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How Motherhood Revolutionized My Filmmaking Approach (and How I See America)

Rachel Boynton on the genesis of her new film Civil War (or, Who Do We Think We Are), and why she re-envisioned the way she made documentaries.

September 16, 2021

Remote Control: How the World’s Youngest Voting Evangelist Came to Be

Filmmaker Katherine Fairfax Wright on the memorable experience of making election ads with six-year-old motivational speaker Caleb Stewart.

How the 1960s Protest Movements Shaped Me as a Filmmaker

For Deborah Shaffer, director of the new doc Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack, the political has always been personal.

November 13, 2020

We’re Taking the Day Off To Vote: Here’s Why Voting Is Important, In the Words of Talkhouse Contributors

Your vote could be incredibly vital in closing the book on this monstrous, authoritarian era of American politics.

November 3, 2020

Perry Farrell Remembers Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy

The Jane’s Addiction mastermind and Lollapalooza founder pays tribute to the late justice.

September 29, 2020

The Way Forward: Pete Souza

The former Obama White House photographer and subject of the new documentary The Way I See It looks ahead to life and art after COVID.

September 22, 2020

On the Trail with Bernie

Pat McGee, the director of the new documentary Bernie Blackout: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, reflects on his journey making the film.

May 12, 2020

What Happened When Our Election-Hacking Doc Came Out During Coronavirus

Two of the directors of Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America’s Elections share the important takeaways from their sobering investigative doc.

Revisited: Chuck D (Public Enemy) Talks with Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) on the Talkhouse Podcast

Their conversation touches upon protest music, the democratization of music via technology, and much more.

March 19, 2020

Why Making Documentaries is an Act of Resistance

What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? director Roberto Minervini on the profound importance of nonfiction filmmaking, now more than ever.

August 27, 2019

Field Mouse and Control Top Talk Ditching Grad School and the Meaning of Meaning

To celebrate the new Field Mouse record, frontwoman Rachel Browne and sat down with Control Top's Ali Carter for a chat.

August 26, 2019

In Conversation with Thor Harris and Cross Record

The friends and collaborators talk spirituality, death, the ethics of having kids, and Cross Record.

August 15, 2019