Emmy-winning filmmaker Kirsten Johnson discusses the impact of AI on filmmaking and society. And she talks about her two new documentaries and a scripted films she's directing about Susan Sontag that will feature actress Kristen Stewart.

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Directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss discuss Girls State, a documentary they describe as a “sibling” – not a sequel – to their Emmy-winning 2020 film Boys State. The filmmaking couple reflect on documenting young women engaged in an exercise in mock government just as the Supreme Court appeared set to reverse Roe v. Wade.

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We talk with the directors of two films at the True/False film festival: Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó of 'Agent of Happiness' and Rachel Elizabeth Seed of 'A Photographic Memory.'

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Doc Talk reports from the field at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. We sit down with Artistic Director Niklas Engstrøm and filmmakers premiering work at one of the most prestigious documentary festivals in the world.

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Director Simon Chambers' hilarious story of becoming a caretaker to his ailing octogenarian uncle won the directing award at IDFA where it premiered in 2022. Despite winning that award and others, for over a year the film languished without distribution. Happily, that has changed with a theatrical release secured through First Run Features. The British filmmaker joins Doc Talk to discuss his odyssey to cinemas, and his relationship with his endearing but exasperating uncle David.

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Hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey discuss Sunday night's Oscar wins for 20 Days in Mariupol and The Last Repair Shop. And Ridley shares an in-depth report from the True/False documentary festival in Columbia, MO, where he spoke with filmmakers Sylvain Cruiziat, Sumira Roy, and True/False Artistic Director Chloe Trayner.

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Oscar winners Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin discuss Photographer, their new documentary series that zooms in on National Geographic's greatest image makers. And Emmy nominee Carla Gutiérrez goes inside her new film Frida, about the extraordinary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

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Filmmaker Amber Fares discusses her documentary Speed Sisters, about Palestinian women who formed the "first all-women race car driving team in the Middle East." Several years after the film premiered, the story is more timely than ever.

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The Oscar nominations for documentary feature have sparked dissension in the nonfiction film community. By rewarding five international films, did the Academy's doc branch hurt American filmmakers, and unfairly punish documentaries with broad appeal? Three distinguished panelists join us for a vigorous debate: Lois Vossen, executive producer of Independent Lens, filmmaker Marjan Safinia, and former Documentary magazine editor Tom White.

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Doc filmmakers Maite Alberdi of 'The Eternal Memory' and Kaouther Ben Hania of 'Four Daughters' discuss earning the second Oscar nominations of their careers. Plus, we revisit our conversation from last fall with fellow Oscar nominees Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp, directors of 'Bobi Wine: The People's President.' 

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