Sundance 2021, 'Dick Johnson Is Dead,' Adopting a Rescue Pet, 'The Way I See It,' The Get Out
The newly minted director of the Sundance Institute, Tabitha Jackson, will discuss this year’s festival, slate of films and her goals for her new role.
[REBROADCAST FROM OCTOBER 6, 2020] In order to cope with the end of her father’s life, documentarian Kirsten Johnson tries something unusual: staging various versions of her father’s death and filming them. Johnson joins us to discuss the resulting documentary, “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” which you can watch on Netflix.
With the first rescue dog arriving at the White House this week, we’ll talk to Best Friends Rescue’s chief mission officer Holly Sizemore about the benefits of a rescue dog or cat, how to go about adopting and fostering and how the pandemic has affected animal rescue in NYC. We'll also take calls from listeners.
[REBROADCAST FROM OCTOBER 13, 2020] Director Dawn Porter and former Chief White House Photographer Pete Souza join us to discuss their documentary, “The Way I See It.” Based on Souza’s bestselling book of the same name, it gives a behind the scenes look at his work with presidents Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan.
WNYC arts and culture editor Jennifer Vanasco recommends some (safe) activities for this weekend.
