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Ep. 304: Eric Hynes on True/False 2025: WTO/99, A Body to Live In, Resurrection, Kouté vwa, The Undergrowth Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. The True/False Film Festival brings outstanding nonfiction films and filmmakers to Columbia, Missouri, each year, attracting world premieres and also curating from Sundance, IDFA, Berlin, and beyond. I sat down in Columbia with fellow True/False-goer Eric Hynes, senior curator of film at Museum of the Moving Image, to exchange some highlights from our time at the 2025 edition. Films discussed include: Resurrection (directed by Hu Sanshou), A Body to Live In (Angelo Madsen), WTO/99 (Ian Bell), The Undergrowth (Macu Machin), and Kouté vwa (Listen to the Voices) (Maxime Jean-Baptiste). Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Our guest, Rachel Elizabeth Seed, is a DIRECTOR/PRODUCERoriginally from London, and is a Los Angeles and Brooklyn-based nonfiction storyteller working in film, photography and writing. Join us as Rachel talks about her feature documentary Photographic Memory. She says this about the film ... "After a decade+ of shooting, editing, and producing, my debut feature documentary A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY, was launched this month at the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri to standing ovations and with RogerEbert.com calling it one of the best docs they've seen this year! A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY is an intimate, genre-bending portrait of my attempt to piece together a portrait of my mother, Sheila Turner Seed, an avant-garde journalist I never knew. Uncovering the vast archive she produced, including lost interviews with photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gordon Parks, Cecil Beaton, Lisette Model, and others, the film explores memory, legacy, and stories left untold. It feels amazing to finally share this passion project with the world and to see people connecting with it in meaningful ways. One of my favorite parts of the weekend was witnessing audience members see new possibilities for connecting with departed loved ones, as I do myself in the film."   To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com. 

Film Critic tt stern-enzi examines documentaries that dare to challenge and question societal and cultural norms.

Last weekend, Film Comment Co-Deputy Editor Devika Girish was at the True/False Film Festival: an annual documentary festival in Columbia, Missouri that has, over the years, become an exciting site to discover the latest developments in nonfiction cinema. This year, a prominent trend in the lineup was personal filmmaking—films in which directors drew upon on their memories, families, and relationships to craft something universal or even political. Two films in particular exemplified this trend, though in different ways. Forms of Forgetting, by the filmmaker Burak Çevik, turns conversations between two of the filmmaker's friends about their memories of their relationship into a broader reflection on the link between remembrance and one's sense of place, the city, and the nation. In Milisuthando, the artist Milisuthando Bongela combines archival footage, recollections, and interviews with friends and family to reflect on her childhood in the Transkei, which was an all-Black, segregationist South African state sanctioned by the apartheid regime. On today's podcast, Burak, Milisuthando, and Jonathan Ali, a programmer for True/False, joined to delve into the making of these films and the ethics, aesthetics, and politics of personal filmmaking.

Today on KIOS at the Movies, Joshua LaBure, interviews Director, Eva Stefani, and Producer, Amanda Livanou, of Days and Nights of Dimitra K at last year's True / False Film Festival.

