Santa Barbara Talks: Documentary Filmmaker Daniel A. Nelson talks 'Are You My Brother? '

About this episode

Daniel A. Nelson discusses his documentary 'Are You My Brother?' and shares insights from his journalism career.

Daniel A. Nelson talk about his compelling, moving documentary "Are You My Brother?" and his many other works, in the latest episode of Santa Barbara Talks with Josh Molina. Nelson go this start as a journalist at Santa Barbara City College, serving as sports editor of The Channels. He freelanced for the Santa Barbara Daily Sound, and covered the San Francisco Giants before transferring to Columbia University to study documentary filmmaking. He has worked on the "Are You My Brother?" and The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson," as well as "And so I stayed," and "How to Survive a Pandemic." Nelson, the son of two Associated Press sportswriters, shares his journalism stories, talks about his career and talks about the importance of journalism. Please subscribe to this podcast and visit www.santabarbaratalks.com. Consider a donation to this podcast at www.santabarbaratalks.com Josh Molina has been a journalist in Santa Barbara for 20 years. He creates dynamic and engaging conversations with people on the topics of housing, education, art, culture, business and more. He also covered City Hall for the San Jose Mercury News. In addition to working as editor of the Santa Barbara…

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh Molina, Joshua Molina

Guest: Daniel A. Nelson

Topics covered

• documentary filmmaking
• journalism
• personal stories

Keywords

• Are You My Brother?
• documentary
• journalism
• Santa Barbara

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Are You My Brother?, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, And so I stayed, How to Survive a Pandemic

Books & works: Santa Barbara Talks, Are You My, Santa Barbara Talks with Josh Molina, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, How to Survive a Pandemic

Places: Santa Barbara

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