This summer, Seventh Row is hosting The 2021 Creative Nonfiction Workshop: a series of masterclasses, screenings, and discussions about boundary-pushing nonfiction filmmaking.

But what do we mean when we say "Creative Nonfiction"? We discuss on this bonus episode.

Pre-registration for the workshop closes on Wednesday June 23 at midnight ET, so make sure you sign up by then if you're interested in attending. The only way to purchase tickets is to pre-register.

To pre-register and find out more about the workshop, visit lockdownfilmschool.com/nonfiction

In this episode, we discuss two films about close female friendships between teenage girls — that may tip into sapphic love — and how they are affected when the girls are possessed by the patriarchy: Céline Sciamma’s Water Lilies (2007) and Karyn Kusama’s Jennifer’s Body (2009).

The episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney. Executive Editor Orla Smith, Editor-at-Large Mary Angela Rowe, and special guest Lena Wilson.

We discuss two of the best films of 2021, No Ordinary Man and John Ware Reclaimed, documentaries that use creative techniques to reclaim lost history. We touch on why nonfiction is such a great medium for telling historical stories, because it's uniquely equipped to connect those stories to our lives today.

This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associated Editor Brett Pardy, and special guest Courtney Small.

On the first in our series of Pride Month episodes, we delve into one of our favourite TV shows, HBO's Looking.

This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, and special guest Andrew Kendall.

Episode Notes

• Visit our Directors We Love page on Andrew Haigh
• Read more about Haigh (and editor Jonathan Alberts) in our Lean on Pete ebook
• Read Brandon Norwalk's Looking recaps on The AV Club

Related Episodes

• Episode 7: Andrew Haigh's Lean on Pete
• Episode 72: Steve McQueen's Small Axe

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On this episode, we have a wide-ranging conversation about the history of AIDS on film, inspired by the recent TV miniseries, It's a Sin.

We focus on films from the US, UK, France, and Australia, including BPM, Holding the Man, Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo, Philadelphia, and How to Survive a Plague.

Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney and Executive Editor Orla Smith welcome a new guest, Dr. Emily Garside. Dr. Garside did her PhD on theatrical representations of the AIDS crisis, with a focus on Angels in America and Rent.

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In addition to our weekly episodes, we are launching a new premium bonus podcast for Film Adventurer members. Additionally, all episodes of our podcast older than six months will be available only to Film Adventurer members.

Listen to Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney and Executive Editor Orla Smith explain how the premium feed works and highlight their favourite episodes from our archives.

Become a Film Adventurer today for $39.99 (CAD) per year.

We celebrate Mother's Day with an episode on the queen of on-screen mothers, Chantal Akerman, and her films Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles and Les Rendez-vous d'Anna.

On this episode:

• Chantal Akerman's legacy (4:20)
• Jeanne Dielman (17:52)
• What to make of Jeanne Dielman's ending (34:31)
• Les Rendez-vous d'Anna (41:03)
• Mothers in the two films (55:25)
• Jewish identity in Akerman's films (1:00:52)
• Akerman's aesthetic (1:09:24)
• Conclusion (1:13:36)

This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associate Editor Brett Pardy, and Contributing Editor Lindsay Pugh.

Episode Notes:

• Read Alex's review of Chantal Akerman's 2015 film, No Home Movie
• Preview or purchase our ebook Tour of memories: The creative process behind Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir
• Preview or purchase our ebook Road to nowhere: Kelly Reichardt's broken American dreams.
• Preview or purchase our ebook Peterloo in process: A Mike Leigh collaboration
• Listen to our episode featuring Promising Young Woman (content warning: discussion of sexual violence)
• Listen to our episode featuring Spinster
• Read our newest feature, our editors picks for the fifty most exciting emerging actors working today

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Jasmila Žbanic's Quo Vadis, Aida is one of the best films of the year. On this episode, we discuss it in context of Atiq Rahimi's Our Lady of the Nile, another film approaching the theme of genocide with tremendous empathy towards the human cost rather than being a spectacle of suffering.

This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associate Editor Brett Pardy, and special guest Andrew Kendall.

For detailed show notes, visit: https://seventh-row.com/2021/03/10/ep-82-genocide-on-film-quo-vadis-aida-and-our-lady-of-the-nile/

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We've gathered a panel of editors who worked on our new ebook, In their Own Words: Fiction Directors, to talk about what is in the book, how it was made, and why it's so exciting. This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associate Editor Brett Pardy, and In Their Own Words editor Lindsay Pugh.

For detailed show notes, visit: https://seventh-row.com/2021/03/03/ep-81-in-their-own-words-fiction-directors/

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On this episode, we look back on Season Four of The Crown and compare it to other key episodes from past seasons.

This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney and special guests Caitlin Merriman and Fiona Underhill.

For detailed show notes, visit: https://seventh-row.com/2020/12/22/ep-71-the-crown-season-four/

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