DOK Industry Podcast

Host Toni Achebe Bell talks with Ranell Shubert, Executive Director of the Disability Media Alliance (DMA), about reimagining nonfiction film through a disability justice lens. From research to reality, they unpack how...

How do we navigate intercultural exchange for short films in the current political climate? Cultural workers Nihan Sivridag, Puiyee Leong, and Qila Gill sit down to discuss how care, collaboration, and radical practice...

In this episode of What’s Up With Docs in collaboration with DOK Industry Podcast, Toni Bell sits down with Claudia Chavez and Christine Mladic Janney, the creative forces behind Searching for Nora, a film honoring Nora...

Docubox is East Africa's first independent film fund, started by filmmakers for filmmakers. Its goal is to challenge ideas and assumptions about Africa and the world, engage local and international audiences, and...

How our ears perceive space can transform storytelling! Weronika Lewandowska and Oliver Kadel engage with experts Aili Niimura and Ana Monte to explore spatial audio's role in visual narratives, XR, and dome...

How can BIPOC filmmakers uplift the stories of the communities from which they come? In this episode American Documentary’s Executive Director, Erika Dilday, sits down Chloe Abrahams, the filmmaker behind POV’s The...

Oppositional film is becoming more critical in resisting the pervasive influence of neoliberal values across the globe. Join filmmakers Jean Marie Teno, Pratibha Parmar, and curator Inney Prakash as they reflect on...

Join us for a conversation with producer Apoorva Bakshi, director Selvamani Selvaraj and social impact pioneer Srishti Bakshi, who delve deep into two compelling and groundbreaking Indian stories. Hear Part 2 of the...

Join us for a conversation with producer Apoorva Bakshi, director Selvamani Selvaraj and social impact pioneer Srishti Bakshi, who delve deep into two compelling and groundbreaking Indian stories. Hear Part 1 of the...

This conversation is a celebration. It’s a dive into creative liberation and the possibilities with the right resources and validation delivered with care. Join Lanaa Dantzler, Contessa Gayles, and Shakira Refos for an...

How can we create a discursive way of thinking to achieve disruptive practices and creations in the face of the dominant Western aesthetic, to finally achieve a Plural World Cinema in the image of our Humanity? Indeed...

Step into the captivating realm of AI-driven storytelling creations. In conversation with Mads Dambso, the producer and creative technologist behind the groundbreaking film “About a Hero”, we explore the essence of...

Filmmakers Carlos Hagerman & Jorge Villalobos and Camrus Johnson & Pedro Piccinini share their thoughts on creativity, truth, intentionality, chance and the magic that happens when making a film as a gift takes on a...

In this episode, Toni Bell speaks with filmmaker, mentor, activist, and co-founder of Re-Present Media, Jennifer Crystal Chien. They chatted about how Jennifer got into docs, her commitment to advocacy, and the...

The usual documentary filmmaking is no longer applicable in Hong Kong since the new national security law. Filmmakers who still believe in the power of documentary need to be creative to overcome all newly added...