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ROMAN LIUBYI AND Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Iron Butterflies, cultural diplomacy, artistic interpretations, poetry, war crimes, human rights, justice, propaganda, and creating monuments on screen. Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxh4t-13X-8 SYNOPSIS: On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down over Eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. While worldwide shock was immediate, failure to lay categorical blame would only amplify the tragedy. Filmmaker Roman Liubyi meticulously presents the intercepted radio communications, uploaded videos, and irrefutable evidence of Russia’s guilt. But it is the film’s artful meditation on Russia’s incredible denials that powers its real indictment—by not immediately holding the guilty accountable and by allowing a Dutch court to provide the only international reprisal of the Russian state eight years later, the international community tacitly allowed the war in Ukraine to continue. From sombre dance sequences at the plane’s wreckage to a recurring vignette of a child’s hands playing with butterfly-shaped shrapnel, Liubyi sounds the alarm over what should have been the world’s wake-up call to a war that was already underway. ABOUT ROMAN: Roman Liubyi is a Ukrainian director, editor, and animator working in screen arts, theater, and music. His debut feature documentary, War Note, is a surrealist cinematic journey to the front line of Ukraine’s war with the Russian Federation, edited from found footage shot by Ukrainian soldiers in 2014. Since 2013, Liubyi has been a part of the Babylon’13: Cinema of Civil Society film collective. IMAGE COPYRIGHT: Roman Liubyi and Babylon 13 F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Andrew McCarthy and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new book 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 https://andrewmccarthy.com/! PHOTO CREDIT: Jesse Dittmar ABOUT 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. 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 , , , , and many others. For a dozen years Andrew served as an editor-at-large with National Geographic Traveler magazine. He has written for , , , , , , , , , 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, , , and a — all New York Times bestsellers. He lives in New York. IMAGE COPYRIGHT: Jesse Dittmar F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Robert Osbourne and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film , tenacity and passionate commitment to a cause, justice and corruption, family and why sometimes pushing back against the system is necessary. Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKqUUMe3lq8 Watch on CBC Gem https://gem.cbc.ca/malcom-is-missing SYNOPSIS: , 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, 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 & Dambuilder Productions. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://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 Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oQwFObkw8c. 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 , 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 , 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 , and , 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 https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Emil Langballe, Lukasz Konopa AND Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film , Christianity and conflict, radicalization, nature versus nurture, restorative justice, government oppression, and why retributive justice doesn’t work. Watch the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceN6R5167D4 and head to Hot Docs https://hotdocs.ca/ 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 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 was honoured at such film festivals as Karlovy Vary, Thessaloniki, Tampere and Hot Docs. premiered at IDFA. His latest films and both premiered in competition at CPH: DOX. IMAGE COPYRIGHT: Emil Langballe, Lukasz Konopa & Dogwoof Films. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Christian Einshøj AND Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film , Super Nintendo, anxiety, depression, memory, family photography and trauma, existentialism, expectations and the experience of pure joy. Watch the trailer here https://vimeo.com/814513821 and head to Hot Docs https://hotdocs.ca/ 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 and decides 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 to confront 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 long distance 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 the silence 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 and the award winning . In 2018 his short doc Haunted was awarded Best International Short at HotDocs and went on to play at festivals around the world. is his first feature film. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Christian Einshøj. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://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 here https://www.tvo.org/programs/truth-lies. BLURB: Since the dawn of civilization, people in power have played with the truth, danced with deception, and altered reality to suit their interests. T 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 , a globe-trotting feature doc about three pioneering artists pushing back against political polarization. Prior to that, he was a showrunner at , where he wrote, directed and produced 30 episodes of for broadcast in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK; and , a 20-part doc series with unprecedented access to the police in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. His feature docs include, , a Gemini Award winner, Best Arts Program, , 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 https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Barri Cohen, Brian Logie and Face2Face host David Peck talk about , trauma, empathy and love, “othering”, labels and wood carving, oppression, institutions and junk science, capitalism and dehumanization and why it’s so important to never forget. For more info head here https://www.whitepinepictures.com/documentary/unloved and www.remembereveryname.com http://www.remembereveryname.com BLURB: Filmmaker Barri Cohen leads part detective story, part social history in 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? 