Interdisciplinary artist Alicia Eggert creates captivating work, which wrestles with fundamental existential questions in witty and awe-inspiring ways. From monumental inflatables, flashing neon signs, cut flowers, and more, her dynamic works have been exhibited globally. Often taking the form of text, she transforms words and phrases collected in her journals into profound, arresting installations that illuminate her interplay with time and language. She credits her preoccupation with time and existence to her upbringing as a child of evangelical Pentecostal missionaries. At a young age her family moved to South Africa to establish a ministry and she spent much of her time listening to her father's sermons, contemplating life and performance, which left an indelible impact on her work. One of the beautiful things about her work is its simplicity and legibility which render them easily comprehensible. As a sculpture professor at the University of North Texas, she teaches a course about public art that culminates in students executing their work formally. Her dedication to her craft and students is inspiring and a reminder to live in the present, but with an eye to the future. About Alicia:(b. 1981) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work gives material form to language and time, the powerful but invisible forces that shape our perception of reality. Her creative practice is largely motivated by an existential pursuit to understand the linear and finite nature of human life within a seemingly infinite universe. She derives her inspiration from physics and philosophy, and her sculptures often co-opt the styles and structures of commercial signage to communicate messages that inspire reflection and wonder. Alicia creates neon signs that illuminate the way light travels across space and time, and billboards that allow Forever to appear and disappear in the fog. These artworks have been installed on building rooftops in Russia, on bridges in Amsterdam, and on uninhabited islands in Maine, beckoning us to ponder our place in the world and the role we play in it.Alicia's work has been exhibited at notable institutions nationally and internationally, including the CAFA Art Museum in Beijing, the Triennale Design Museum in Milan, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Corning Museum of Glass, the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, the Telfair Museums, and many more. Recent solo exhibitions have been held at Galeria Fernando Santos (Porto, Portugal), The MAC (Dallas, TX), and T+H Gallery (Boston, MA). Alicia is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including a TED Fellowship, a Washington Award from the S&R Foundation, a Direct Artist Grant from the Harpo Foundation, an Artist Microgrant from the Nasher Sculpture Center, and an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Maine Arts Commission. She has been an artist in residence at Google Tilt Brush, Sculpture Space, True/False Film Festival, and the Tides Institute and Museum of Art. In 2020, she was added to the Fulbright Specialist Roster by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.Alicia earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Drexel University in 2004, and a Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture/Dimensional Studies from Alfred University in 2009. She is currently a Presidential Early Career Professor of Studio Art and the Sculpture Program Coordinator at the University of North Texas. Her work is represented by Galeria Fernando Santos in Porto, Portugal, and Liliana Bloch Gallery in Dallas. She lives with her son, Zephyr, in Denton, Texas.Learn more about Alicia on her website and follow her on Instagram @aplaceintheuniverse.

Today on KIOS at the Movies, Joshua LaBure, starts his coverage of the 2022 True / False Film Festival that just took place in Columbia, Missouri. On this episode he sits down with filmmaker, Srđan Kovačević, to discuss his new film Factory to the Workers.

Independent Visual Artist, Sarah Paulsen, stopped by to talk to Nancy about her life and work. -----  Raised in Kirkwood, Missouri, Sarah Paulsen is an artist, filmmaker and community organizer whose artwork has been exhibited widely in local and national exhibitions, and whose prize-winning films have been featured in the St. Louis International Film Festival, the True/False Film Festival, the Black Maria Film Festival, the Motivate Film Festival and the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, among many others. She was a 2018 Great Rivers Biennial Winner culminating in an exhibit at the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis. A 2010 C.A.T. Institute fellow and 2015 Regional Arts Commission Artist Fellow, she has garnered numerous awards for her work and also completed several residencies – including the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris. A dedicated advocate for social change, a key aspect of Paulsen's practice has always involved the orchestration of large-scale community projects, such as participatory public murals, thematic round-table discussions and the now-annual People's Joy Parade on Cherokee Street, currently in its ninth year. Paulsen holds a B.A. in visual art from the University of Missouri, Columbia and an M.F.A. from the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art at Washington University. She lives and works in St. Louis, where she teaches art and animation at Marian Middle School and local colleges.

A common term in nonfiction filmmaking and criticism, “point of view” connotes a number of different meanings: a perspective on the world, a camera position, an assertion of subjectivity. Last week, at the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri, FC co-editor Devika Girish led a special Film Comment Live Talk with filmmakers Reid Davenport (I Didn't See You There) and Joe Hunting (We Met in Virtual Reality) to explore the material, aesthetic, and political implications of a cinematic point of view, and how documentaries make and unmake our ways of seeing.

Kayla, Andrew and Joshua spoil Drive My Car director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's other 2021 film, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, in the last of their Films of 2021 series. First, Joshua and Andrew talk about the 2022 True/False Film Festival: docs that may be Oscar-bound and some that don't even have distributors yet. After focusing on Hamaguchi, all three critics make their picks in If We Picked the Oscars. Head over to CinemaStLouis.org to see how you can predict the winners and win prizes. (Just don't listen to the Lens critics.) They'll close out talking Euphoria, Love is Blind, and Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches. The next episode starts the Queer '90s series with Andrew's pick of Gregg Araki's The Living End. Please share, subscribe, and review! Follow us @stlfilmfest on Instagram and Twitter, @CinemaStLouis on Facebook.

