film is magic

A conversation with documentarian Pilar Timpane that explores documentary as a storytelling medium and film genre, and its relation to identity, voice, position, power, agency, and collaboration when considering the storyteller and the people, places, or entities behind the story. This was originally a final project for an English course titled, "Race, Health, and Narrative."

TW: This episode mentions a documentary, Treasure, whose story revolves around the murder of someone in the transgender community, and its aftermath.

Show notes

• The Documentary Accountability Working Group’s framework for documentaries 
• An article on Jihad Rehab, since named The UnRedacted 
• Treasure: From Tragedy to Trans Justice, Mapping a Detroit Story, the film
• Kimberlé Crenshaw and her TED Talk titled, “The urgency of intersectionality”
• Pilar’s website and work
• We also discussed the film The First Wave, but our conversation didn’t make it to the final cut. More information can be found here. 

Check out a more in-depth summary and reflection on the episode here.