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.
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Filipiñana: “It’s just such an important part of why I wanted to make this film: to make the violence of the Global South relatable to Western audiences as well.”
In this vHopeful Conversation, I speak with writer-director-editor Rafael Manuel about Filipiñana, his haunting and visually exquisite debut feature, winner of Sundance’s Special Jury Award for Creative Vision. Set at an exclusive golf club...
Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing: “It was really his story, and then all these other whistleblowers—some of whom had never spoken publicly...—who were coming forward to me saying, ‘Please make this.’”
In this vHopeful conversation, I speak with the extraordinary filmmaker Rory Kennedy about Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing, her urgent new documentary examining how a company once synonymous with engineering excellence and public trust cam...
Ground Control to Major Tom: David Bowie, Luca Guadagnino, Bernardo Bertolucci. Is “Space Oddity” really about space—or about love?
A song that we cannot get out of our heads reimagined. Turn up the volume and feel it. Sometimes we listen better in a language we don't yet understand.
I Want To Live!: Three Minutes of Your Time to Watch & Consider One of the Best Anti-Death Penalty Films Ever Made
a vHopeful Conversation with my grandfather, Walter Wanger who died before I was born, but whose legacy lives on in ways I'm still exploring
A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies: "And there it was in a nutshell: the rapture of seeing a thing and the horror of seeing it at the same time..."
In this vHopeful Conversation, I speak with the incomparable film critic and historian David Thomson about his revelatory new book, A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies. We trace his earliest experiences of cinema—from...
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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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