A chat with True/False Film Festival programmers' about the newly announced slate of films for this year's festival.

Former volunteer turned staffer, Barbie Banks, showcases the 19th annual True/False Film Festival. Barbie explains what patrons can expect this year and how the festival's become a truly international event. 3 TOP Picks: Three Top Movie Directors.   welikethatpodcast@gmail.com www.welikethatpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/welikethatpodcast http://www.instagram.com/welikethatpodcast https://truefalse.org  https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=true%2Ffalse%20film%20fest https://www.instagram.com/truefalsefilmfest/ https://www.instagram.com/truefalseart/ https://www.instagram.com/truefalsemusic/

Today's KIOS AT THE MOVIES is part three of three of our coverage of the True / False Film Festiva l. KIOS' Joshua LaBure reviews three films from the festival: FROM THE WILD SEA, THIS RAIN WILL NEVER STOP & DELPHINE'S PRAYER.

Today’s KIOS AT THE MOVIES is part one of three of our coverage of the True / False Film Festival . KIOS’ Joshua LaBure sits down with Patrick Kinney and Diana Martinez from Film Streams to discuss the overall experience of the experience.

The 2021 True/False Film Festival is coming up on May 5th - 9th in Columbia, Missouri! On Today's episode of KIOS AT THE MOVIES , Joshua LaBure, sits down with Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the True / False Film Festival , David Wilson, to discuss the festival and non-fiction cinema! All throughout May KIOS AT THE MOVIES will be highligting films from True/False .

Many things about this year's True/False Film Festival have changed, but one that hasn't is our annual programmer preview. This year, programmers Angela Catalano and Amir George join the podcast to preview some of the films coming to this year's outdoor fest, which starts May 5. Angela and Amir preview Questlove's directorial debut Summer of Soul, Pete Nicks's Homeroom, and a number of other films and events fest-goers can look forward to.

The 2021 True/False Film Festival will look completely different from any previous fest. In the interest of social distancing and safety, all of the films will screen outdoors, at Stephens Lake Park in the fest's hometown of Columbia, Missouri. The True/False Podcast spoke with fest organizers to explain what festival-goers can expect at the new venue, and how it's tried to keep some vestiges of normalcy from festivals past.

The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Missouri was announced on March 7. That was day two of last year's True/False Film Festival. During the festival, South by Southwest — one of the biggest film festivals in the world — announced it was canceling its March dates, and the world of film festivals plunged into a year of uncertainty. Now, the True/False Film Festival is returning, with a different look, a different size and a very different venue. The True/False Podcast sat down with festival leaders to track the long road that led to this year's upcoming festival.

Karl Bussen, a fantastic photographer and videographer, joined us in studio. He runs his own company, Bussen Productions, and lends his expertise at the ever popular True False Film Festival. You might see Karl shredding up Cosmo Park on his skateboard or in his sunset camper photobus at your next big event. Middle Of The Map is with Mr. Karl Bussen.    #karl #bussen #film #photo #production #video #local #columbia #missouri #friends   https://www.bussenproductions.com/   https://m.facebook.com/bussenproductions/

Brandon Butler and Nathan “Shags” McLeod talk everything COMO with Megan McConachie at the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau.Topics discussed: Finger Lakes; Devils Ice Box; Camping; Hunting; Fishing; Live Music; The Blue Note; Roots and Blues; True False Film Festival; Logboat; Food Trucks; Restaurants; Farmers Market; Mystery Bait Bucket Question and More.Special Thanks to Fisher Space PenUse Promo Code: DRIFTWOOD for 20% offhttps://www.spacepen.com/Special Thanks To CZ-USA:https://cz-usa.com/For More Info:https://www.visitcolumbiamo.com/https://www.facebook.com/visitcolumbiamo/https://www.instagram.com/visitcolumbiamo/Connect with Driftwood Outdoors:https://www.facebook.com/DriftwoodOutdoors/https://www.instagram.com/driftwoodoutdoors/http://driftwoodoutdoors.com/category/podcasts/Email:info@driftwoodoutdoors.comSponsors:http://scenicriverwayproperties.com/https://www.masonleather.com/#/

