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Tag: death

Marines and Mountaineers

Film
By Chris Terrill | May 20, 2022
By Chris Terrill | May 20, 2022

Marines and Mountaineers

The Last Mountain filmmaker Chris Terrill on the death of young men, a tragic trope in his recent documentaries.

Navigating Grief and Loss While Making My First Feature

Film
By Zeshawn Ali | May 19, 2021
By Zeshawn Ali | May 19, 2021

Navigating Grief and Loss While Making My First Feature

Zeshawn Ali on how the passing of his father while making his debut film, Two Gods, shaped the film into a meditation on death and renewal.

On Grieving Someone Before They’re Gone

Music
By Brian Fennell | April 28, 2021
By Brian Fennell | April 28, 2021

On Grieving Someone Before They’re Gone

SYML’s new EP is a toast to his father and the cyclical nature of life.

We Become the Stories We Tell Ourselves

Film
By Jessie Barr | March 16, 2021
By Jessie Barr | March 16, 2021

We Become the Stories We Tell Ourselves

Writer-director Jessie Barr on the personal story of death, grief and family that underpins her debut feature, Sophie Jones.

A Man Doing the Most Basic Thing, Breathing

Film
By David Shapiro | February 26, 2021
By David Shapiro | February 26, 2021

A Man Doing the Most Basic Thing, Breathing

Filmmaker and artist David Shapiro shares journal entries from the making of his latest project, Untitled Pizza Movie, which is out this week.

Coming to Term: A Tale of Loss and Sisterhood

Film
By Patricia Vidal Delgado | December 14, 2020
By Patricia Vidal Delgado | December 14, 2020

Coming to Term: A Tale of Loss and Sisterhood

La Leyenda Negra's writer-director Patricia Vidal Delgado on the poignant bond that brought her and her film's lead actress together.

How I Nearly Died Making My New Movie

Film
By Jason Wise | June 1, 2020
By Jason Wise | June 1, 2020

How I Nearly Died Making My New Movie

Director Jason Wise recalls a fateful day shooting his new documentary about sea-urchin divers, The Delicacy.

Making the Past Present

Film
By Andrew Ahn | May 7, 2020
By Andrew Ahn | May 7, 2020

Making the Past Present

Driveways director Andrew Ahn processes the death of his grandmother and actor Brian Dennehy by revisiting their performances in his films.

Odessa Pushes Through the Low Points

Music
By Odessa | December 2, 2019
By Odessa | December 2, 2019

Odessa Pushes Through the Low Points

The artist talks the death of her father, the "incredible difficulty of being human," and the myriad highs and lows that led to her new album.

A Not Very Funny Story About My Mother and the 1998 Movie The Godson

Film
By Kevin McDonald | August 23, 2019
By Kevin McDonald | August 23, 2019

A Not Very Funny Story About My Mother and the 1998 Movie The Godson

Ahead of his Off-Broadway show, Kids in the Hall's Kevin McDonald shares a poignant tale from his past.

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