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 across a range of genres from lifestyle to comedy for general and specialty audiences in Canada and around the world. Many of Cohen’s independently produced and directed works involve health, mental health, and environmental, social justice stories. Among her awards and nominations include those for her feature documentary Toxic Trespass: Children’s Health & The Environment & the recently co-produced Toxic Beauty — Phyllis Ellis’s multiple Canadian Screen Award winning and internationally nominated feature documentary for White Pine Pictures and documentary Channel which had its premiere at the 2019 Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival. Cohen also produced Ellis’s Canadian Screen Award nominated documentary for CBC, Girls Night Out. Cohen is the past National Executive 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 co founding member of the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival. She is currently developing a family drama/comedy series, writing a memoir collection with essays, and studying psychoanalysis. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Barri Cohen and White Pine Pictures F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/ * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jo Brunini and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new book , empathy, listening, loss in a marriage, storytelling and self-correction, mystical encounters, authenticity, and why fighting for your free space is so important. For more info head here. https://www.giovannabrunini.com/ 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 in rural 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. Otyrburn belongs 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 helping restore the worn-at-the-edges Regency manor, where secrets long forgotten, and those newly discovered, converge. “The novel often feels like the film populated by readers of the ... Brunini’s prose is often evocative...” ABOUT 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 Brunini F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
NADINE PEQUENEZA & Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film , conservation andgeneral ocean health,hope, despair, joy and plankton, plant intelligence, cohabitation, community and grass roots movements. Watch it on CBC https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/last-of-the-right-whales#:~:text=NOW%20STREAMING%20ON%20CBC%20GEM&text=North%20Atlantic%20right%20whales%20are%20dying%20faster%20than%20they%20can,be%20extinct%20within%2020%20years. and find out more information here https://lastoftherightwhales.com/ 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. 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: . 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 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 https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Karen Wookey, Andrea Constand and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film , trauma, purpose, trust and aha moments, authenticity, fear, risk, and faith, finding a safe community and how healing is possible. Watch now on CBC Gem https://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/docs/the-case-against-cosby Survivors.org https://www.survivors.org/ Hope Healing https://hopehealing.ca/ 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, 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 , a doc series exploring intimate partner homicide, Intervention Canada, Vegas Rat Rods for Discovery Channel, and : 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 (Tribeca) starring Donald Sutherland and Larry Mullen Jr., as well as (XYZ International), in partnership with Resolute Films & Entertainment’s Lee Kim, directed by Anthony Scott Burns and starring Thomas Mann and Nicola Peltz. They are currently in production on Caitlyn Cronenberg’s first feature entitled . IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Karen Wookey & Prospero Pictures. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
SARAH POLLEY AND Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film , curiosity, imagination, the patriarchy, trauma and grief, de and re-construction, the power of community, what it means to heal, inspiration and the greater Good. BLURB: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and Judith Ivey, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand, star in Sarah Polley’s fearless adaptation of Miriam Toews’ acclaimed novel about a cloistered world where women struggle with an epidemic of abuse. Oscar-nominated writer-director Sarah Polley’s fearless adaptation of Miriam Toews’ acclaimed novel grants us access to a tight-knit, cloistered religious colony in which women struggle to recover from an epidemic of abuse. Featuring riveting, emotionally complex performances from a stunning ensemble that includes Oscar nominees Rooney Mara and Jessie Buckley and Oscar winner Frances McDormand, Women Talking is a drama of harrowing revelations, fraught alliances, and the search for grace. Reeling from multiple counts of sexual abuse, newly uncovered within their Mennonite colony, a group of women gather in a hayloft to discuss how to respond. While the men are away, the women narrow their options down to three: do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. Some fear that any act of defiance will jeopardize their entry into heaven, while others believe they cannot survive without husbands and sons. Some are willing to take any measures to escape the terror of their domestic lives and insist that “the truth is stronger than the rules.” With her first feature in almost a decade, Polley showcases her unmatched skills as both a screenwriter and a director. The film is at once ferocious in its critique of patriarchal oppression — a critique that clearly extends to our broader, secular culture — while respectful of the beliefs and traditions in which its characters were raised. Though it is suffused with the pain of trauma, a stubborn sense of wonder and quiet joy in community permeate the film. Women Talking ushers us through a journey of rage, grief, wisdom, and hope through to a triumphant, most gratifying conclusion. ABOUT SARAH: Sarah Polley, actor, director, writer, producer, she is one of Canada's most talented and well-known actors. Sarah is also an acclaimed director and a committed political activist. As a child actor, her natural and unaffected performances on television series such as , and in films such as Atom Egoyan's and . After choosing to pursue a career in Canadian and independent films, she embarked on a highly successful second career as a writer-director with such award-winning films as , and . Her latest film is . She has won multiple Genie and Gemini Awards, and numerous international honours. Sarah is the first woman to receive a Genie Award for best director, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of Canada’s Walk of Fame. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Universal Studios. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