Elfin brothers voiced by Tom Holland and Chris Pratt embark on a quest to find a stone that will help them bring their deceased father back for a day in ONWARD.  In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer reports on the best films he saw at this year’s True/False Film Festival, including CITY SO REAL, DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD, MAYOR, and COLLECTIVE. Paul Markoff picks PITCH PERFECT, the a cappella competition comedy starring Anna Kendrick. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ ONWARD clips courtesy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures PITCH PERFECT clip courtesy Universal Pictures Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded April 13, 2020.

Nickie Davis is the Executive Director at The District- Downtown Columbia, Missouri. She also works behind the scenes at True/False Film Festival each year. We chat about upcoming events in The District and she brings us our passports for restaurant week coming up Jan 20th.  Nickie was born and raised right here in Columbia, MO. She was the founder and owner of Muse Clothing and does so much to support our local venders. Her energy and positive aura filled the studio. We had a blast! Give it up for Ms. Nickie Davis.

KBIA's Lee Wilkins continues her visit with Camellia Cosgray, the new Director of the True/False Film Festival; and with Chris Boeckmann, the Director of Film Programming. They discuss their positions with the Festival, plans for the upcoming 2020 Fest, and recent controversy about some business partnerships.

KBIA's Lee Wilkins continues her visit with Camellia Cosgray, the new Director of the True/False Film Festival; and with Chris Boeckmann, the Director of Film Programming. They discuss their positions with the Festival, plans for the upcoming 2020 Fest, and recent controversy about some business partnerships.

After being threatened by the Taliban, filmmaker Hassan Fazili was forced to flee Afghanistan. Like thousands of others, he and his family set out for Europe seeking safety and a stable life. What follows is a two-year odyssey that Fazili, wife Fatima Hussaini, and their two daughters carefully documented on video with their phones. From negotiating with people smugglers to hiding in abandoned buildings and being beaten by Bulgarian nationalists, the new documentary "Midnight Traveler" highlights the cruelty and capriciousness of the European Union's asylum system – and a family's strength to persevere. On this special edition of Global Journalist, a look at this remarkable film and an extended interview with producer and writer Emelie Mahdavian. After debuting at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, the film screened at the 2019 True/False Film Festival and became one of the most widely-lauded documentaries of the year. Note: This program originally aired March 28, 2019

KBIA's Lee Wilkins talks with Camellia Cosgray, the new Director of the True/False Film Festival; and with Chris Boeckmann, the Director of Film Programming. They discuss their positions with the Festival, plans for the upcoming 2020 Fest, and recent controversy about some business partnerships. You can hear part 2 of the conversation next week on the program.

KBIA's Lee Wilkins talks with Camellia Cosgray, the new Director of the True/False Film Festival; and with Chris Boeckmann, the Director of Film Programming. They discuss their positions with the Festival, plans for the upcoming 2020 Fest, and recent controversy about some business partnerships. You can hear part 2 of the conversation next week on the program.

The Sweaters are a band born and bred in Columbia, Mo. Since they started playing music together a few summers ago, they’ve hit many of the local music venues around town, opening for touring artists or playing their own shows. They even played at a stage at Roots ‘n Blues music festival, and at True/False Film Festival. Ben and Henry Cohen and Anders Harms are The Sweaters—and they’re all playing and performing their way through their teenage years.

The idea for True/False Film Festival began in 2003 in Columbia, Missouri and since then the festival has grown steadily to the point that it is one of the largest documentary film festivals in the world with more than 50,000 people in attendance over one weekend each year at the beginning of March. More than the numbers, True/False has created an atmosphere and an experience you can’t find anywhere else.

