Dream of a Better World
Vanessa Hope, Soraya Chemaly, Anna Malaika TubbsImagining 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 | 124 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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Ghost in the Machine: "I think the bravery and boldness to think outside the box, to create outside the box, and to trust that you’ll find your audience...that is what resonates right now."
In this vHopeful Conversation, I speak with filmmaker Valerie Veatch about her Sundance 2026 documentary Ghost in the Machine. We dive into the dirty wiring behind today’s AI boom—its roots in eugenics and race science, its extraction‑drive...
We Are Pat: "This needed to be funny, to show nuanced perspectives of trans people where we could be flawed, messy, idiotic, funny—all the things."
This vHopeful Conversation features director–producer Rowan Haber and Emmy‑winning producer Caryn Capotosto discussing their documentary We Are Pat, which revisits SNL’s 1990s “It’s Pat” sketches through a contemporary trans and non‑binary...
WE ARE PAT documentary in digital release now! Get tickets to the Vidiots special screening Sun 6/28, 7pm with Ro Haber & comedy icons Julia Sweeney, Harper Steele, & Alan Cumming
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Director: Ro Haber Run Time: 92 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2025
Starring: Abby McEnany, Esther Fallick, Julia Sweeney, Kev...
Gaslit: "Even though the film is U.S.‑focused, these are the same fights people are experiencing everywhere!"
In this vHopeful Conversations episode, filmmaker Katie Camosy joins me to talk about her new Greenpeace‑backed documentary GASLIT, which follows Jane Fonda, Connie Britton, and Maggie Rogers through Texas and the Gulf South as they bear wi...
GASLIT documentary in theaters now! vHopeful Conversations Podcast with director Katie Camosy COMING SOON...
Director Katie Camosy’s GASLIT shows us the world teetering on the brink of irreversible climate disaster, as Academy Award-winner and activist Jane Fonda ventures deep into oil and gas country to confront the fossil fuel industry’s decepti...
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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
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.
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.
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