4.40-Filmmaker Interview with Radha Mehta #2

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In this episode, Jonathan Ytreberg interviews filmmaker Radha Mehta about her short film 'Sūnna' and its themes.

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, I interview Radha Mehta, director of the short film "Sūnna," a look at the experience of a young girl losing her hearing and how that will impact the music that she shares with her mother. Listen to hear about the origins of the story in her own truth, the importance of using the sound to drive the narrative of the film, and the way she used the casting process to create incredible chemistry between the mother and daughter characters in her film. Books me...

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Ytreberg

Guest: Radha Mehta

Topics covered

• filmmaking
• short film
• sound design
• mother-daughter relationship
• casting process

Keywords

• Radha Mehta
• Sūnna
• short film
• hearing loss
• music
• narrative
• casting

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Sūnna

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