JOSHUA JAY AND Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new book , mystery, philosophy and wonder, asking good questions, doing what you love, problem solving and why magic matters. To buy tickets for Thursday, November the 10th head to Jokers https://www.jokers.ca/joshua-jay. ABOUT JOSH: Joshua has performed on stages in over 100 countries. He was awarded the top prize at the World Magic Seminar and has fooled Penn & Teller on their hit show, Fool Us. He holds a Guinness World Record in card magic. Jay has performed magic on numerous television shows, including appearances on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and The Late, Late Show with James Corden. Joshua Jay is the author of several books, including the best-selling MAGIC: The Complete Course, and the upcoming How Magicians Think. He has designed illusions for stage and screen, including a recent collaboration with HBO for Game of Thrones. Joshua consulted with the United States Postal Service on the design of their postage stamp series, Magic. Joshua appeared at the 2008 Inaugural Ball for President Barack Obama and has also delivered private performances for former President Clinton. Most recently, Joshua was awarded Magician of the Year 2020 by the Society of American Magicians Parent Assembly for his contribution to the art of magic. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Joshua Jay. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Stacey Tenenbaum and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film , why rust is beautiful, upcycling, the preservation of history, objective juxtaposition, the right to repair, circular economies, changing minds and looking closer. Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpvPIl5aO3k For more information head to the website here https://scrapdoc.ca/. SYNOPSIS: Must a disposable society throw out its memories along with its unwanted possessions? Director Stacey Tenenbaum tackles this question in her globe-trotting documentary which takes place in metal graveyards where, “things like planes and ships and trains and trolleys all go to die.” Discover the vast and strangely beautiful places where things go to die and meet the people who collect, restore, and recycle the world’s scrap. scratches beneath flaking paint and rusting metal to reveal the beauty and pathos in the ugliness we leave behind. ABOUT STACEY: Stacey Tenenbaum is an award-winning producer and director. Stacey is passionate about making cinematic films that are filled with humour and heart. In 2014 she founded H2L Productions, a boutique documentary film production company specializing in crafting character driven stories which are shot internationally. H2L Productions’ first documentary Shiners, premiered at Hot Docs and was broadcast on the documentary Channel, TV5, and PBS. Stacey’s second film Pipe Dreams also premiered at Hot Docs and was broadcast on the documentary Channel, NHK, SVT and PBS. SCRAP is her third feature documentary. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Stacey Tenenbaum & H2L Productions F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jason Loftus and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film human rights, the lens of the artist, universals, Aristotle and poetry, activism versus pacifism, and the nuts and bolts of disinformation. Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_CM3hj1dik&t=7s SYNOPSIS: In March 2002, a state TV signal in China is hacked by members of the banned spiritual group Falun Gong. Their goal is to counter the government narrative about their practice. In the aftermath, police raids sweep Changchun City, and comic book illustrator Daxiong (), a Falun Gong practitioner, is forced to flee. He arrives in North America, blaming the hijacking for worsening a violent repression. But his views are challenged when he meets the lone surviving participant to have escaped China, now living in Seoul, South Korea. Combining present-day footage with 3D animation inspired by Daxiong’s art, retraces the event on its 20th anniversary, and brings to life an unprecedented story of defiance, harrowing eyewitness accounts of persecution, and an exhilarating tale of determination to speak up for political and religious freedoms, no matter the cost. ABOUT JASON: A Peabody Award-winning filmmaker and four-time Canadian Screen Award nominee, Jason’s work spans documentary, docuseries, virtual reality, narrative games, and animation. Jason produced the docuseries on Chinese cuisine, , which was named Best Food Series on TV at the 2021 Taste Awards. It has aired in over 100 territories worldwide, including on PBS stations across the US and NatGeo People Asia. Jason’s directorial debut in a documentary feature, together with Eric Pedicelli, was called and premiered in competition at Slamdance in 2020. It won the Copper Wing (Best World Cinema) at the Phoenix Film Festival, was endorsed by artist Ai Weiwei, and was nominated by Film Threat as 2021’s Best Socially Relevant Documentary, among other honours. Eternal Spring is Jason’s follow-up to Ask No Questions and his second documentary feature as director. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Film participant and illustrator Daxiong & Lofty Sky Pictures. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Paul Saltzman and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film , John Lennon and following your heart, politics, civil rights and how storytelling can do magical things and what it might mean to look for inner peace. Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMjobk81DkM VISIT PAUL’S OTHER SITES: Moving Beyond Prejudice http://movingbeyondprejudice.com/ and Prom Night in Mississippi For More Information https://thebeatlesinindia.com/ SYNOPSIS: Filmmaker Paul Saltzman retraces his journey of 50 years ago when he spent a life-changing time with the Beatles at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram on the banks of the Ganges River. In 1968, he discovered his own soul, learned meditation, which changed his life, and hung out with John, Paul, George and Ringo. Fifty years later, he finds “Bungalow Bill” in Hawaii; connects with David Lynch about his own inner journey; as well as preeminent Beatles historian, Mark Lewisohn; Academy Award nominated film composer, Laurence Rosenthal; and Pattie and Jenny Boyd. And much of this is due to Saltzman’s own daughter, Devyani, reminding him that he had put away and forgotten these remarkably intimate photographs of that time in 1968. NARRATION BY: Morgan Freemam EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: David Lynch & Others ABOUT PAUL: Paul Saltzman is a two-time Emmy Award-winning, Toronto-based director-producer of over 300 film and television productions. In 1968, he learned meditation at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram in India, an experience that changed his life. There, he photographed the Beatles, Jane Asher, Cynthia Lennon, Pattie Boyd Harrison, Maureen Starkey, Mia Farrow, Donovan, Mal Evans and Mike Love. In 1968-69 he assisted in the birth of a new film format as second-unit director and production manager of the first IMAX film. He later attended the original Woodstock Music Festival, produced a Leonard Cohen concert tour, and made his first film, a documentary on Bo Diddley. In 2000, Viking Penguin released Paul’s first book, The Beatles in Rishikesh. In early 2006 Paul created the Deluxe Limited-Edition box set, ‘The Beatles in India’. Today, Paul continues to make films; leads small tour groups to India; and does film screenings and workshops worldwide on the Beatles, Moving Beyond Prejudice, Meditation, Maximizing Creativity, Conflict Resolution and Nonviolent Communication, and Overcoming Performance Anxiety. