FARMLAND, INHERITANCE, THE LAST DAYS & more with Documentary Dir. James Moll
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Episode 152
Episode Synopsis
FARMLAND, THE LAST DAYS, INHERITANCE, RUNNING THE SAHARA, and more documentaries are discussed with James Moll, who shares clips, trailers and explanation about his engaging and moving films. We also look at his FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH, discuss his involvement with Steven Spielberg and get the inspiration behind his films in this BYOD career retrospective.
Guest Bio
James Moll is a multi-award winning filmmaker and prolific doc maker. He co founded the Shoah Foundation with Steven Spielberg June Beallor in 1994. His film THE LAST DAYS was executive produced by Spielberg and won the 1999 Academy Award for best feature documentary. He went on to direct the Emmy winning INHERITANCE, about the daughter of a Nazi concentration camp commander (portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in SCHINDLER’S LIST). James followed next with the sports adventure documentary, RUNNING THE SAHARA, executive produced and narrated by Matt Damon. His 2011 film FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH premiered at SXSW and earned him a Grammy award. Now he’s back with a new film, FARMLAND, which began a nationwide release May 1st.
Hosts
Ondi Timoner
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Welcome to BYOD.
00:20 Introducing James Moll.
06:10 Clip: Introduction to The Last Days.
07:10 Working with Spielberg and focusing on the last year of the Holocaust and the Hungarian experience.
14:10 Clip: Prisoners’ rights being taken away.
19:30 Clip: The train to Auschwitz.
24:10 Clip: The horror of Auschwitz.
34:50 Clip: Inheritance.
44:00 Clip: Foo Fighters: Back and Forth.
01:01:00 Clip: Running the Sahara trailer.
01:05:00 The release of Farmland and the reaction that it’s receiving.
01:08:00 Clip: Farmland.
01:20:00 Thanks and goodbye.
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