Sup Doc: A Documentary Podcast

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  • 58 TOWER w Craig Staggs and Steph Swope (Minnow Mountain animation)
    Month of Mayhem True Crime Series continues for our 2 Year Anniversary.
    On Ep 58 Paco, George and producer Will sit down with the Craig Staggs and Steph Swopes (Minnow Mountain) the animation director and producer of the 2016 documentary Tower.
    Tower is an animated documentary film directed by Keith Maitland about the 1966 shootings at the University of Texas at Austin. August 1, 1966, was the day our innocence was shattered. A sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes in what was a previously unimaginable event. TOWER combines archival footage with rotoscopic animation of the dramatic day, based entirely on first person testimonies from witnesses, heroes and survivors, in a seamless and suspenseful retelling of the unfolding tragedy. The film highlights the fear, confusion, and visceral realities that changed the lives of those present, and the rest of us, forever - a day when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.
    The film is based on a 2006 Texas Monthly article by Pamela Colloff, "96 Minutes." Maitland originated from New Jersey and attended UT Austin. Maitland read the article in 2006 and asked Colloff to have lunch with him. He suggested making a film about the incident during the meeting. Colloff became one of the executive producers of the film. Early on Maitland realized that he and his team likely would not be able to film reenactments on the University campus and so they decided to opt for an animated aesthetic " to show the geography of the campus". Footage was mostly shot in Maitland's backyard and then animated by production company Minnow Mountain who was aided by pictures Maitland had shot around campus.
    Craig Staggs is an animator, illustrator, filmmaker and writer. His illustrations have been featured in publications such as The New York Times and the covers of Simon and Schuster’s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy book series. His iconic work on Richard Linklater’s cult classic A Scanner Darkly lead to a successful freelance animation career before founding Minnow Mountain with the goal of developing original feature films, television and web series. He is a Co-Producer/Director of Animation on Tower and the Creator of Earp.
    After earning a BFA in Photography from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Steph Swope began a diverse career in the visual arts. A veteran of the independent film industry, Steph rose from art department and photo/video research to producing award winning animation and video. She is a Co-Producer/Producer of Animation on Tower and Executive Producer of Earp.
    http://www.towerdocumentary.com/
    http://igg.me/at/murderlake
    http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/96-minutes/
    58 min
  • 57 - THE THIN BLUE LINE w Vince Mancini

    This episode of Sup Doc is sponsored by GUIDEDOC - http://www.guidedoc.tv/supdoc/ For our 2 year anniversary, we're covering true crime documentaries all throughout our Month Of Mayhem series. Paco and George delve into the iconic Errol Morris documentary The Thin Blue Line (creating the exoneration/investigation genre) with our guest comedian, writer, and FrotCast podcaster Vince Mancini. The Thin Blue Line is the fascinating, controversial true story of the arrest and conviction of Randall Adams for the murder of a Dallas policeman in 1976. Billed as "the first movie mystery to actually solve a murder," the film is credited with overturning the conviction of Randall Dale Adams for the murder of Dallas police officer Robert Wood, a crime for which Adams was sentenced to death. With its use of expressionistic reenactments, interview material and music by Philip Glass, it pioneered a new kind of non-fiction filmmaking. Its style has been copied in countless reality-based television programs and feature films. Terrence Rafferty in The New Yorker has called it "a powerful and thrillingly strange movie. Morris seems to want to bring us to the point at which our apprehension of the real world reaches a pitch of paranoia -- to induce in us the state of mind of a detective whose scrutiny of the evidence has begun to take on the feverish clarity of hallucination." It was voted the best film of 1988 in a Washington Post survey of 250 film critics. Premiere magazine described it as one of the most important and influential movies of the '80s. Vince Mancini is a writer, comedian, and podcaster. A graduate of Columbia’s non-fiction MFA program, his work has appeared on FilmDrunk, the UPROXX network, the Portland Mercury, the East Bay Express, and all over his mom’s refrigerator. Fallout of the Justin Halpern Papa Roach meme: http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/paul-ryan-papa-roach-frotcast/

