Podcast appearances and mentions of Rachel Lears

How do progressives navigate holding new found power? How much power should be wielded and when? Should we interpret the IRA as a victory or a loss?Acclaimed documentary director, producer, & cinematographer Rachel Lears (Knock Down the House, 2019) (The Hand that Feeds, 2014) joins Alex on the Bloc this week with some behind the scenes intel on the making of her latest feature documentary, To the End. To the End captures the emergence of a new generation of leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history. The film features our own fearless leader Alexandra Rojas alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, activist Varshini Prakash, and climate policy writer Rhiana Gunn-Wright. To the End begins streaming on Hulu on May 8th. You can go to this link to host a screening in your local community now.To find out more about the film: https://www.totheendfilm.com/Follow us in your feeds for new episodes every other Thursday, and keep tabs on our Youtube page for our video team's Bloc Doc series!Questions? Answers? Thoughts? Email us at blocpartypod@gmail.com. Subscribe to the Bloc Media newsletter for bi-weekly updates from the team.

In this week's episode of Politics In Question, Rachel Lears joins Julia and James to discuss how filmmaking can help us understand how people make political change happen. Lears is an award-winning documentary director, producer, and cinematographer. Her film Knock Down the House (Netflix) won the U.S. Documentary Audience award and the Festival Favorite award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Knock Down the House was shortlisted for an Oscar and nominated for an Emmy in 2020. Lears' latest film, To the End, captures the emergence of a new generation of leaders in the movement to combat the climate crisis.How do people make the politically impossible possible? Why does telling their story visually give us a different perspective on politics than we would get from reading about them in the New York Times or the Washington Post? What explains the progressive movement's recent resurgence? And what skills do people need to change the political status quo? These are some of the questions Rachel, Julia, and James ask in this week's episode.Additional InformationPolitics in Question PodcastMore shows from The Democracy Group

In this week's episode of Politics In Question, Rachel Lears joins Julia and James to discuss how filmmaking can help us understand how people make political change happen. Lears is an award-winning documentary director, producer, and cinematographer. Her film Knock Down the House (Netflix) won the U.S. Documentary Audience award and the Festival Favorite award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Knock Down the House was shortlisted for an Oscar and nominated for an Emmy in 2020. Lears' latest film, To the End, captures the emergence of a new generation of leaders in the movement to combat the climate crisis.How do people make the politically impossible possible? Why does telling their story visually give us a different perspective on politics than we would get from reading about them in the New York Times or the Washington Post? What explains the progressive movement's recent resurgence? And what skills do people need to change the political status quo? These are some of the questions Rachel, Julia, and James ask in this week's episode.

Filmmaker Rachel Lears joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her latest film "To The End" where she follows AOC, Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement and others in their push for a Green New Deal and ultimately the passage of The Inflation Reduction Act.

Streamed live on Dec 19, 2022.   We'll be speaking with Rachel Lears, Director of the Award-Winning Documentary Knocking Down The House, about her follow-up film, To The End. Then we'll be speaking with Rev. Wendy Hamilton, ANC Commissioner-Elect, Ward 8 of Washington, D.C.   Check out our Patreon for more! ☀️ patreon.com/JENerationalChange ☀️ WEBSITE: jenerationalchange.com ☀️ TWITTER: @JENChangeFL  ☀️ INSTAGRAM: @JENerationalChange  ☀️ FACEBOOK: @Jen Perelman

In this episode, I talk to award-winning director RACHEL LEARS ("Knock Down the House") about her riveting new climate crisis documentary, "TO THE END," and one of the film's stars, ALEXANDRA ROJAS, the executive director of Justice Democrats. Filmed over 4 tumultuous years, "To the End" captures the emergence of a new generation of environmental leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history. The film follows four dynamic young women— Representative ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (AOC), activist Varshini Prakash, climate policy writer Rhiana Gunn-Wright, and political strategist Alexandra Rojas— as they grapple with new challenges of leadership and power and work together to defend their generation's right to a future. As Rachel and Alexandra tell me, these bold leaders went from street protests to the halls of Congress, fighting to shift the narrative around climate, revealing the crisis as an opportunity to build a better society. Check out the film's trailer and website below. It's in theaters now so go see it! https://www.totheendfilm.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv2jtKboDi0   MY SOCIALS: https://berkreport.com https://post.news/steveberkowitz https://twitter.com/steveberkowitz https://www.instagram.com/stevemberkowitz/  

