Rita Baghdadi on Building Intimacy with Subjects & Directing and Shooting Simultaneously
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In this episode, we sit down with director, producer, and cinematographer Rita Baghdadi, who's latest film Sirens premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and went on to win the Grand Jury Prize at Outfest. Rita talks about how she transitioned from competitive horse jumping to documentary filmmaking, her process in making the film Sirens, how she was able to bring Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne on as Executive Producers, her collaboration with the composer Para One, how she was able to juggle verité shooting and directing, and more. Find Rita on Instagram Check out the film Sirens on Instagram and sirensdocumentary.com Host Jennie Butler on Instagram Executive Producer Sky Dylan-Robbins Producer Amy DiGiacomo on Instagram and Twitter Producer Caley Fox Shannon on Instagram Producer Abhishyant Kidangoor Editor Audrey Horowitz on Instagram Got an idea for an episode? Email [email protected] Click here to support the Video Consortium
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