Dream of a Better World
Vanessa HopeImagining a more democratic, just, and peaceful world through in‑depth conversations with filmmakers and authors about power, resistance, and hope in increasingly authoritarian times.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 153 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 2 days ago |
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Closure: "By spending that time with Daniel, all these memories came back to me... I realized I seem to be very similar to him. He's also throwing himself into the search and helping others...”
In this vHopeful Conversation, I speak with award-winning filmmaker Michał Marczak about Closure, his haunting documentary about Daniel, a father who combs Warsaw’s Vistula River alone in search of his vanished teenage son, Chris. Michał re...
My Omaha: "I really want people in power that are willing to think about the implications of technology and how it's going to shape our society."
In this vHopeful Conversation, I talk with filmmaker Nick Beaulieu about My Omaha, his intimate documentary about going back to his Nebraska hometown to chronicle its fight for racial equity while trying to repair his bond with his ardent T...
My Undesirable Friends: Part II -- Exile: “I'm always interested in the after... How do you get up the next morning? How do you keep going? And how do you keep telling the truth?”
In this vHopeful Conversation, I welcome back award-winning filmmaker Julia Loktev, my first returning guest, to talk about My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile. She describes shooting alone on an iPhone while editing Part I with Michael...
Room of the Absolute: “Natalie and Elizabeth trusted me to show my reality through my own eyes, and I trusted them to find meaning in what I filmed.” Alla Hurenko
In this vHopeful Conversation, I talk with co-directors Natalie Shirinian and Elizabeth Baudouin about how a friendship that began on Instagram turns into Room of the Absolute. The film came out of a painting Pazza Pennello (Alla Hurenko) s...
Free Joan Little: “When you put people in cages and dehumanize them and lock them away from society...I don’t know what else you’re gonna get”
In this vHopeful Conversation, I speak with Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Yoruba Richen about her powerful documentary short, Free Joan Little, and the extraordinary movement that rallied around a young Black woman’s right to defend herse...
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Director. Producer. Documentary & Fiction Film. INVISIBLE NATION (PBS streaming). Host vHOPEFUL CONVERSATIONS podcast on FILM, listen (Apple, Spotify), watch (HopeForFilm, YouTube). @tedhope IG @vhopeful Co-Writer-Host LOVE IS A CRIME (Vanity Fair)
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