Bond on Cinema

Host Ward W. Bond brings you the in-depth interviews with the top visionary film directors, producers, screenwriters, editors, composers, actors and more. Learn about the art and beauty of filmmaking. Meet award winning film professionals as they tell their side of the creative journey of movie-making.

Bond on Cinema is a tv podcast hosted by Ward W. Bond, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Ward W. Bond hosts Bond on Cinema, a tv show with 100 episodes published.

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  Episode #468

  Oscar-Qualified Short RETRIEVING ROADIE: From Personal Story to Award-Winning Animation

  Oct 4, 202641 min

  Ladies and gentlemen, what begins as a rescue becomes something much greater—a 1,700-mile journey through snow, uncertainty, and determination, driven by the simple belief that one life is worth saving. Through the warmth of animation and the spirit of comedy, David Craig Williams and Luke Stone transform Roadie’s story into a celebration of companionship, courage, and second chances. But perhaps the greatest gift of Retrieving Roadie is the reminder that rescue works both ways. We may believe we are saving an animal, when in truth, that animal can rescue something within us—our capacity to trust, to care, to persevere, and to love without conditions. Behind every rescued dog is a story waiting to be told. Roadie’s story simply happens to have traveled 1,700 miles to find its way home—and now, through this beautiful film, into the hearts of audiences everywhere. #pets #petrescue #animalshelters #shortfilm #film #cinema #filmmaking #filmmaker #animation #animator #animatedshort #oscars #academyawards

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  Episode #467

  ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM: The Groundbreaking Historical Film Documentary | Bond on Cinema Interview

  Oct 3, 202651 min

  We’re stepping into a remarkable piece of cinematic history with two filmmakers carrying a very personal legacy forward — director David Greaves and producer Liani Greaves, the son and granddaughter of legendary filmmaker William Greaves. Their award-winning documentary, Once Upon a Time in Harlem, is more than a film — it is a cinematic time capsule more than 50 years in the making. In 1972, William Greaves brought together an extraordinary gathering of surviving Harlem Renaissance artists, writers, musicians, photographers, and intellectuals at Duke Ellington’s Harlem townhouse. David Greaves was there behind one of the cameras. Decades later, David and Liani returned to that extraordinary footage and helped complete a film their father and grandfather believed was deeply important — preserving the voices, memories, creativity, and spirit of a generation that helped transform American culture. #harlem #blackhistory #dukeellington #blackartists #blackwriters #blackphotographers #blackprofessors #poets #film #filmdocumentary #filmdirector #filmhistory #filmmaking #filmmaker #cinema #bondoncinema

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  Episode #466

  Jimmy Buffett Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers - Interview with John H. Cunningham & Ted E. Haynes

  Oct 3, 202631 min

  Ladies and gentlemen, what John H. Cunningham and Ted E. Haynes has given us with OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD: THE FIRST CORAL REEFERS is more than a documentary about a band. It is a love letter to a moment in time—a moment when music was still being discovered, friendships were forged on the road, and nobody knew that the songs they were creating would one day become part of American musical history. Watching these musicians tell their stories, I was struck by something profoundly human: time may change the faces, the stages, and the music, but it cannot erase the memories of those who were there when it all began. There is tenderness in their recollections, and even in the changes and departures, there is gratitude. Before there were Parrotheads, sold-out arenas, and a legendary career, there were just a handful of musicians chasing a sound and a dream. And perhaps that is the greatest gift of this film: it reminds us that behind every legend are people who believed before the world was listening. OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD doesn't simply preserve Jimmy Buffett's past. It preserves the people, the friendships, and the beautiful, fleeting moment when the music—and the magic—first began. #jimmybuffett #coralreefers #parrotheads #islandmusic #popmusic #rockmusic #filmdocumentary #documentaryfilm #filmmaker #filmmaking #filmdirector #cinema #bondoncinema #musiclegend

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  Episode #465

  Marialuisa Ernst's Award-Winning Documentary A PLACE OF ABSENCE | Bond on Cinema Interview

  Oct 3, 202637 min

  Marialusia Ernst's feature debut, the Oscar-qualified documentary feature film, A PLACE OF ABSENCE premiered at DOC NYC and went on to screen at many festivals internationally winning multiple awards. The film brings us two stories that intertwine with hope, grief and yes, loss, yet fueled by love and courage. Decades after the disappearance of her uncle during Argentina’s dictatorship, filmmaker Marialuisa Ernst joins the Caravan of Mothers, a group of Central American women traveling the migrant trail in search of loved ones who have disappeared trying to reach the US. There are few things more painful than losing someone you love. But there is another kind of loss that can be even harder to bear—the loss that never gives you an answer. When someone disappears, there is no final goodbye, no grave to visit, no certainty that allows the heart to begin letting go. There is only the question that remains, sometimes for years, sometimes for generations: What happened to the person I love? A Place of Absence brings us into that unbearable space between hope and grief, where memory becomes an act of love and the search for answers becomes an act of courage. Marialuisa Ernst has given us much more than a documentary about disappearance. She has given us a deeply personal meditation on what it means to love someone whose absence has no answer. Through her own family’s story and the extraordinary women of the Caravan of Mothers, we are reminded that disappearance doesn’t simply take a person away—it leaves families suspended between hope and grief, sometimes for decades. What moved me most is that these mothers refuse to allow absence to become silence. They carry photographs of their children, speak their names, walk thousands of miles, and continue searching—not because they know they will find an answer, but because their love refuses to stop. And perhaps that is the greatest gift of this film. It reminds us that remembrance is an act of love, that asking difficult questions can be an act of courage, and that even in the darkest places, human beings can choose to keep searching for one another. #missingperson #immigrants #mexico #bolivia #chile #grief #absence #filmmaker #oscars #academyawards #film #cinema #caravanofmothers #mothers #family

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  Episode #464

  How Christine Handy's Breast Cancer Battle Became a Feature Film in HELLO BEAUTIFUL

  Sep 21, 202642 min

  Writer and executive producer Christine Handy and the feature film based on her life, HELLO BEAUTIFUL starring actress Tricia Helfer. Christine Handy is a passionate advocate, keynote speaker, author and model who champions women to realize their power and inner beauty amidst adversity. As a breast cancer survivor, Christine is proof that pain does not have to limit one from thriving. She uses her experience in the fashion industry to challenge outdated cultural values that once limited certain groups of women in the past. Christine uses her story to inspire hope and courage as well as providing real life wisdom to those who have been affected by illness and trauma. #cancersurvivor #breastcancersurvivor #featurefilm #indiefilm #byronallen #cinema #triciahelfer #inspiration #fashion #model #selfdiscovery #identity #filmmaking #filmmaker #author

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