TheWrap Screening Series
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‘Samouni Road’ Writer Hopes Documentary Will Increase Awareness of ‘Difficult Situation’ in Gaza Strip
“We always explained that we were telling the story of this family,” the film’s writer told TheWrap
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‘Eternity’ Director Talks About Giving Peru’s Natives a Voice
TheWrap Screening Series: Oscar Catacora’s film is the first movie filmed entirely in the native language of the Aymara
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‘Jirga’ Actor Had to Sleep With Knife Under Pillow in War-Torn Afghanistan While Filming
“The film is a very mellow version of what actually happened in real life,” Sam Smith told TheWrap of having to shoot on location
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‘Zion’ Director Praises Netflix for Keeping Short-Form Alive: ‘A Little Film School Dream Come True’
The streaming service held a showcase for four documentary shorts on Wednesday, which touched on gun control, death, disability and immigration
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Oscar Foreign Entry ‘The Great Buddha+’ Director Says Authority ‘Confines and Defines Us’
“We are all on the existential boat even though at times we all think we are so different,” Hsin-yao Huang told TheWrap’s Steve Pond
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‘Kangaroo: A Love Hate Story’ Director Says He’s Gotten Death Threats Over Documentary
“This is a barbaric, cruel practice that’s going on in Australia,” Mick McIntyre says
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Making a Terrorist: ‘The Journey’ Director Explains How He Created Evil on Screen
“Usually the victims are women, but a lot of women since 2003 have become suicide bombers,” director Mohamed Al-Daradji told TheWrap
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‘Memoir of War’ Director on Making the Act of Waiting for Loved Ones Watchable
“Without the proof of a body, there are so many possibilities that all you can do is wait,” director Emmanuel Finkiel tells TheWrap
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‘Capernaum’ Director Nadine Labaki Says Refugee Child Star Is Safe and Resettled (Video)
“He’s seen so much in his life, nothing really impresses him anymore,” Labaki tells TheWrap of young Zain Al Rafeea
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Oscar Foreign Entry ‘Village Rockstars’ Director: ‘I Started From Nothing With Only a Camera’
Rima Das tells TheWrap why non-filmmakers should just go for it
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Oscar Foreign Entry ‘Barbarians,’ About Genocide in Romania, Was Nearly Shut Down Mid-Shoot
“It’s a kind of injustice with the lack of education about this,” producer tells TheWrap about 1941 Odessa massacre
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‘Sew Winter to My Skin’ Director Demystifies Last Days of South African Outlaw
“It’s a love letter to our history,” director Jahmil X.T. Qubeka tells TheWrap
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‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ Star Maggie Gyllenhaal on Why Flawed Female Characters Matter (Video)
“What works about the movie is she could be our friend, our sister, our neighbor, until she really collapses,” Gyllenhaal says of her character
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‘A Son of Man’ Creators on Filming in the Jungle: Like ‘Trying to Shoot a Space Movie in Space’
“Treasure doesn’t always mean gold. Treasure can be finding the unknown,” director Jamaicanoproblem tells TheWrap
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‘The Post’ Writer Liz Hannah Was Nervous About Meryl Streep Using Her Lines (Video)
“You don’t want to give Meryl second-rate lines and have her need to make them good,” Hannah said at TheWrap Screening Series