Often, when we think about the intersection of art and tech our minds wander to innovations like artificial intelligence, augmented reality, projection mapping, etc. In this episode, new SOTA host, Gabriel Barcia-Colombo speaks with interdisciplinary artist, Alicia Eggert on technology as a medium by which she explores our understanding of time, language, and everyday abstractions we take for granted. How do we measure "now"? What is "eternity"? Together the two also touch upon Alicia's current experiments in interactive art underscoring the importance of collaboration and connectivity, and how her creative process is influenced by her childhood growing up within a Pentecostal family. -About Alicia Eggert-Alicia is an interdisciplinary artist whose work focuses on the relationship between language, image and time. Alicia's work has been exhibited at notable institutions nationally and internationally, including the CAFA Art Museum in Beijing, the Triennale Design Museum in Milan, the Corning Museum of Glass in New York, the Amsterdam Light Festival, the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2012) at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History in New Mexico, Sculpture By the Sea in Sydney, Australia, and many more. Recent solo exhibitions have been held at Galeria Fernando Santos (Porto, Portugal), The MAC (Dallas, TX), T+H Gallery (Boston, MA), Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA), and Artisphere (Arlington, VA). Alicia’s work is represented by Galeria Fernando Santos in Porto, and Liliana Bloch Gallery in Dallas.Alicia is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including a TED Fellowship, a Washington Award from the S&R Foundation, a Direct Artist Grant from the Harpo Foundation, an Artist Microgrant from the Nasher Sculpture Center, and an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Maine Arts Commission. She has been an artist in residence at Google Tilt Brush, Sculpture Space, True/False Film Festival, and the Tides Institute and Museum of Art. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Houston Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News, BBC Future, Vulture, and publications such as Typoholic: Material Types in Design, Foundations of Digital Art and Design, and Elements and Principles of 4D Art & Design.Alicia earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Interior Design from Drexel University in 2004, and a Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture/Dimensional Studies from Alfred University in 2009. She is currently a Presidential Early Career Professor of Studio Art and the Sculpture Program Coordinator in the College of Visual Arts & Design at the University of North Texas. She lives with her son, Zephyr, in Denton, Texas.Learn more at https://aliciaeggert.com/nav/about.htmlFollow her @APlaceintheUniverse

In the world of nonfiction filmmaking, the idea of "engagement" is often raised as a key part of the process. How does a film engage the audience, or with its subjects, what conversations does it start, or augment? For Robert Greene, whose film "Bisbee '17" screened at the 2018 True/False Film Festival, engagement offers an opportunity to counter the exploitative aspect of documentary filmmaking. And in the case of "Bisbee '17" it meant going back to the eponymous town year after year to continue the conversation.

In the world of nonfiction filmmaking, the idea of "engagement" is often raised as a key part of the process. How does a film engage the audience, or with its subjects, what conversations does it start, or augment? For Robert Greene, whose film "Bisbee '17" screened at the 2018 True/False Film Festival, engagement offers an opportunity to counter the exploitative aspect of documentary filmmaking. And in the case of "Bisbee '17" it meant going back to the eponymous town year after year to continue the conversation.

In the world of nonfiction filmmaking, the idea of "engagement" is often raised as a key part of the process. How does a film engage the audience, or with its subjects, what conversations does it start, or augment? For Robert Greene, whose film "Bisbee '17" screened at the 2018 True/False Film Festival, engagement offers an opportunity to counter the exploitative aspect of documentary filmmaking. And in the case of "Bisbee '17" it meant going back to the eponymous town year after year to continue the conversation.