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Paul Saltzman. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kyle Thrash and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film , politics and clemency, character, tenacity and humility, the criminal justice system, and something called the Last Prisoner Project. Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGtrtVmbcls For more information. https://www.freemichaelthompson.com/ The Last Prisoner Project https://www.lastprisonerproject.org/ SYNOPSIS: Michael Thompson is the longest serving non-violent offender in Michigan history, and this year he is finally up for clemency. In 1994, he was arrested for selling three pounds of cannabis to a close friend turned police informant. He was sentenced to 42 to 60 years in prison and remains there even after Michigan legalizes the recreational use and sale of cannabis. The film follows Michael’s daughter, Rashawnda Littles, and his lawyer, Kim Corral, during the fight for clemency, examines the harm the War on Drugs has caused on communities, and explores paths forward as federal cannabis legalization gets closer to becoming a reality. ABOUT KYLE AND FROM HIS WEBSITE: https://kylethrash.com/ Kyle was born in Philly but grew in Germans Ville which is actually a place and he made a lot of Skate videos and listened to a lot of ska which is what you're supposed to do as a teenager in a small town, but made a fly-on-the-wall doc about his school which nearly got him expelled. So, he tried being a child actor and Ron Howard cast him but left him on the cutting room floor so he started directing his own stuff because what does Ron Howard know anyway. And then the whole music video thing exploded with everyone loving his films so he won a load of stuff and made his feature maybe next year about the Philadelphia eagles winning the super bowl and he shot incredible spots for the NFL and LinkedIn and although he secretly likes watching other people play video games and was in a Mariah Carey movie we don’t care because his work is sublime and he really is a definite knucklehead. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Kyle Thrash. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Stefan Forbes and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his film , conflict resolution, toxic masculinity, messy conversations, risk and bridging the gap and how we might be able to transcend street justice. Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH7cG02pYzA For more info check out the website https://www.holdyourfirefilm.com/. SYNOPSIS: Brooklyn, 1973. When Shu’aib Raheem and his friends attempted to steal guns for self defense, it sparked the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. NYPD psychologist Harvey Schlossberg fought to avert a bloodbath, reform police methods, and save the lives of hostages, police, and the four young Muslim men at the heart of the conflict. ABOUT STEFAN: Stefan Forbes is an Emmy-nominated director. His award-winning documentary won the IDA Emerging Filmmaker Award, the national Edward R. Murrow Award, the Polk Award for Excellence in Journalism, and was nominated for a WGA Award for Best Theatrical Documentary. It played 40 US cities theatrically and was seen on PBS's Frontline, The BBC's Storyville, the CBC's Passionate Eye, and was a Critic's Pick in newspapers worldwide. The Washington Post called it “one of the best political films ever made.” Mr. Forbes' award winning hourlong documentary One More Dead Fish (2004), about environmentally friendly fishermen in Nova Scotia fighting globalization, was broadcast on PBS. Ken Loach called it “excellent” and Howard Zinn termed the film “an inspiring example of working people resisting the giant forces of globalization, in the great tradition of civil disobedience on behalf of justice. Mr. Forbes wrote and directed the cinematic musical performance Monk Recut with Grammy-nominated jazz ensemble MONK’estra, which Monk biographer Robin D.G. Kelley called “fabulous…breathtaking.” Mr. Forbes is a former New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow and has served on the nominating committee of the Independent Spirit Awards. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Fab 5 Freddy and Stefan Forbes. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Bent Hamer, Pal Hagen and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film , precise poetic comedy, empathy and philosophy, existential angst, satire and rich literary material, and why humour is a way through which we can begin to understand each other. Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-hXQHQeiTM SYNOPSIS: The Middle Man is a darkly humorous social satire which takes place in a small town that is experiencing an epidemic of accidents and deaths. The town is run by “The Commission” - the Sheriff, the Doctor and the Pastor - who decide to hire a ‘Middle Man’ whose sole responsibility will be to inform the family when an unfortunate incident occurs. Frank Farrelli is a quiet, thoughtful man who proves perfect for the job. He takes his new role on with gusto and quickly becomes the town’s beacon of bad news. But the pressures of the job and a budding new romance overwhelm Frank. To ease his burden, he calls in a ‘favour’ that ends up in a horrifying yet oddly amusing murder. ABOUT BENT HAMER: Norwegian director, writer, producer and owner of the film production company BulBul Film. After studying law at The University of Oslo he worked for some years as sailboat skipper abroad before he completed his education in Film Theory (uncompleted Doctoral Program) and Literature at the University of Stockholm, and in film making at Stockholms Filmskola. Bent’s feature films include the award winning , and Eggs which all had their international premiere at Cannes International Film Festival. , , and were Norway’s entry for The Academy Award. Bent has served several film festival juries including Tokyo IFF, San Sebastian IFF, Sundance Institute/Sundance IFF and Karlovy Vary IFF. In 2013 Bent was awarded the Norwegian Amanda Honorary Award for his complete work. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Bent Hamer, BulBul Film, The Film Farm & Pandora Films. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
