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Rough Cut
Conversations with documentary filmmakers and video journalists about their creative process—successes, failures, and what they’ve learned along the way. Created by the global filmmaking collective The Video Consortium, Rough Cut is a guide to navigating today’s ever-changing media landscape.
Rough Cut
Activism, Art, and the Business of Documentary Film with Jarod Neece and Nicholas Bruckman
SHOW NOTES:
Documentary filmmaker Nicholas Bruckman, along with guest host Jarod Neece, senior programmer at the Tribeca Festival, take a deep dive into the surprising intersections between activism, art, and industry. From disability rights in Not Going Quietly to NFT art in Minted, and the surprising government power plays behind The Price of Milk, Nick shares how he navigates storytelling, ethics, and business in the modern doc world. Along the way, the two pull back the curtain on film festivals, funding, and the fine line between passion and pragmatism.
This is a candid, funny, and eye-opening look at what it takes to fund nonfiction films that matter, and get them seen.
Show Links
Jarod Neece: https://jarodneece.com
Nicholas Bruckman: https://videoconsortium.org/members/nicholas-bruckman and https://nickny.com
Peoples TV: https://peoples.tv
Credits
Host Jarod Neece
Guests Nicholas Bruckman
Executive Produced by Sky Dylan-Robbins and Kat Vecchio
Produced by Audrey Horwitz
Music by Zack Wright
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