About this episode

This episode features an interview with director Derrick Borte discussing his film 'The Get Out' and highlights from the Dances With Films festival.

Another fun week on BEHIND THE LENS! Another terrific film and filmmaker! That's right! This week, it's all about THE GET OUT with director/co-writer DERRICK BORTE. But first. . . Dances With Films has come to a close in Hollywood. Some fantastic films this year. You’ve heard some of my interviews the past couple of weeks with DWF filmmakers, and I still have a few more that you’ll be reading and/or hearing this coming week. I have some definite DWF fave films that I hope we’ll see with distribution deals in the coming months, notably YALE starring Kevin Dunn, the oh-so-fun documentary CABALI AND THE TIKI MUG OBSESSION, TENDER co-written and directed by Adam Hoelzel and starring Jess Weixler and Jesse Garcia, a wonderful short film GOOD VIBES ONLY, the high octane BANDIT, and one of my top picks at DWF this year, the incredibly powerful documentary THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH which spans a nine-year journey into the heart of Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem from writer/director David Booth Gardner as we follow a group of extraordinary wildlife activists as they risk everything to save one of Earth’s last untouched wildernesses from the devastation of the illegal palm oil industry…

People in this episode

Host: btlradioshow

Guest: DERRICK BORTE

Topics covered

• film
• interviews
• documentaries
• film festivals
• wildlife activism
• deforestation

Keywords

• DERRICK BORTE
• THE GET OUT
• Dances With Films
• documentary
• wildlife activism
• deforestation
• film festival

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dances With Films

Books & works: THE GET OUT, YALE, CABALI AND THE TIKI MUG OBSESSION, TENDER, GOOD VIBES ONLY, BANDIT, THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH

Places: Sumatra, Hollywood, Africa, Amazon

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