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    1 hr 1 min
  • 57 THE THIN BLUE LINE w Vince Mancini
    This episode of Sup Doc is sponsored by GUIDEDOC - http://www.guidedoc.tv/supdoc/
    For our 2 year anniversary, we're covering true crime documentaries all throughout our Month Of Mayhem series.
    Paco and George delve into the iconic Errol Morris documentary The Thin Blue Line (creating the exoneration/investigation genre) with our guest comedian, writer, and FrotCast podcaster Vince Mancini.
    The Thin Blue Line is the fascinating, controversial true story of the arrest and conviction of Randall Adams for the murder of a Dallas policeman in 1976. Billed as "the first movie mystery to actually solve a murder," the film is credited with overturning the conviction of Randall Dale Adams for the murder of Dallas police officer Robert Wood, a crime for which Adams was sentenced to death. With its use of expressionistic reenactments, interview material and music by Philip Glass, it pioneered a new kind of non-fiction filmmaking. Its style has been copied in countless reality-based television programs and feature films.
    Terrence Rafferty in The New Yorker has called it "a powerful and thrillingly strange movie. Morris seems to want to bring us to the point at which our apprehension of the real world reaches a pitch of paranoia -- to induce in us the state of mind of a detective whose scrutiny of the evidence has begun to take on the feverish clarity of hallucination." It was voted the best film of 1988 in a Washington Post survey of 250 film critics. Premiere magazine described it as one of the most important and influential movies of the '80s.
    Vince Mancini is a writer, comedian, and podcaster. A graduate of Columbia’s non-fiction MFA program, his work has appeared on FilmDrunk, the UPROXX network, the Portland Mercury, the East Bay Express, and all over his mom’s refrigerator.
    Fallout of the Justin Halpern Papa Roach meme: http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/paul-ryan-papa-roach-frotcast/
    1 hr 1 min
  • What's Sup Stops Making Sense

    The entire month of May we cover True Crime documentaries in our MAYHEM series. This week we celebrate the life and work of Jonathan Demme, director of films like Married to the Mob, Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia and Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense. Plus Paco gives his review of Casting JonBenet, we talk about the career of Steven Soderbergh and we hear some stuff cut out of last week's episode with Allison Mick! Our true crime MAYHEM series continues! Next week we'll be doing Thin Blue Line with Vince Mancini, and we also announce Tower with Craig Staggs and Steph Swope of animation team Minnow Mountain. Our Patreon Page: www.patreon.com/supdocpodcast Sign Up for a chance to get a FREE month of docs to watch from GuideDoc! https://guidedoc.tv/supdoc/

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    37 min
  • 56 - INTERVIEW WITH A SERIAL KILLER w Allison Mick

    For our 2 year anniversary, we'll be covering true crime documentaries all throughout May for our MAYHEM series. Trigger Warning! Extremely graphic violence described. Paco and George delve into Interview With A Serial Killer with our guest comedian Allison Mick. Allison Mick is an Oakland-based comedian and writer originally from Rochester, NY. She draws from her upbringing and personal experiences to address topics like race, gender, and serial killers. She’s performed at SF Sketchfest, the Boston Women in Comedy Festival, and the Hudson Valley Comedy Festival. Interview With A Serial Killer is a British 2006 production featuring Christopher Martin’s prison interview with “The Genesee River Killer” Arthur Shawcross. Found guilty of killing two children and 11 prostitutes, Shawcross’ tales of cannibalism and mutilation have made him one of America’s most notorious serial killers. That he killed 13 people by asphyxiation is certain. But exactly what he did to his victims and why is not at all clear. His story has changed many, many times over the years. Margaret Deming discovered that Shawcross was her father in 2000, but she has embraced their relationship and even allows him to play grandfather to her seven kids. Interview with a Serial Killer interviews Shawcross as well as Margaret in an effort to find out the truth. There's also LaCroix tasting, blinkiness, working for prosecutor Charles Siragusa, JonBenét Ramsey theories, LA's Museum Of Death, and Burzum. http://www.acakebakesinbrooklyn.com/2012/07/when-murder-and-pastry-collide.html http://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/serial-killer-jailhouse-artist-article-1.1762308

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    1 hr 3 min
  • 56 INTERVIEW WITH A SERIAL KILLER w Allison Mick
    For our 2 year anniversary, we'll be covering true crime documentaries all throughout May for our MAYHEM series. Trigger Warning! Extremely graphic violence described. Paco and George delve into Interview With A Serial Killer with our guest comedian Allison Mick. Allison Mick is an Oakland-based comedian and writer originally from Rochester, NY. She draws from her upbringing and personal experiences to address topics like race, gender, and serial killers. She’s performed at SF Sketchfest, the Boston Women in Comedy Festival, and the Hudson Valley Comedy Festival. Interview With A Serial Killer is a British 2006 production featuring Christopher Martin’s prison interview with “The Genesee River Killer” Arthur Shawcross. Found guilty of killing two children and 11 prostitutes, Shawcross’ tales of cannibalism and mutilation have made him one of America’s most notorious serial killers. That he killed 13 people by asphyxiation is certain. But exactly what he did to his victims and why is not at all clear. His story has changed many, many times over the years. Margaret Deming discovered that Shawcross was her father in 2000, but she has embraced their relationship and even allows him to play grandfather to her seven kids. Interview with a Serial Killer interviews Shawcross as well as Margaret in an effort to find out the truth. There's also LaCroix tasting, blinkiness, working for prosecutor Charles Siragusa, JonBenét Ramsey theories, LA's Museum Of Death, and Burzum. http://www.acakebakesinbrooklyn.com/2012/07/when-murder-and-pastry-collide.html http://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/serial-killer-jailhouse-artist-article-1.1762308
    1 hr 3 min
  • What's Sup It's All Mayhem

    The entire month of May we cover True Crime documentaries in our MAYHEM series. We kick it off with Interview with a Serial Killer and comedian Allison Mick. We also get into our upcoming interview with Pat Spurgeon (Rogue Wave, D-Tour), George's kidney stone, the doc Sins of My Father, nice press from Boing Boing and Comedy Cake about Ep 55 Crumb with Wayne Federman, GuideDoc, Patreon and our 2 year anniversary!