Allison Coffelt lives and writes in Columbia, Missouri. She works as the director of education and outreach for the annual documentary-based True/False Film Festival, as well as hosting the fantastic True/False Podcast, featuring interviews and commentary with documentary filmmakers, available anywhere you get podcasts. Her writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Oxford Public Health Magazine, and more. She won the 2015 University of Missouri Essay Prize. The topic of today’s conversation is her new book, Maps Are Lines We Draw: A Road Trip Through Haiti, out now from Lanternfish Press (2018). Greg Soden is the host of “Classical Ideas,” a podcast about religion and religious ideas. You can find it on iTunes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Allison Coffelt lives and writes in Columbia, Missouri. She works as the director of education and outreach for the annual documentary-based True/False Film Festival, as well as hosting the fantastic True/False Podcast, featuring interviews and commentary with documentary filmmakers, available anywhere you get podcasts. Her writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Oxford Public Health Magazine, and more. She won the 2015 University of Missouri Essay Prize. The topic of today’s conversation is her new book, Maps Are Lines We Draw: A Road Trip Through Haiti, out now from Lanternfish Press (2018). Greg Soden is the host of “Classical Ideas,” a podcast about religion and religious ideas. You can find it on iTunes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Allison Coffelt lives and writes in Columbia, Missouri. She works as the director of education and outreach for the annual documentary-based True/False Film Festival, as well as hosting the fantastic True/False Podcast, featuring interviews and commentary with documentary filmmakers, available anywhere you get podcasts. Her writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Oxford Public Health Magazine, and more. She won the 2015 University of Missouri Essay Prize. The topic of today’s conversation is her new book, Maps Are Lines We Draw: A Road Trip Through Haiti, out now from Lanternfish Press (2018). Greg Soden is the host of “Classical Ideas,” a podcast about religion and religious ideas. You can find it on iTunes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode before spring break we discuss the 2018 crime-drama Destroyer with two brand new guests. Then Sam, Molly, and guest Jess Roy recap their highlights from the Bijou trip to True/False Film Festival in early March.Featuring: Molly Bagnall, Sam McCrory, and guests Jess Roy, Sam Cox and Jonny DuggerRecorded: 3/15/19

Rebel Wilson hits her head and wakes up to a life inside a romantic comedy in director Todd Strauss-Schulson’s ISN’T IT ROMANTIC. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer reports on the True/False Film Festival, with highlights including Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s AMERICAN FACTORY, Brett Story’s THE HOTTEST AUGUST,  Todd Douglas Miller’s APOLLO 11, and Jodie Mack’s THE GRAND BIZARRE. Paul Markoff is in favor of Jeff Nichols’ LOVING, which tells the story behind the landmark Supreme Court case.. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ ISN’T IT ROMANTIC clip courtesy Warner Bros. COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD clip courtesy Danish Film Institute AMAZING GRACE and APOLLO 11 clips courtesy Neon LOVING clip courtesy Focus Features Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded March 9, 2019.

Allison Coffelt lives and writes in Columbia, Missouri. She works as the director of education and outreach for the annual documentary-based True/False Film Festival, as well as hosting the fantastic True/False Podcast, featuring interviews and commentary with documentary filmmakers, available anywhere you get podcasts. Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Oxford Public Health Magazine, and more. She won the 2015 University of Missouri Essay Prize. The topic of today's conversation is her new book, “Maps Are Lines We Draw,” out now from Lanternfish Press. Buy the book from Lanternfish Press Brevity Magazine review of "Maps Are Lines We Draw"

With heavy heart, Bobby and Geoff say goodbye to "I'd See That" with a final recording done on the fly on a long walk back to their hotel during the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, MO.

Live from a Missourian Waffle House during the aftermath of the 2018 True/False Film Festival. Includes discussion of Primas, The Task, Shirkers, Self-Portrait: Birth in 47km, Testament, Matangi / Maya / MIA, and others! With Molly Bagnall, Sal Goedken, Tristen Kopp, Nate Kouri, Nicholas Morgan, Emily Stagman, and Jessica Yoder.truefalse.org

Bobby, Geoff, and guest Milan Cook take a deep, enthusiastic dive into the many layers of "Get Out." They also talk about code switching, other social thrillers, the True/False Film Festival, and milk as the beverage of white supremacy. Credits: Producers: Geoff George & Bobby Evers Intro music: "Elk Mountain," by Melkbelly

In this special mini episode, we take you along with us as we broadcast from Ragtag Cinema and explore the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, MO. Join us as we reminisce about the good old days when the History Channel actually showed interesting documentaries. (Learn more about the festival at truefalse.org)