SARA TAKSLER AND Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film , entertainment as social justice, beautiful coping mechanisms, non-violent advocacy, relationships, love and closure and putting mindfulness into action. SYNOPSIS: Ninety-four-year-old David Wisnia never told his wife, children or grandchildren in Levittown, Pennsylvania, the whole truth about how he survived Auschwitz-Birkenau. They knew that David's singing voice had entertained the SS guards, that his musical gift had changed his fate, but no one knew what, or who, gave him the will to live: a love affair with another prisoner. Accompanying David on a trip to Poland commemorating the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation, grandson Avi learns about Helen "Zippi" Spitzer. A talented artist whose scale model of the camp earned her privileges, Zippi was able to orchestrate their encounters and keep them safe. They promised to find each other if they survived, but the war intervened. Over 70 years later, they reunite, sharing unimaginable memories and even more startling secrets in this moving testament to the life-giving power of music. ABOUT SARA: Sara worked in late-night comedy for two decades, including 12 years at The Daily Show, where she was a senior producer. She is the director and producer of the feature film How Saba Kept Singing, Executive Produced by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, which will debut at Toronto’s Hot Docs 2022. Taksler's previous documentary, Tickling Giants, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The New York Times declared Tickling Giants a “first-rate documentary”, Variety called it “an ebullient ode to freedom”, it reached the number one documentary spot on iTunes, and Rotten Tomatoes scored it 100 percent. TWISTED: A Balloonamentary, Taksler's first feature film, is a lighthearted look at the world’s premier balloon-twisting convention. The Hollywood Reporter hailed it a “thoroughly winning feature.” Taksler can talk backwards, has a remarkable fake sneeze, and grew an entire human inside her body while directing her most recent film. Sara’s favorite song: Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips How Saba Kept singing is her latest documentary and is executive produced by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: SARA TAKSLER & Hidden Light Productions. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Michelle Rempel Garner, Chloe Sosa-Sims and Face2Face host David Peck talk about the new film , idealism, political inertia, community, the calcification of beliefs, personal change, authenticity and why politics should be about the conversation. Find out more here http://chloesosasims.com/. SYNOPSIS: What happens when strong-willed women join the circus of politics? How do they create the change? Make the policy real? Achieve their dreams? The 3 female politicians in this film, Jess Phillips (Labour, UK) Pramila Jayapal (Democrat, US) & Michelle Rempel Garner (Conservative, Canada), represent different ends of the political spectrum, with different constituents and vastly different agendas. That said, they share one common fight – enacting bold policy in the face of an outdated political establishment. Sometimes that fight pits them against their country’s leaders, and other times against their own political parties. Taking place in three Western countries, the film will explore three democracies currently being rocked by the deep polarization of party politics. Just as they all begin to make progress, they are thrown into elections and leadership campaigns, and are expected to shift gears for “the good” of their leaders or parties. As each woman’s portrait becomes fully realized, the viewer must decide whether our system allows for their success. ABOUT CHLOE: Chloe Sosa-Sims is a Toronto-based director/ producer/ writer committed to documentary & stylized filmmaking. Her chilling and emotionally raw feature debut DAN AND MARGOT illuminated the complicated truths of schizophrenia. The film has screened internationally, with special presentations at the TIFF Bell Lightbox and the Hot Docs Bloor Cinema. She has participated in the UnionDocs Documentary Lab, RIDM Talent Lab, and the Reelworld E20 Program for her new film on women in politics. Her work spans independent documentary, television, branded content, and narrative shorts for CNN, VICE, CBC, History Channel, Super Channel, TVO, Investigation Discovery, Oxygen, and A&E. She takes on issues from politics to pop culture, and advocates for a more equal, fair and sustainable industry through her work with Film Fatales and other community groups. Her previous work includes 5 years as the Industry Programmer at Hot Docs. She holds a BAH in Film & Media from Queen’s University. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: CHLOE SOSA-SIMS & Fathom Film Group. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Daniel Carsenty, Mohammed Abugeth and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film , universal problems, hard to find solutions, the legitimacy of others, the pursuit of freedom and some of the things we take for granted. Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V70sCHjrMA Website https://devilsdrivers.com/ SYNOPSIS: Chased by the army, a human trafficker crosses the border on a daily basis. An intimate yet harrowing portrait – shot over the course of eight years – about a man living on the edge in one of the most dangerous regions of our world. The film is an intimate and harrowing portrait of a group of smugglers risking everything on high-speed trips to help Palestinians workers cross the border into Israel every day for work. Banned from obtaining legal work permits in Israel, and cut off from their lands, and water sources by the Israeli settlers, these men risk everything to provide for their families. An investigation into the human condition under the most difficult circumstances and an understanding of how to remain a decent human being in a world falling to pieces, the film underscores the harsh reality Palestinian’s face in day-to-day life. ABOUT DANIEL CARSENTY: Daniel Carsenty’s first film ‘After Spring Comes Fall’ won the award for Best Feature at the Zsigmong Vilmos Festival in Sziget, Hungary. In the following years he worked for Arte and BBC as a TV journalist in the Middle East. In 2020 he moved to Los Angeles as a directing fellow at the American Film Institute. ABOUT MOHAMMED ABUGETH: Mohammed Abugeth worked as PA in Ramallah for Idioms Films, before working as a TV journalist for Arte and DW. is his first feature film. He currently works and lives in Berlin. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Daniel Carsenty. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
