Interview with “Memory of Princess Mumbi” Director, Damien Hauser

About this episode

The episode features an interview with director Damien Hauser discussing his film 'Memory of Princess Mumbi' and its themes.

Send us Fan Mail In 2093, filmmaker Kuve visits Umata to document life after a war banned modern tech. Local filmmaker Mumbi challenges him to create without AI, leading him to discover beauty in life's simple moments. Memory of Princess Mumbi will be screening at this year's Sydney Film Festival (SFF) on June 7 & 14. https://www.sff.org.au/program/event/memory-of-princess-mumbi/ As suggested by Damien, double feature watching of Memory of Princess Mumbi & Sherman's March. For other v...

People in this episode

Guest: Damien Hauser

Topics covered

• filmmaking
• interview
• post-war life
• documentary
• artistic challenges
• film festival

Keywords

• Memory of Princess Mumbi
• Damien Hauser
• Sydney Film Festival
• documentary
• Kuve
• Mumbi
• Sherman's March

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Memory of Princess Mumbi, Sherman's March

Places: Sydney Film Festival

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