The new documentary “To the End” takes viewers behind the nationwide organizing efforts that culminated in the landmark climate provisions of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. The film focuses on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, activist Varshini Prakash, climate policy writer Rhiana Gunn-Wright, and political strategist Alexandra Rojas as they push to keep climate at the top of the national agenda. Ryan Grim talks with the film's director, Rachel Lears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Getting anything done in the halls of power, takes more character then we ever give credit for....On this episode we get into some politics and the efforts to make real change when it comes to climate control, it's time for To The EndTo the End follows the intersecting stories of four visionary young women of color who are environmental leaders on the front lines of the fight for a Green New Deal—a bold and ambitious plan to stop the climate crisis and make racial and economic justice part of the solution. The film's protagonists—Varshini Prakash (Sunrise Movement), Alexandra Rojas (Justice Democrats), Rhiana Gunn-Wright (Roosevelt Institute), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—are each grappling with new challenges of leadership and power in the face of cynicism and uncertainty. Over three volatile years of crisis and upheaval, from street protests to the halls of Congress, the film tracks a historic shift in climate politics in the U.S. as these young leaders work together to defend their generation's right to a future. A coming-of-age story for a movement, To the End gives audiences an unflinching look at how power works in today's America, and a front seat view of history in the making.A spiritual sequel of sorts to Knock Down The House; To The End is an incredibly engaging affair and a remind that change never comes easy.  We got the unique pleasure of sitting down with writer/director Rachel Lears to talk about the origins of the film, trying to stay a fly on the wall when the issues are so important and so very much more....To The End is in select theatres now....

It's been a busy few months and we finally bring you our interviews with four directors of documentaries and shorts from Sundance 2022. To The End is director and cinematographer Rachel Lears' follow up to her 2019 documentary, Knock Down the House. It once again follows representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and three women environmental activists pushing hard for climate change legislation- first with the Green New Deal, then with President Biden's Build Back Better plan. Rachel wants people to watch the film and become inspired to engage in politics in the United States in order to build a better world. To The End is currently playing at the Hot Docs film festival in Canada and is seeking distribution. Find Rachel Lears: https://www.jubileefilms.com/rachel-lears Twitter: @jubileefilms Instagram: @racheliplears As the title suggests, TikTok, Boom. is about how the social media app TikTok has exploded for both viewers and content makers. Shalini Kantayya's documentary explores the phenomenon, from the young people who consume it to the influencers who are now themselves a brand. But the Chinese company behind TikTok, Bytedance, uses the app for data mining, restricts certain content deemed too political, and could pose security risks for anyone watching or using TikTok. Shalini researched, found the TikTok influencers and shot the documentary very quickly. TikTok, Boom. also played at SXSW this year and has yet to be released. Shalini's previous film, 2020's Coded Bias is critically acclaimed and won several awards. Find Shalini Kantayya: https://www.shalinikantayya.net/ Instagram @shalinikantayya Chiqui was inspired by director and writer Carlos Cardona's parents' immigration story. The television pilot takes place in 1980's New Jersey as the vivacious Chiqui and her husband Carlos have just arrived from Colombia and are looking for work. Carlos set out to make it as a feature film, but decided to develop the story into a television series instead. To keep it true to the look of the 1980's he decided to shoot it on super 16mm and used Zeiss super speed lenses. Carlos is currently developing Chiqui into a television series. Find Carlos Cardona: https://www.carloscardonafilms.com/ Instagram @carlos.cardona The comedic short film Daddy's Girl is writer and director Lena Hudson's third short film. Alison is a young woman in her 20's who is a bit aimless, and her father comes to help her move out of her wealthy older boyfriend's apartment. Lena had been playing around with the idea of a father/daughter movie that would be short and filmable, especially during COVID. Daddy's Girl also screened at SXSW this year and Lena is developing it into a longer feature film. Find Lena Hudson: http://www.lenahudson.com/daddys-girl-1 Instagram @lenahudson Find out even more about this episode, with extensive show notes and links: http://camnoir.com/sundancedocshorts/ All web and social media content written by Alana Kode Sponsored by Hot Rod Cameras: www.hotrodcameras.com The Cinematography Podcast website: www.camnoir.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCinematographyPodcast Facebook: @cinepod Instagram: @thecinepod Twitter: @ShortEndz

As we near this unprecedented election in our country, there is truly so much at stake. In this conversation explore the variety of utopian futures we envision. These artists talk about the perspective we choose to look at change from and how we imbed this outlook into our films.  

Celebrate Mother's Day with the eighth episode of the Exiles on 12th Street podcast. Join us as we remember the mothers of the women’s suffrage movement, and explore what voting means to women today, with the help of our guests: historian Susan Ware, feminist writers Liza Featherstone and Linda Gordon, and filmmaker Rachel Lears, whose documentary Knock Down the House followed the outsider campaigns of four women who ran for Congress in 2018, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The episode is presented by your host, Claire Potter, co-executive editor of Public Seminar and professor of history at The New School for Social Research.