CARLOS FRANCISCO MANATAD AND Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film , disaster films, grief, trauma and loss, style over story, spiritual fables, pushing back against the status quo and feeling secure and safe. Find out about the film and see the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmbumWUQsOI. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, religious fanatics, desperados, criminals and fleeing animals are loose in the city. Miguel, an escaped prisoner, roams the ruins in search of the two women in his life : his girlfriend Andrea and his mother, Norma. As soon as he finds them, the reason for Miguel’s incarceration – and his sacrifice – becomes clear. He tries to convince them to leave the city with him before he is arrested. However, Norma is fixated on waiting for her estranged husband Luis and Andrea is entangled in rebellious acts paving the way for her to commit the unspeakable. As Miguel’s temporary release expires, his freedom and even his life are jeopardized. He must decide whether to stay on to persuade his loved ones or to leave town on his own before the next disastrous storm devours him and the only home he knows. ABOUT CARLOS: Carlo Francisco Manatad was born in Tacloban in the Philippines and is currently based in Manila. Manatad has worked on over 60 feature films as an editor and had been working as an editor for nine years before he started directing. The film , for which Manatad served as editor, won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Meanwhile, Manatad's short , which originally was created as a treatment to show to producers and practice for a feature, was submitted and unexpectedly accepted to La Semaine de la Critique, a parallel sidebar section of Cannes which aims to discover new talented filmmakers. It also won the Best Southeast Asian Short Film award at the 2017 Singapore International Film Festival. is his latest film. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Carlos Francisco Manatad. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Margaret Byrne and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Any Given Day, context and community, safe places, honesty, vulnerability and accountability, the ethics of film making and why it’s important to see ourselves as resources. Find out about the film and see the trailer here https://anygivendayfilm.com/. SYNOPSIS: In 2015, during widespread defunding of community mental health care programs across the country, in Chicago, the Cook County Jail has become a default treatment center for people living with mental illness. While investigating the treatment of detainees, filmmaker Margaret Byrne befriends Angela, Dimitar and Daniel, participants in a mental health court probation program. Their friendship gives each of them the courage to be seen at their most vulnerable. In turn, Margaret begins to confront one of the most difficult periods of her life, culminating in a hospitalization for depression. What begins as a heartfelt desire to accurately portray the lives of Angela, Dimitar and Daniel, forces Margaret to reckon with her own history of mental illness. Margaret’s own hospitalization that occurs during the making of the film, becomes an inspiration to weave her own story into the film. Byrne’s intimate observations of the three, captures the hard-fought triumphs and struggles of living at the intersection of mental illness, poverty, and addiction. Any Given Day provides deeply personal insight into the necessity of caring relationships, especially when life is at its most difficult. ABOUT MARGARET: Margaret Byrne directed and produced a feature documentary following the lives of three African American boys growing up in rural North Carolina. She has worked as a cinematographer on over a dozen films including , , and . She was previously a creative director at Universal Music and directed live concerts and music videos for artists such as Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige. In 2005, Byrne produced and edited the live series that launched MTV across Africa. Byrne is an adjunct professor at Columbia College and College of DuPage. She is the founder of Beti Films, an all-women film collective based in Chicago. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Margaret Byrne and Beti Films. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DERRECK ROEMER AND Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film , about addiction and mental health, recovery and misconceptions, statistics and stigma, friendship, healing, codependency and why recovery and community are connected. Trailer https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/come-clean Watch it on TVO, TVO.org https://www.tvo.org/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=clean&utm_content=, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/tvo and TVO streaming channels. SYNOPSIS: is a close look at what fuels addiction, as well as the herculean effort and hope recovery demands. Six million Canadians will meet the criteria for addiction in our lifetimes. COVID-19 has intensified the problem. Opioid-related deaths surged 25% in Ontario in the first few months of the pandemic and continue to be at a crisis point. “The reality of addiction seriously impacts individuals, families and communities across Ontario,” says John Ferri, VP of Programming and Content at TVO. “With unflinching honesty, shares the real struggle of overcoming addictions through deeply personal journeys—stories that most Ontarians will relate to.” Written and directed by Derreck Roemer and Neil Graham of Insurgent Projects (, ), TVO Original begins on New Year’s Eve in the southwestern Ontario farming community of Thamesville, home to Westover Treatment Centre. Cameras roll as the dozen addicts in group 1313 embark on 19 days of in-treatment counselling. With intimate and unfettered access, the filmmakers embedded round-the-clock at Westover, living alongside the program participants. Post-treatment, filming followed select subjects’ stories for 18 months to experience their realities and see who among them could break the habits that landed them in rehab. ABOUT DERRECK: Toronto-based filmmaking duo Derreck Roemer and Neil Graham have worked together for over 20 years, producing and directing everything from shorts to feature-length documentaries. In late 2000, the pair began work on , a film that premiered to critical acclaim and sold-out screenings at the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, then played festivals worldwide before television broadcasts in Canada and elsewhere. The film garnered Roemer and Graham a Gemini Award for best direction in a documentary series, as part of TVO's documentary anthology The View From Here. In 2009, Graham and Roemer formed Insurgent Projects, and in 2014 released the Canadian Screen Award best-doc-nominee . In 2018, TVO commissioned Roemer and Graham to create . IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: DERRECK ROEMER AND TVO. