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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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchConversations 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 is hosted by The Video Consortium. The show has published 83 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Who Gets to Write the Rules of AI?" (10 September 2026, 26 minutes), "Handmade in the Age of AI" (10 September 2026, 26 minutes), and "Can Creatives Save Us From AI Slop?" (10 September 2026, 41 minutes).
Rough Cut publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 83 episodes.
Booking probability for Rough Cut is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Rough Cut requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Rough Cut's contact route on record: verified email.
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The Video Consortium hosts Rough Cut, a tv podcast with 83 episodes published.
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Episode #81
What if the future of AI in the creative industry isn’t inevitable? We chatted with Ted Tremper, producer, director, and writer whose credits include The Daily Show , I Love You, America! with Sarah Silverman , the...
Episode #80
We sat down with the award-winning and meticulously creative Canadian filmmaker Charlie Tyrell, co-director of The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist , to talk about the value of handmade filmmaking in an...
Episode #79
As AI rapidly reshapes the media landscape, how can we embrace new tools without losing the creativity, curiosity, and critical thinking that make storytelling matter? We spoke with journalist and producer Bianca...
Episode #78
On this episode of Rough Cut , VC Executive Director, Sky Dylan-Robbins, talks with filmmaker Anthony DiMieri about his unconventional path across nonfiction, fiction, and political campaigns. They discuss Anthony's...
Episode #77
Leonard Cortana, the Inclusion Program and Strategic Partnerships Manager at EURODOC joins Rough Cut , with guest host Keisha Knight, founder of Sentient.Art.Film and Solidarity Media Network, for a wide-ranging...
Episode #76
In this episode of Rough Cut, we explore the powerful intersection of professional duty and personal history with Emmy-nominated journalist Katie G. Nelson. After more than a decade reporting on conflict and human...
Episode #75
In this compelling episode of Rough Cut , esteemed journalist and VC Board member Kevin Merida, former Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Times, sits down with the visionary Executive Producer and Editor-in-Chief of...
Episode #74
In this episode of Rough Cut , guest host Andrea Arauz sits down with Mexican filmmaker and SSP fellow Viviana Zuñiga to deconstruct the evolving identity of Latin American film. The two discuss the "guerrilla mode" of...
Episode #73
In this episode of Rough Cut, we sit down with the award-winning filmmaking duo Brandon Kramer and Lance Kramer. Through stories from their acclaimed films City of Trees , The First Step , and their Oscar-shortlisted...
Episode #72
Step courtside with Los Angeles Sparks Videographer Alicia Ramirez! In this episode of Rough Cut, hosted by producer Lauren Mahoney, Alicia shares her journey from cinematography and film production to capturing the...
Episode #71
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...
Episode #70
In this episode, Rough Cut dives deep with journalist and video creator Dave Jorgenson, co-founder of Local News International and the mastermind behind the Washington Post’s unexpected TikTok success. Host Ryan Kellett...
Episode #69
In this episode of Rough Cut , Sweta Vohra and Emma Alpert from Multitude Films—an independent production company dedicated to transformative culture change through nonfiction storytelling—dive deep into how Multitude...
Episode #68
In this episode of Rough Cut , guest host Caitlin Boyle sits down with filmmaker Rebecca Davis to discuss the journey behind Join or Die , the powerful documentary that reimagines Robert Putnam’s landmark book Bowling...
Episode #67
On this episode of Rough Cut, host Daniel Chávez-Ontiveros sits down with archival producer Stephanie Jenkins, whose work with filmmaker Ken Burns has uncovered rare historical gems like early footage of a young...
Episode #66
Michael Werner returns to Rough Cut and sits down with filmmaker Ondi Timoner to discuss the unique challenges involved in making documentaries involving one's own family. Ondi talks with Michael about her recent films...
Episode #65
On this episode of Rough Cut, artist and filmmaker Dennis Scholl speaks with Elan Golod about his new documentary Nathan-ism, and the complicated work of making art about artists. Dennis and Elan discuss their film’s...
Episode #64
On this episode of Rough Cut, filmmaker and editor Ann Collins talks to director Sandra Luckow about her new feature doc, Vanishing: A Love Story , shot entirely on an iPhone. Ann and Sandra discuss how smartphones have...
Episode #63
On this episode of Rough Cut, Brandon Graves and Kamaria Roberts—Video Consortium’s Newsroom Collective team—unpack video as a crucial tool for newsrooms. They also share their personal journeys through the industry...
Episode #62
In this episode of Rough Cut, esteemed journalist and VC Board member Kevin Merida, former Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Times, sits down with award-winning filmmaker Dawn Porter for a wide ranging conversation...
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