Director Rachel Lears on her film following first time politicians like AOC, who went from barkeep to U.S. Congress.

Lisa Birnbach and author Erica Jong discuss feminism as 2020 approaches. They also touch on sex, desire, pleasure, prenups, nuclear accidents, and a host of other topics, including of course, the five things that make their lives better.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. Eating outdoors, 2. Anticipation for the “Downton Abbey” movie, 3. Lemons, 4. “Knock Down the House,” a documentary by Rachel Lears, 5. Jacqueline Novak’s one woman show, “Get On Your Knees”.Erica Jong’s 5 Things: 1. Writing, 2. Her Grandchildren, 3. Going to Italy, 4. Never Cooking, 5. Buying designer clothes.Erica’s BONUS ITEM, 6. Her daughter Molly.

New Yorker writer Robin Wright joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the White House's Middle East policy amid escalating tensions with Iran. Then, Jamal Khashoggi's fiancé Hatice Cengiz discusses the investigation into the killing of the murdered journalist. Vanity Fair editor Radhika Jones talks about her first year in charge. Finally, Rachel Lears joins our Hari Sreenivasan to discuss her hit Netflix show "Knock Down the House".To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE, Rachel Lears’s remarkable documentary following four female politicians as they challenged local Democratic incumbents in the 2018 midterm elections, is now playing daily here at Film at Lincoln Center. Director Rachel Lears and editor Robin Blotnick joined Karen James from The BBC for a Q&A after last week’s premiere screening. This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center. www.filmlinc.org

This week in immigration, Trump announced his plans to appoint Mark Morgan to head ICE, while former White House chief-of-staff John Kelly joined the board of a company that runs detention centers for migrant children. Maria and Julio are joined by Andrea González-Ramírez, senior news and politics writer with Refinery29, and All-Star Terrell Jermaine Starr, senior reporter with The Root, to discuss. Plus, they talk Trump’s phone call with Putin, and the latest 2020 update.ITT Staff Picks:Terrell Jermaine Starr writes that Joe Biden has a lot of ‘splainin’ to do, from The Root.Andrea González-Ramírez interviews Rachel Lears, director of the new Netflix documentary, Knock Down the House, from Refinery29.Read about the congressional map in Ohio that was ruled illegal for gerrymandering, from the New York Times. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Barr’s testimony shows that we are one step closer to full-blown authoritarianism. House Dems troll Barr’s no-show with chicken. The Sunrise Movement gets profiled in Rolling Stone as young activists gear up to ensure that climate action is front and center in the Democratic primary debates and the 2020 election. The first-ever hearing on Medicare for All took place in this House this week. Pramila Jayapal gets it done. Stacey Abrams passes on a Georgia Senate run. Cecile Richards, Alicia Garza, and Ai-jen Poo join forces to launch a new PAC called Supermajority. Supermajority will partner with different groups to educate and train two million women in activism and political participation across the country. According to a press release sent to ELLE.com, Supermajority not only aims to ensure a women's agenda is represented at the ballot box in 2020, but also to drive change around issues like the wage gap, childcare costs, maternal mortality rates, family leave, and family separation at the border. Old School Labor makes a strong, white showing for Biden in Pittsburgh this week. Michael Bennet is running for president. Googling “who is Michael Bennet” now. Eric Levitz of New York Mag nails it in his piece, “Why I — a Bland White Guy You’ve Never Heard Of — Am Running for President.” Knock Down the House is now out on Netflix. The film is directed by Rachel Lears and it follows the 2018 primary campaigns of four progressive Democrats taking on entrenched, big money politicians - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin. Navy sailors aboard the USS. Harry Truman  in Norfolk, VA  encouraged to greet Vice President Mike Pence by “clapping like we’re at a strip club.”   Harrisburg may have actually hit Peak Stupid this week. On Tuesday, Daryl Metcalfe invited roughly 150 anti-vaxxers and their disease-carrying, unvaccinated, children to the Pennsylvania Capitol and gave their conspiracy theories a platform by hosting a press conference and introducing legislation to protect anti-vaxxers. If that wasn’t enough, on Wednesday, the Senate Republican Policy Committee tried to one-up Metcalfe by hosting another sham climate change hearing that had Koch Brother funded geographers, meteorologists, and geologists.  One big takeaway from the hearing is that Senator Scott Martin added “novice Hurricane tracker” to his resume. Summer Lee along with PA House and Senate Dems held a police accountability rally in the wake of the Antwon Rose verdict.  Speakers included local community leaders and Antwon’s mother, Michelle Kenney. Looking forward to next week, March on Harrisburg will be arriving on Monday fighting for gift bans. Galactic Capitalists test the waters, joining Vice commander of Air Force Space Command Lt. Gen. Thompson to make the case that the Space Force is going to be awesome for business. That case was made at this past week’s Future of War Conference in D.C. China plans on building a moon base in the South Polar region, once again confirming that if you want to know the direction of space exploration, you need to read Kim Stanley Robinson. His latest, Red Moon, features China’s dominance on the moon...centered in the South Polar region. Virgin Galactic clears another hurdle on its way to its first round of space tourism. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo completed its fifth successful test flight. The $250,000 tickets are going fast now. Free Will has got ANOTHER double-can release on Saturday: Kangaroo Mob - A No Boil IPA brewed in collaboration with Birds Fly South Ale Project (Greenville, SC) featuring rye malt, Lemondrop hops, Gunpowder green tea, and local lemongrass from Barefoot Botanicals. 5.3% ABV A Ride Down the 5 - Perfect for Cinco de Mayo.  Mexican style amber lager with a soft, bready character, a touch of malt sweetness, and a balanced hop profile with a crisp and clean finish. 5.4% ABV. Shout out to friend-of-the-show Mike, who gave me two of his latest homebrew stouts: Rogue Bear Chocolate Stout and Old Rumpole Chocolate Stout. I’m breaking them open this weekend. Thanks, Mike! Sean has a recap from Forest and Main’s 7th Anniversary Party and an awesome photo shoot in the coming week.

