Special Episode: Directors of festival docs To The End, TikTok, Boom. TV pilot Chiqui and short film Daddy’s Girl

It's been a busy few months and we finally bring you our interviews
with four directors of documentaries and shorts from Sundance 2022.
To The End is director and cinematographer Rachel Lears' follow up
to her 2019 documentary, Knock Down the House. It once again
follows representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and three women
environmental activists pushing hard for climate change
legislation- first with the Green New Deal, then with President
Biden's Build Back Better plan. Rachel wants people to watch the
film and become inspired to engage in politics in the United States
in order to build a better world. To The End is currently playing
at the Hot Docs film festival in Canada and is seeking
distribution. Find Rachel Lears:
https://www.jubileefilms.com/rachel-lears Twitter: @jubileefilms
Instagram: @racheliplears As the title suggests, TikTok, Boom. is
about how the social media app TikTok has exploded for both viewers
and content makers. Shalini Kantayya’s documentary explores the
phenomenon, from the young people who consume it to the influencers
who are now themselves a brand. But the Chinese company behind
TikTok, Bytedance, uses the app for data mining, restricts certain
content deemed too political, and could pose security risks for
anyone watching or using TikTok. Shalini researched, found the
TikTok influencers and shot the documentary very quickly. TikTok,
Boom. also played at SXSW this year and has yet to be released.
Shalini's previous film, 2020's Coded Bias is critically acclaimed
and won several awards. Find Shalini Kantayya:
https://www.shalinikantayya.net/ Instagram @shalinikantayya Chiqui
was inspired by director and writer Carlos Cardona's parents'
immigration story. The television pilot takes place in 1980's New
Jersey as the vivacious Chiqui and her husband Carlos have just
arrived from Colombia and are looking for work. Carlos set out to
make it as a feature film, but decided to develop the story into a
television series instead. To keep it true to the look of the
1980's he decided to shoot it on super 16mm and used Zeiss super
speed lenses. Carlos is currently developing Chiqui into a
television series. Find Carlos Cardona:
https://www.carloscardonafilms.com/ Instagram @carlos.cardona The
comedic short film Daddy's Girl is writer and director Lena
Hudson's third short film. Alison is a young woman in her 20's who
is a bit aimless, and her father comes to help her move out of her
wealthy older boyfriend's apartment. Lena had been playing around
with the idea of a father/daughter movie that would be short and
filmable, especially during COVID. Daddy's Girl also screened at
SXSW this year and Lena is developing it into a longer feature
film. Find Lena Hudson: http://www.lenahudson.com/daddys-girl-1
Instagram @lenahudson Find out even more about this episode, with
extensive show notes and links:
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