Our choices leave us no other option.Author’s note: This episode concludes a mini-arc of episodes starting with episode 4.Written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin. Music by Sean Morin.Filmmaking Unpacked © 2026 by Ross Morin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 </a> For more information, including how you can support the project, check out <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://FilmmakingUnpacked.com">FilmmakingUnpacked.com</a>.

Our choices leave us no other option. Author’s note: This episode concludes a mini-arc of episodes starting with episode 4. Written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin. Music by Sean Morin. Filmmaking Unpacked © 2026 by Ross Morin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 For more information, including how you can support the project, check out FilmmakingUnpacked.com.

Our choices leave us no other option.Author’s note: This episode concludes a mini-arc of episodes starting with episode 4.Written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin. Music by Sean Morin.Filmmaking Unpacked © 2026 by Ross Morin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 </a> For more information, including how you can support the project, check out <a href="http://FilmmakingUnpacked.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">FilmmakingUnpacked.com</a>.

Ch 8. Why Does My Film Have "Politics"?

A guide to the toughest psychological, philosophical, and practical questions we face as filmmakers and creators of any type.Filmmaking Unpacked is part textbook, part self-help book, part philosophical essay collection, and part memoir. It is written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin, delivered in 14 chapters (roughly the amount of weeks in a college semester). It can be used, without permission, for free, in high school, college, and graduate level courses. It is particularly designed for those who haven't gone to college, won't go to college, or, if they did go to college, they didn't get the film education that they really wanted.Season 1 © 2025 by Ross Morin, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 </a>Moral support donations welcome through <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://buymeacoffee.com/filmmakingunpacked">https://buymeacoffee.com/filmmakingunpacked</a>

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A guide to the toughest psychological, philosophical, and practical questions we face as filmmakers and creators of any type. Filmmaking Unpacked is part textbook, part self-help book, part philosophical essay collection, and part memoir. It is written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin, delivered in 14 chapters (roughly the amount of weeks in a college semester). It can be used, without permission, for free, in high school, college, and graduate level courses. It is particularly designed for those who haven't gone to college, won't go to college, or, if they did go to college, they didn't get the film education that they really wanted. Season 1 © 2025 by Ross Morin, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 Moral support donations welcome through https://buymeacoffee.com/filmmakingunpacked

A guide to the toughest psychological, philosophical, and practical questions we face as filmmakers and creators of any type.Filmmaking Unpacked is part textbook, part self-help book, part philosophical essay collection, and part memoir. It is written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin, delivered in 14 chapters (roughly the amount of weeks in a college semester). It can be used, without permission, for free, in high school, college, and graduate level courses. It is particularly designed for those who haven't gone to college, won't go to college, or, if they did go to college, they didn't get the film education that they really wanted.Season 1 © 2025 by Ross Morin, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 </a>Moral support donations welcome through <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/filmmakingunpacked" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://buymeacoffee.com/filmmakingunpacked</a>

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