David Wilson had a vision for his dream film festival—and now he has it. The co-founder of Columbia, Missouri's RagTag cinema and now one of the creative heads behind the True/False Film Festival, David has succeeded in transforming the way people can think, imagine, and design a film festival without the prohibitive nature of bending to the economic whims of Hollywood, while also engaging with the most aesthetically groundbreaking cinema without alienating audiences. Peter was lucky to catch David right in the middle of the flurry, and talk to him about his interest in coming back to the Midwest, his own documentary work, and why True/False captures the heart of so many filmgoers, whether they would call themselves cinephiles or not. Finally, the two discuss Harmony Korine's Gummo, a film that David hated so much because of its fictional representation, until it began to appear more and more like a documentary. 0:00-3:10 Opening4:03-10:30 Establishing Shots — Desperately Seeking Susan and Lá-Bas11:15-39:50 Deep Focus — David Wilson40:37-44:10 Sponsorship Section45:38-1:01:54 Double Exposure — Gummo (Harmony Korine)1:01:57-1:03:35 Close

Strongly opinionated but never dogmatically so, the prolific Vadim Rizov ranks among the best of the new generation of cinephiles in Peter's opnion. So the young writer joins him to discuss his unique voice in the critical community. Vadim discusses his early forays into cinema at a young age, and how his frustrations with Austin's film scene led him to New York (only to more frustrations at NYU). The two then get into his fascinating writing style and how it stands against the majority of contemporary film writing, his interest in the evolving contemporary cinema, and why he goes back again and again to the True/False Film Festival. The two then dive into Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge, a type of closed circuit movie that might be out of style with many cinephiles today, but is full of wondrous pleasures for those that pry its pieces apart. 0:00-1:05 Opening1:55 -5:50 Establishing Shots - Roberto Rossellini's Voyage to Italy / Trivia Round6:34-56:56 Deep Focus - Vadim Rizov57:49-1:20:04 Double Exposure - Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville)1:20:06-1:22:22 Close / Outtake

Film maker Karim El Hakim told this story at a live storytelling event at the True/False Film Festival.

In this episode of Mental Podcast, Michelle Collins and Seth Showalter continue their discussion on Religious Trauma Syndrome as part of the Trauma Trials Series. To refresh, Religious Trauma Syndrome (RTS) is a group of symptoms that arise in response to traumatic or stressful religious experiences. RTS is not an official diagnosis in the DMS-5; however, it is a common experience of those involved in fundamentalist religious groups, cults or abusive religious settings. In their mental minutes, Michelle admits to being "sassy." Michelle accuses Seth of being annoying and Seth accuses Michelle of yelling at him. All in good fun. Michelle acknowledges that depression has been lurking and describes a feeling of impending doom. Seth details a weekend at home where he was able to visit family. The plan was to engage in the True False Film Festival but plans changed. For this week's subject matter, Michelle and Seth discuss spiritually abusive messages. Seth begins the discussion by clarifying the distinction between bashing religion versus addressing traumatic experiences caused by religious institutions and culture. Not all churches are abusive nor Christians bad people. Don't get it twisted. However, there are abusive situations centered around religious (including Christianity) and people do get hurt. That is what we are speaking about. To address the topic of abusive situations, Michelle and Seth review spiritually abusive messages that are a common pattern of commentary that over time lead to trauma. A sample of abusive statements covered include: "Don't question the anointed," "Don't question," and “Don’t trust yourself or your instincts. Trust me—I’m the spiritual, smart one.” Many others are reviewed. For this week's lived experience, Michelle and Seth sit down with prolific author and podcaster, Matthew Distefano. Matthew's books can be found at allsetfree.com. Such books include but are not limited to Heretic!, From the Blood of Abel, and the Bonfire Sessions. Matthew is also one of the hosts of the Heretic Happy Hour Podcast. To illustrate the power of abusive messages, Matthew shares how his wife's family has responded to coming out as bisexual. Matthew is married, is remaining married and is not polyamorous. Nothing is changing in the bedroom. He is simply standing up and taking pride in his true identity (which is wife is on board with). However, the response of his wife's family has caused grief. In fact, he's been accused of having affairs and his wife's family have cut ties; essentially ex-communicating them. His wife's family's actions are likely rooted in religious messaging that are so strong they're willing to remove their daughter and granddaughter and son in law due to fear and lack of understanding. Religion can certainly complicate things. For more information about Mental Podcast, check out the website at: mental-podcast.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/mental-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy