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 | 133 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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Man on the Run: "With somebody like Paul McCartney, he is the music—the words, the melodies, they’re all reflective of who he is and what he’s going through."
In this vHopeful Conversation, I talk with Oscar‑, Grammy‑, and Emmy‑winning filmmaker Morgan Neville about his new documentary Man on the Run, a wildly engaging portrait of Paul McCartney’s post‑Beatles reinvention. We trace Morgan’s lifel...
American Doctor: "It’s really in the United States that I learned how to dissent & how to fight for what really matters...and the only way I know how to fight is as a filmmaker.”
In this vHopeful Conversation, I sit down with filmmaker Poh Si Teng—Oscar‑nominated producer of St. Louis Superman, Emmy‑winning executive producer of Patrice: The Movie, and now first‑time feature director of American Doctor—to talk about...
This Wednesday, August 5 at 6am PDT through August 6th at 6am on "Summer under the Stars: Host Picks," the Czar of Noir, Eddie Muller, programs 14 of my grandmother Joan Bennett's films on TCM
Point Defiance, Tacoma Washington, trees (photo byTed Hope)
Eddie Muller, author, film historian, film preservationist, and television host, widely known as the “Czar of Noir” and as founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation, wrote...
Queen of Chess: "It’s extremely satisfying to watch, because it’s this unstoppable champion who is so driven, has such guts, and also has a sense of humor and a warmth about her..."
In this vHopeful Conversation, I sit down with Academy Award–nominated, Primetime Emmy–winning director Rory Kennedy to discuss her new Netflix documentary, Queen of Chess, about Hungarian prodigy Judit Polgár and her battle against a male‑...
Join NYWIFT, Join Fall of Freedom, Join Flaco’s Flight Tonight & See WILD INSIDE in Central Park! R.I.P Nicholas Platt, President of the Asia Society, father of actor Oliver Platt, & friend
I’m honored to be featured as a new NYWIFT member today and to join the community of New York Women in Film and Television!
I love highlighting the work of the talented women DPs I’ve had the pleasure of shooting entire films with, in the...
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Director. Producer. Documentary & Fiction Films. INVISIBLE NATION (PBS). Co-Writer, Co-Host LOVE IS A CRIME (Vanity Fair). Writer, Host vHOPEFUL CONVERSATIONS podcast w inspiring filmmakers & authors, listen (Apple. Spotify), watch here, HopeForFilm
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