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Martha Shane (After Tiller) Talks with Tracy Droz Tragos (Rich Hill) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

A fascinating conversation between the two female documentary directors about the making of this year's Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner.

2:00 AM EDT on August 15, 2014

Recorded at a live event at DCTV, the latest episode of the Talkhouse Film podcast features Tracy Droz Tragos, one of the directors of Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary Rich Hill (now on general release), in conversation with After Tiller's Martha Shane. The two talk about the more personal aspects of non-fiction filmmaking, such as the art of co-directing (with your cousin!), building trust with subjects and how relationships shift after production has ended. For more filmmakers talking film and TV, visit Talkhouse Film at film.thetalkhouse.com.

The music featured in the podcast is as follows:
1. Intro / outro underscore: “Plastic Man vs. The Giant Red Phase Of The Sun” – Iced Ink
2. "Morning" - Nathan Halpern (from Rich Hill)

Episode engineered and edited by Elia Einhorn


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