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The Oscar Project Podcast3.70-The General with Joshua YtrebergSend a textToday's special episode is a conversation I had with my son Joshua about the 1926 film The General, written by, directed by, and starring Buster Keaton. Joshua recommended this film to me after he saw it in a Film Studies class in school and when I realized I'd never seen the entire thing, we decided to make a podcast episode about it.Take a listen to hear us discuss .You can watch The General on YouTube and a huge thank you to Joshua for helping me edit many podcast episodes over t...
2025-08-2922 min
The Oscar Project Podcast2.5 Filmmaker Interview with Jean ChapiroSend a textIn this week's episode, I interview Jean Chapiro, recipient of the Bronze Medal in the Documentary category at the 2023 Student Academy Awards. She was recognized for her film "Till We Find Them" which looks at the families of missing persons in Mexico as they look for their loved ones.Listen to hear Jean discuss what drew her to documentary film, the dangers of documenting the missing persons crisis in Mexico, and what her favorite documentary film is. Books mentioned in this episode include:Poeta Chileno by Alejandro ZambraF...
2024-02-0615 min