The Roundtable Live from BIFF: Academy Award-Winning director and producer Barbara Kopple will have a screening and talk about the award-winning documentary 'Harlan County USA'

About this episode

Barbara Kopple discusses her award-winning documentary 'Harlan County USA' after a special screening at BIFF.

Barbara Kopple is an award-winning director and producer and here at BIFF she will be in conversation with Mary Mott after the Special 50th Anniversary screening of the Academy Award Winning Documentary ‘Harlan County USA’ at 2:15 p.m. today.Barbara Kopple is director of ‘Harlan County USA,’ and other world-class docs: ‘American Dream,’ ‘Bearing Witness,’ ‘Wild Man Blues,’ ‘A Conversation with Gregory Peck,’ ‘My Generation,’ ‘Running from Crazy,’ ‘Miss Sharon Jones,’ ‘Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing,’ and ‘Desert One.’

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe Donahue, Sarah LaDuke

Guest: Barbara Kopple

Topics covered

• documentary
• film
• conversation
• awards
• Harlan County USA
• Barbara Kopple
• BIFF

Keywords

• Barbara Kopple
• Harlan County USA
• documentary
• BIFF
• film screening
• Mary Mott
• Academy Award

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Harlan County USA, American Dream, Bearing Witness, Wild Man Blues, A Conversation with Gregory Peck, My Generation, Running from Crazy, Miss Sharon Jones, Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing, Desert One

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