. It’s an intimate film about hope, struggle and sacrifice in a land where dreams seem a luxury. It’s a love letter to sisterhood and the power of the ‘team’.BiographyA Libyan/British artist and filmmaker, with a background in theatre, who works at the cross section between cinema and activism, Naziha returned to Libya after the revolution to work and explore her father’s homeland. She directed two short documentaries there, worked as writer and production manager with BBC Media Action on educational shorts and worked on a film with Jarreth Merz documenting the first ever Libyan elections.In 2012, she co-founded HuNa Productions with Huda Abuzeid, a Tripoli-based collective, aiming at improving and developing Libyan cinema as a tool for change. She recently completed a series of educational shorts on Libyan reconciliation shot in 14 towns across Libya, worked as cinematographer on a 52’ documentary in Libya about the Tabu tribe, shot a 24’ documentary on tragically assassinated Libyan activist Salwa Bughaghis for UN Women and Libyan Women’s Platform For Peace. She also makes content for Hivos with a focus on women, in the MENA region.Naziha’s photography has been published in The Monocle, Brownbook, RUKH, Critical Muslim, The Outpost, Mashallah News, Vitra Design and exhibited in London, Paris, Malta, Tunisia, Barcelona, Ivory Coast, Dubai, Senegal, Geneva, Germany and Libya. In 2013 she was part of Documentary Campus eV (MENA) and is a HotDocs Blue Ice and a Sundance Lab fellow. She is also a WEF Global Shaper, a Beyond Borders #1325 fellow and is part of the Lumieres D’Afrique Collective. As well as directing her first feature, FREEDOM FIELDS, she is also currently producing another feature documentary in Libya, AFTER A REVOLUTION, in collaboration with Met Film (UK), EIE Film (Italy) andUrban Republic (USA).Image Copyright: Nazeha Arebi. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nazeha Arebi and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Freedom Fields, Libya, the politics of religion, inspiration and empowerment, gender disparity, joy, fear and the love for life and stepping outside of the norm.SynopsisFilmed over five years, FREEDOM FIELDS follows three women and their football team in post-revolution Libya, as the country descends into civil war and the utopian hopes of the Arab Spring begin to fade. Through the eyes of these accidental activists, we see the reality of a country in transition, where the personal stories of love and aspirations collide with History. It’s an intimate film about hope, struggle and sacrifice in a land where dreams seem a luxury. It’s a love letter to sisterhood and the power of the ‘team’.BiographyA Libyan/British artist and filmmaker, with a background in theatre, who works at the cross section between cinema and activism, Naziha returned to Libya after the revolution to work and explore her father’s homeland. She directed two short documentaries there, worked as writer and production manager with BBC Media Action on educational shorts and worked on a film with Jarreth Merz documenting the first ever Libyan elections.In 2012, she co-founded HuNa Productions with Huda Abuzeid, a Tripoli-based collective, aiming at improving and developing Libyan cinema as a tool for change. She recently completed a series of educational shorts on Libyan reconciliation shot in 14 towns across Libya, worked as cinematographer on a 52’ documentary in Libya about the Tabu tribe, shot a 24’ documentary on tragically assassinated Libyan activist Salwa Bughaghis for UN Women and Libyan Women’s Platform For Peace. She also makes content for Hivos with a focus on women, in the MENA region.Naziha’s photography has been published in The Monocle, Brownbook, RUKH, Critical Muslim, The Outpost, Mashallah News, Vitra Design and exhibited in London, Paris, Malta, Tunisia, Barcelona, Ivory Coast, Dubai, Senegal, Geneva, Germany and Libya. In 2013 she was part of Documentary Campus eV (MENA) and is a HotDocs Blue Ice and a Sundance Lab fellow. She is also a WEF Global Shaper, a Beyond Borders #1325 fellow and is part of the Lumieres D’Afrique Collective. As well as directing her first feature, FREEDOM FIELDS, she is also currently producing another feature documentary in Libya, AFTER A REVOLUTION, in collaboration with Met Film (UK), EIE Film (Italy) andUrban Republic (USA).Image Copyright: Nazeha Arebi. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his site here</a>.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Nazeha Arebi - Freedom Fields

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