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Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Knock Down the House. Directed by Rachel Lears. With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, and Joe Crowley. A look at the people involved with various political campaigns during the 2018 U.S. congressional election. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Knock Down the House The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat) Music for this Episode: • SFFILM Festival 2019 Trailer audio Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

“Knock Down the House” captures four working class candidates running for Congress in West Virginia, Nevada, Missouri and New York City. That last one is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who overcame enormous odds to become the youngest woman elected to Congress at age 29. Director/producer/cinematographer Rachel Lears and her husband producer/editor Robin Blotnick follow AOC early on […] The post 107: Rachel Lears on filming Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared first on Pure Nonfiction.

Rachel Lears is a documentary producer and director based in New York. Her latest film, Knock Down the House, follows four female grassroots candidates, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as they take on establishment candidates in the 2018 primaries. Knock Down the House won the Festival Favorite Award at Sundance and debuted on Netflix on May 1. Rachel’s last film, The Hand That Feeds was nominated for an Emmy in 2017, broadcast on PBS, and won awards and recognition at Full Frame, DOC NYC, AFI Docs, and numerous other festivals on the 2014-15 circuit. In both films, Rachel collaborated with her husband Robin Blotnick.http://www.jubileefilms.com/rachel-learsFollow Rachel Lears on Instagram @racheliplearsFor more info on Rough Cut visit https://www.roughcutpodcast.com/Find Host Jennie Butler on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jen_but/Find Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skydylanrobbins/Rough Cut on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roughcutpodcast/

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Knock Down the House. Directed by Rachel Lears. With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, and Joe Crowley. A look at the people involved with various political campaigns during the 2018 U.S. congressional election. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Knock Down the House The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat) Music for this Episode: • SFFILM Festival 2019 Trailer audio Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

"Knock Down the House" director Rachel Lears discusses her new acclaimed documentary that chronicles four 2018 primary challengers including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. For the latest entertainment news and the best reviews visit ThePlaylist.net. Follow Gregory Ellwood on twitter @thegregorye and on Instagram @gregel17

If you listen to this podcast, you know Jason Dick loves movies, especially if they relate to politics. So on occasion, we’re going to bring you conversations with directors and actors — and even some movie reviews — for all the political movie-lovers out there. In this episode, we talk with Rachel Lears, director of the Netflix documentary “Knock Down the House,” which profiles four congressional challengers in 2018 and how they fared (spoiler alert: one of them is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez). Lears and one of the candidates, Amy Vilela, discuss the movie, how campaigns work and the relationships that developed along the way in this bonus episode of Political Theater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Film Comment Podcast returns with another update from Park City. FC Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold is joined this time by New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis and FC contributor Amy Taubin for a rundown of standout films from the festival, both fiction and documentary. These include Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir, Nisha Ganatra's Late Night, Rachel Lears's documentary Knock Down the House, Chinonye Chukwu's Clemency, Julius Onah's Luce, Joe Talbot's The Last Black Man in San Francisco, and Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang's One Child Nation.

Hola Bloomington hosts Israel Herrera and Carmen Gozalo host a special segment “Un cafecito con…” with Rachel Lears, the director of the documentary titled, “The Hand the Feeds You,” and real character Mahoma Lopez. They discuss the documentary which is about the struggle of low-wage undocumented Latino workers that create a union to receive a …