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    21 min
  • 55 - CRUMB w Wayne Federman

    Paco and George are thrilled to have the comedy legend Wayne Federman over to talk about his favorite documentary CRUMB. Crumb is Terry Zwigoff's (Ghost World) first documentary about godfather of underground comics Robert Crumb. This 1994 doc soon expands its scope to the Crumb Brothers (Maxon and Charles) and ends up going many unexpected directions. Zwigoff and Crumb played in the Cheap Suit Serenaders. Wayne Federman is an American comedian, actor, author, comedy writer, and musician. He is noted for numerous stand-up comedy appearances in clubs, theaters, and on television; a biography of "Pistol" Pete Maravich; and supporting comedic acting roles in The X-Files, The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Community, Legally Blonde, 50 First Dates, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Step Brothers. He was the head monologue writer for NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in its first season. Crumb is about the experiences and characters of Robert Crumb and his family, particularly his brothers, as well as Robert’s wife Aline Kominsky-Crumb and his children. Jeffery M. Anderson (later critic for the San Francisco Examiner) called Crumb “the greatest documentary ever made.” The movie chronicles Crumb’s career, highlighting his creations “Keep On Truckin’” and Fritz the Cat, and his pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Interviews with his family members and ex-girlfriends (such as Kathy Goodell), and commentary from critics like Robert Hughes and Trina Robbins, as well as selections from Crumb’s vast artist output, shed light on Crumb’s psychology and darkly cynical perspective on life. Closing song - "True Blue Lou" performed by R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders.

    Bonus Patreon talk with Wayne - https://www.patreon.com/posts/8931644 - we talk about Reagan, John Carpenter, soda tasting, Kurt Russell, Tickled, physical media, and much more!

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    1 hr
  • 55 CRUMB w Wayne Federman
    Paco and George are thrilled to have the comedy legend Wayne Federman over to talk about his favorite documentary CRUMB. Crumb is Terry Zwigoff's (Ghost World) first documentary about godfather of underground comics Robert Crumb. This 1994 doc soon expands its scope to the Crumb Brothers (Maxon and Charles) and ends up going many unexpected directions. Zwigoff and Crumb played in the Cheap Suit Serenaders. Wayne Federman is an American comedian, actor, author, comedy writer, and musician. He is noted for numerous stand-up comedy appearances in clubs, theaters, and on television; a biography of "Pistol" Pete Maravich; and supporting comedic acting roles in The X-Files, The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Community, Legally Blonde, 50 First Dates, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Step Brothers. He was the head monologue writer for NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in its first season. Crumb is about the experiences and characters of Robert Crumb and his family, particularly his brothers, as well as Robert’s wife Aline Kominsky-Crumb and his children. Jeffery M. Anderson (later critic for the San Francisco Examiner) called Crumb “the greatest documentary ever made.” The movie chronicles Crumb’s career, highlighting his creations “Keep On Truckin’” and Fritz the Cat, and his pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Interviews with his family members and ex-girlfriends (such as Kathy Goodell), and commentary from critics like Robert Hughes and Trina Robbins, as well as selections from Crumb’s vast artist output, shed light on Crumb’s psychology and darkly cynical perspective on life. Closing song - "True Blue Lou" performed by R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders. Bonus Patreon talk with Wayne - https://www.patreon.com/posts/8931644 - we talk about Reagan, John Carpenter, soda tasting, Kurt Russell, Tickled, physical media, and much more!
    1 hr
  • What's Sup: The J.T. Splits

    Paco, George, and Will discuss next week's episode with Wayne Federman on CRUMB, our upcoming interview with Pat Spurgeon (Rogue Wave, D-Tour), ongoing Laura Albert drama, G.L.O.W., City of Gold, The Devil and Daniel Johnston. Also our May MAYHEM True Crime series is announced! http://guidedoc.tv/supdoc https://www.guidedoc.tv/documentary/skateistan-four-wheels-and-a-board-in-kabul/ AUTHOR: The JT LeRoy Story our interview with Marjorie Sturm, director of The Cult Of JT LeRoy GLOW http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559038/ clipping. nominated for a Hugo

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    28 min

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Sup Doc is the comedy podcast where docs get reviewed and recapped! Hosts Paco Romane and George Chen dive into docs with sharp takes, big laughs, and cool guests from the…