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nikhil Mahajan, Jitendra Joshi, Gauri Nalawade and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Godavari, wisdom and tradition, freedom and acceptance, getting back to basics, why love is found within and building a life of significance Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpCWkuXAQ80&t=2s SYNOPSIS: Filmed in India in the Marathi language, stars a who’s who of Indian talent including the film’s lead actor Jitendra Joshi () who has headlined numerous Marathi feature films including award-winning Ventilator and his turn as the lovable police constable Katekar in Netflix's first Original Indian series . Alongside Joshi, Godavari also stars Sanjay Mone (), Vikram Gokhle (), Neena Kulkarni (), Gauri Nalawade () and Priyadarshan Jadhav () marks a new beginning for Mumbai-based filmmaker Nikhil Mahajan, who is best known for his work directing the neo-noir , vigilante action film and the Netflix Original zombie horror series by Blumhouse. With , Mahajan shifts gears seamlessly into a dramatic space after a 6-year hiatus from filmmaking. It marks a decided metamorphosis of directorial style and vision and is his most personal film to date. ABOUT NIKHIL MAHAJAN: Nikhil Mahajan is a genre filmmaker who debuted with the Marathi film noir , and followed it up with the vigilante action film, . A graduate of the International Film School Sydney, he made the Netflix original series in 2020, which was produced by Blumhouse and Shah Rukh Khan. Nikhil returns to feature filmmaking after six years with his most personal film yet. Nikhil lives in Mumbai with his dog, Sherlock. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Nikhil Mahajan and Jitendra Joshi Pictures F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Rachel DeCruz, Jeremy Levine and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new Sundance film , convenience stores, persistent grace, poverty and racism and real change, relationships, and the absence of shame and why community matters. For more info on the film and to WATCH it head here https://www.jeremyslevine.com/the-panola-project. SYNOPSIS: The Panola Project highlights the heroic efforts of Dorothy Oliver to keep her small town of Panola, Alabama safe from COVID-19. Dorothy runs a makeshift vaccine coordination center from the convenience store she runs out of a mobile home. Today, nearly 99% of adults in her town have received the shot in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. The Panola Project illuminates how an often-overlooked rural Black community comes together in creative ways to survive. ABOUT RACHEL AND JEREMY: RACHEL DECRUZ is a Black woman with a complex family history related to race, her work centers on how race impacts people’s ability to navigate systems. Nine, her feature debut, will examine the deep bond between two men who met in prison and how their love gives them the strength to fight for justice. The film was an official selection of the 2021 Big Sky Pitch and received a development grant from the Ford Foundation. DeCruz is the director of The Panola Project, a short film highlighting the heroic efforts of Dorothy Oliver to keep her small town of Panola, Alabama safe from COVID-19. The film was released with The New Yorker, featured on MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell and Morning Joe and written about in numerous publications including USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, and Business Insider. The film received hundreds of thousands of social interactions, with posts from figures like Margaret Atwood, Ibram X. Kendi, and Dr. Tom Frieden, the former director of the CDC during the Obama Administration. The Panola Project received Audience Awards at GlobeDocs and the Sidewalk Film Festival, where Dorothy was honored with the Spirit of Sidewalk award. JEREMY S. LEVINE’S films explore race, class, and trauma, and seek to unearth buried tragedies in a society in active denial of its own past. An Emmy award-winning filmmaker and two-time Sundance Institute fellow, his work has screened at over one hundred film festivals around the world including the Berlinale, Tribeca, and Sundance, streamed on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Sundance Now, and Hulu, broadcast nationally in nine countries, and received over a dozen festival awards. In 2008, Levine co-founded the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective (BFC), a community of professional filmmakers dedicated to collaboration and mutual support. He is currently developing projects exploring issues including the criminal justice system, the unresolved legacy of white supremacy, forced separation, and the representation of mental health in horror films. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: RACHEL DECRUZ AND JEREMY LEVINE F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Victor Gabriel and Duran Jones and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new Sundance film , poverty and justice, drama, death and belonging, resilience, oppression and innocence lost, Cornel West, James Baldwin and why storytelling and human experience are intimately connected. VICTORS DIRECTORS STATEMENT: "A theme that is ever present in my life is the question “How do I overcome my suffering? Is it even possible?” More specifically in this story it is the idea of grieving the people I have lost, the loved ones we have all lost. A sub theme is the idea of belonging and finding home. Where is home? As someone who has been abandoned, displaced, neglected and had to move around and live with different people, home is nebulous at best. But what I realize for me is that though I may never “belong”, I am deeply loved by many people. And being loved is more important to me than belonging.” SYNOPSIS: Chetty and Paper are two brothers who refuse to grow up. But due to unforeseen circumstances, they are now in charge of their nephew HALLELUJAH, a strange book quoting black boy and their quiet niece Lila. Sitting in the backyard, supposedly watching their niece and nephew, the two brothers become so distracted they don’t notice when Hallelujah attempts suicide. What follows is a funny moving story about family, the people we have left behind, and the people who are still with us. ABOUT VICTOR AND DURAN: Growing up in poverty, VICTOR GABRIEL realized that water in cornflakes doesn't taste as bad as you think it would. He wandered without a home before eventually ending up in Compton, CA. Now as a black male writer/director and recent MFA graduate of AFI Conservatory, he has turned to filmmaking as way for him to wrestle with his own suffering as well as the suffering of others. He holds an MA in Clinical Psychology and has been working as a Marriage and Family Therapist with survivors of trauma in Compton/Watts/South Central for the past several years. His short film BLACK BOYS CAN’T CRY, won the Social Impact Award at the Hollyshorts Film Festival and is currently being shown in others. His favorite movie is Richard Donner’s Superman. He likes Red Vines and thinks Twizzlers are trash. BIG FACTS. DURAN JONES is a 2007 graduate of Hampton University, with a BA in Broadcast Journalism. He is an accomplished independent rapper and songwriter with a keen sense of storytelling. In 2017, he completed his first short film titled BLKMGC, an urban musical based on the shooting death of Tamir Rice at the hands of police. Duran is also known for his 2011 tribute to Trayvon Martin and his subsequent interview on CNN. Now a Producing Fellow at the American Film Institute Conservatory, his goal is to tell stories for people of color that are truthful and impact the global community. While studying at AFI he graduated from the 2020 PGA Power of Diversity workshop, where his pilot “Daywalker” received interest from Mary Parent, Gary Lucchesi and Prentice Penny. