Dream of a Better World
Vanessa Hope, Anna Malaika Tubbs, Soraya ChemalyImagining 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 | 116 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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Manas: "I hope that if even one woman or girl—or boy—who is suffering sexual violence or any kind of violence, from watching Manas finds strength and courage to break the silence and ask for help"
In this vHopeful Conversation, Vanessa Hope speaks with Brazilian filmmaker Marianna Brennand about MANAS, her powerful narrative feature debut rooted in a decade of documentary research into sexual abuse and exploitation of women and girls...
Finally! Invisible Nation Goes to Oxford (And Into 100 Million American Homes)
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Invisible Nation is about to cross two big milestones at once. First, Ted and I will finally be able to say: “We went to Oxford together.” Invisible Nation is screening with an in person Q&A at the best univer...
Alphapussy: "Happy Mother's Day!"
Actor, musician, and storyteller Gina Gershon joins Vanessa Hope for a Mother’s Day vHopeful conversation about her fearless new memoir, AlphaPussy: How I Survived the Valley and Learned to Love My Boobs, tracing how she became an “alphapus...
Mistura: "In live screenings, appropriately, we give people a warning before they watch it that this film may—and will—make you hungry."
In this vHopeful Conversations episode, I speak with producer Ivan Orlic about Mistura, his first Spanish-language feature and first film set entirely in his home country of Peru. Together they explore how the 1960s‑set story of Norm...
Show Up, Speak Out, Document Your Event: 1 Day to FALL OF FREEDOM May Day, 2026
Last fall, artists across the country created the Fall of Freedom, activating a nationwide wave of creative resistance to rising authoritarianism.
From galleries and libraries to theaters, schools, and street corners, hundreds of events u...
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Documentary & fiction films. Director, producer. INVISIBLE NATION on PBS this May! LOVE IS A CRIME podcast w Vanity Fair. Host, vHOPEFUL CONVERSATIONS podcast w inspiring filmmakers & authors, wherever you listen & on my husband, Ted Hope’s Substack
Storytelling is my passion. I'm a 2x NYT bestselling author of The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of MLK Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation + Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden From Us.
Author, activist, and journalist. Author of Rage Becomes Her, The Resilience Myth and the newly released, All We Want is Everything. Would rather laugh and dance than cry. Petty is my middle name.
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