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Talkhouse

Orlando von Einsiedel is the director of the 2014 Academy Award-nominated documentary feature <a href="http://virungamovie.com/" target="_blank">Virunga</a>, which won numerous awards worldwide, including a Primetime Emmy and a Peabody. Orlando’s short films have spanned Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Arctic and covered all manner of stories from a <a href="https://vimeo.com/32234310" target="_blank">skateboard school in Afghanistan</a> through to the tracking and arrest of pirates in West Africa. His latest film, <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80101827" target="_blank">The White Helmets</a>, about volunteer Syrian rescue workers, launched last year as a Netflix Original production and is nominated for Best Documentary Short at the upcoming Academy Awards. He co-runs the London-based production company <a href="http://www.grainmedia.co.uk" target="_blank">Grain Media</a>.

Orlando von Einsiedel

Film

Films to Watch When Everything is Shit

Nancy Savoca’s debut film, True Love, with Annabella Sciorra and Ron Eldard, won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1989. Her other works include Dogfight (River Phoenix, Lili Taylor), Household Saints (Lili Taylor, Vincent D’Onofrio, Tracy Ullman, Judith Malina) and HBO&#8217;s If These Walls Could Talk (Demi Moore, Sissy Spacek, Cher). Her latest film, Union Square, stars Mira Sorvino, Tammy Blanchard &amp; Patti LuPone and premiered at Toronto in 2012.

Nancy Savoca

Nancy Savoca (Dogfight) Talks Steve James’ Life Itself

Steve James