It's another hot topic week on BEHIND THE LENS as filmmakers YUVAL DAVID and MARK McDERMOTT talk about their new documentary WONDERFULLY MADE-LGBTQ+R(eligion), plus our exclusive interview with director AGNIESZKA SMOCZYNSKA talking about THE SILENT TWINS.

You've got to hear it to believe and understand as we dive head first into WONDERFULLY MADE-LGBTQ+R(eligion), a documentary that explores the challenges and aspirations of LGBTQ+ Catholics and the hurdles that religious doctrine presents to full acceptance of LGBTQ+ people everywhere. An interesting, enlightening, and educational documentary that began as a photo art project and bloomed into this well-rounded engaging film thanks to the passion and vision of director and narrator YUVAL DAVID and his husband and executive producer MARK McDERMOTT who, as a person of faith, expanded the need for this conversation.

Going chapter and verse through the "making of" WONDERFULLY MADE, hear Yuval and Mark talk about the need for not only LGBTQ+ individuals to be welcomed into and embraced by the Catholic church, but the need for religious iconography that goes beyond the centuries-old traditional Christian iconography of Christ and be more inclusive. As we learn from Yuval and Mark, it is that belief that gave rise to the fine art photo project which Yuval then took to the next level, using the photo project as the "spine" of the documentary and then building around that with interviews of voices within the Catholic church and the LGBTQ+ community.

But first, take a listen to my exclusive conversation with director AGNIESZKA SMOCZYNSKA as she delves into her process for delivering the cinematic stunner THE SILENT TWINS based on the real-life story of twins June and Jenny Gibbons.

One of the most technically proficient and knowledgeable filmmakers of this generation, as you'll hear, AGNIESZKA SMOCZYNSKA's understanding of sound and editing are key to the telling of this story, that of the twins June and Jenny Gibbons, while staying true to the authenticity of their lives and yet bringing the creativity within their minds' eye to life through vivid stop-motion animation. What makes the story of June and Jenny so fascinating is that they didn't speak to people; only to themselves and unless cloistered behind the doors of their bedroom, in tones so hushed as to be barely audible to anyone but each other.

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