KUCI: Film School

Trapped / Film School interview with Director Dawn Porter

Colliding Dreams / Film School interview with co-directors James Dorman and Oren Rudavsky

1982 /FIlm School interview with Writer - Producer - Director Tommy Oliver

Written, produced and directed by Tommy Oliver, inspired by his life growing up in Philadelphia, "1982" depicts the lengths one man will go to save his family. Tim Brown is a devoted family man who has worked hard to provide a good life for his wife Shenae and daughter Maya. But all is threatened when Shenaes old boyfriend returns from prison and lures her back into a dangerous lifestyle. Though his wife has abandoned him, Tim refuses to give up hope, fighting against impossible odds to bring his family back together in this powerful drama. An official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival, 1982 features an all-star cast including, Hill Harper (Concussion," "Limitless") Sharon Leal (Dreamgirls), Bokeem Woodbine (FXs Fargo), La La Anthony (Power), Quinton Aaron (The Blind Side), introducing Troi Zee, with Wayne Brady and the Oscar nominated Ruby Dee (Best Supporting Actress, American Gangster,) in the final performance of her legendary career. 1982 awards include the Best Film/Audience Awards at the Austin Film Festival and the Pan African Film Festival; Best Ensemble Acting and Best Director Award, Dallas Film Festival; Best Actor, Hill Harper, Santa Barbara Film Festival and First Time Fest NYC; Special Jury Award, First Time Fest, among others. Director Oliver joins us for a conversation on his very personal story and vivid depiction of a man trying desperately to hold on to those he holds dear.
Lionsgate and Codeblack Films will release 1982 on DVD, Digital and On Demand r on March 1, 2016. For more news and updates go to: lionsgateshop.com/

Finders Keepers /Film School interview with co-directors Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel

In the remarkable documentary Finders Keepers Shannon Whisnant has a nose for a bargain. But when he bought a used grill at a North Carolina auction, the severed human foot he found among its ashes was not part of the deal. Soon the gruesome discovery becomes the toast of the infotainment world, and the new owner spies a golden opportunity to cash in on the media frenzy, until struggling addict and amputee John Wood recognizes his missing member and demands his own foot back. This astonishing, stranger-than-fiction tale defies definition because it uniquely traverses the quirks of a small town in the midst of a media phenomenon, while it examines manifold human paradoxes such as greed, ego, familial dysfunction, and that most elusive of all human conditions, redemption. Co-directors Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel joins us for a conversation on their wildly entertaining, and surprisingly touching film.
For news and updates go to: facebook.com/finderskeepersdocumentary/

Embrace of the Serpent / Film School interviw with director Ciro Guerra

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of Shoah / Film School interview with director Adam Benzine

How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) / Film School interview with Director Josh Kim

SHOK / Film School interview with director-writer Jamie Donoughue and producer-actor Eshref Durmishi

A War / Film School interview with Director Tobias Lindholm and Actor Pilou Asbaek

The Hunting Ground / Film School interview with Producer Amy Ziering