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 | 144 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 19 hours ago |
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Everybody to Kenmure Street: “There’s clearly something larger than life that happens when people put themselves on the line for the benefit of their community.”
In this vHopeful conversation, I speak with Chilean-Belgian filmmaker Felipe Bustos Sierra about his exhilarating Sundance-winning documentary, Everybody to Kenmure Street, which brings us inside the extraordinary eight-hour 2021 uprising i...
An Eye for an Eye: “The feelings, the emotions, and the needs are universal, but they’re just in a different system.”
In this vHopeful Conversation, I speak with Emmy-nominated Iranian American filmmaker Tanaz Eshaghian about her searing new documentary, An Eye for an Eye, co-directed with Farzad Jafari. This gripping, real-life courtroom thriller follows...
The Oldest Person in the World: “I do wake up every day thankful to be alive and feeling very, very lucky, which is a great kind of worldview to have.”
In this vHopeful Conversation, I was delighted to speak with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Green about his tender, funny, and profoundly moving new documentary, The Oldest Person in the World. Over the course of a decade, Sam traveled from...
Cookie Queens: “The way that the world sees girls and women and the way we know ourselves to be are not always in sync.”
In this vHopeful Conversation, I speak with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Alysa Nahmias about Cookie Queens, her joyful, incisive documentary following four Girl Scouts through the high-stakes world of cookie-selling season. What begins as a...
The Righteous Road Trip: ““In the midst of hatred and in the midst of evil, they chose good.”
In this vHopeful Conversation, I was honored to speak with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth about her moving new documentary short, The Righteous Road Trip. The film follows British Jewish humanitarian Jonny Daniels and his dog...
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