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: BLK Magic Content and Victor Gabriel F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mark Critch, Tim McAuliffe and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new CBC TV series , photo bombs, family life, growing up, why socializing at a wake might be a good idea and what comedy can do for us. Watch the show on CBC Gem https://gem.cbc.ca/?cmp=DM_SEM_Gem_Main. SYNOPSIS: Based on Mark Critch's award-winning, best-selling memoir, SON OF A CRITCH (13x30) is the hilarious and very real story of 11-year-old Mark coming of age in St. John’s, Newfoundland in the 80s. It’s a heartfelt window into the life of a child - much older inside than his 11 years - using comedy and self-deprecation to win friends and connect with the small collection of people in his limited world. Filmed in St. John’s, Newfoundland, the comedy stars Critch as his father; Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (The Haunting of Bly Manor, Pinocchio) as young Mark; and Golden Globe nominee Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) as Pop. Additional cast members include Claire Rankin (Molly’s Game) as Mark’s mother, Mary, alongside newcomers Sophia Powers and Mark Rivera, classmates of young Mark. A CBC original comedy, Son Of A Critch is created by Mark Critch and Tim McAuliffe (The Office, Last Man on Earth and MacGruber) and produced by Andrew Barnsley (Schitt’s Creek). ABOUT MARK AND TIM: Mark Critch is one of the most recognizable faces in Canadian comedy and has won multiple awards for both writing and performance. For fifteen years, he has starred on CBC’s flagship comedy, This Hour Has 22 Minutes. As an anchor and “roving reporter,” he has brought celebrities and politicians to Canadian living rooms across the nation. He is the host of CBC’s Halifax Comedy Festival and has written for and appeared in CBC’s world-renowned Just for Laughs series. Mark is the author of two best-selling books published by Penguin. His memoir ‘Son of A Critch’ has been adapted to television and will air in January of 2022. Tim McAuliffe is a television writer/producer from Montreal, Canada. He is currently the Showrunner/Executive producer of the upcoming Paramount Plus show, Players as well as the Showrunner/Executive Producer of CBC’s Son Of A Critch. He is also a consulting producer on the Peacock series Macgruber (starring Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, and Ryan Philippe). Previously, he served as a Executive Producer/Showrunner/Writer of FOX TV’s, The Last Man On Earth (starring Will Forte, Kristen Schaal, January Jones), writer/producer on the Emmy-winning, NBC show, The Office (starring Steve Carrell, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms, and Rainn Wilson), writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, writer for NBC’s Maya & Marty (starring Maya Rudolph and Martin Short), writer/producer on NBC’s Up All Night (starring Christina Applegate, Will Arnett, and produced by Lorne Michaels). He is currently developing The Foundation with Zooey Deschanel. In Canada, he was Showrunner/Executive Producer/writer on CBC TV’s long running This Hour Has 22 Minutes and a writer for Canada’s most successful sitcom of all time, CTV’s Corner Gas. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: CBC Productions. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
RON CHAPMAN and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new films , architecture, tradition and Turtle Island, xenophobia, collaboration, and common ground, and why it’s better to give than to receive. SYNOPSIS: is a unique and inspiring story of a proud and accomplished collective of Indigenous architects, driving a movement as climate change threatens the planet. They are world leaders in aesthetic, form, sustainability and ultimately protecting mother earth. Their stories have never been more important. is the inspirational story of how these brave Jewish immigrants survived religious persecution in their homelands to build wildly successful real estate and land development businesses and help shape a growing metropolis by making it a refuge for all newcomers to Toronto. ABOUT RON: Director and producer Ron Chapman is an award-winning Toronto filmmaker. His feature documentaries have garnered acclaim worldwide and have aired on major networks and platforms. They include: Who the F**K is Arthur Fogel, featuring Lady Gaga, U2, The Police, Madonna, Rush, and key music industry insiders; The Poet of Havana, with Carlos Varela, Benicio Del Toro, Jackson Browne; and The Forbidden Shore, an in-depth exploration of Cuba’s top musical artists. is one of three films Ron has produced and directed being released 2021. It will have its world premiere as the opening film of the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, June 3, 2021. His other documentary feature , the story of seven Indigenous architects from Turtle Island, will have its world-broadcast premiere on TVO, June 21st 2021, National Indigenous Peoples Day. Ron is currently in production on a new music documentary investigating 1969’s The Toronto Rock N Roll Revival – what Rolling Stone called “the second most important\ event in rock history” – with John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band, Bo Diddly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, The Doors, Chicago and more, for release 2022. For more about the film and Ron’s work head here http://www.chapmanproductions.ca/home. IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT: Chapman Productions. F2F MUSIC AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT: David Peck https://www.davidpecklive.com/ and Face2Face https://www.davidpecklive.com/podcast/. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here http://www.davidpecklive.com/. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound http://mixedmediasound.ca/. * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
