The Bend episodes:

• May 14, 2019Episode 14: Laura M.

  Named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film," Laura

  Moss is a brilliant director and production designer from New York. We

  screened her short FRY DAY at the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival (which

  won our audience award) and it was immediately clear she was someone to

  watch out for. I sat down with Laura in New York to talk about making her

  first feature film (produced by Fangoria Films), falling in love with

  horror, navigating the film world, and more.

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• April 10, 2019Episode 13: Drea

  Drea is an artist, printmaker, and political activist living in Seattle. I

  sat down with her (in her car) in Seattle and we talked about Jewish

  identity, the importance of storytelling, and her family history.

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• February 26, 2019Episode 12: Netta

  Netta is a musicologist/gifted musician who moved to Sweden to do her PhD.

  We talk about moving to a completely different environment on your own,

  family dynamics, and music!

  You'll hear Netta's Swedish folk song Polske efter Carl Sveg by the Lynx

  Ensemble in the episode.

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• December 20, 2018Episode 11: Viktoria

  Viktoria is a young woman who recently moved to Berlin from a small town in

  Norway. We talk about the perks of living in a big city, being trans, and

  more!

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• November 12, 2018Episode 10: Laura C.

  Laura is an Argentinian jazz singer I met in Berlin who made some quick

  life transitions that I found intrigueing. We talk about having the guts to

  go after your passion, returning home after living many years abroad, and

  much more.

  You'll be hearing snippets from Laura's song "Na volta que o mundo dá" from

  her album Na volta que o mundo dá in the episode.

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• October 13, 2018Episode 9: Meytal

  Meytal is an incredibly talented poet/writer/musician/teacher who came out

  relatively late. We talk about queerness, living life while feeling free,

  authenticity, and more!

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• August 30, 2018Episode 8: Mikael

  Mikael is a film editor currently working on his first feature film. He

  used to work very closely with cult movie director and Warhol associate

  Ulli Lommel (Boogeyman, The Tenderness of the Wolves) until he died last

  year. We talk about Ulli and the sudden life changes Mikael was forced to

  make.

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• August 15, 2018Episode 7: Vala

  Vala is a dermapathologist who was starting to plan her second pregnancy

  while we recorded the interview. She always happens to be one of my oldest

  and dearest friends! We talk about being a "good enough" mother, being

  surprised by what you love about your job, looking back on your childhood,

  and more!

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• July 31, 2018Episode 6: Roxane

  Roxane has found what she wants to do with her life - carry on her family's

  legacy and make delicious South African Indian food. We talk about the very

  different career she had before, being mixed race, Indian food, and more!

  Berliners, you can taste her food every Saturday at Boxhagener Platz Markt,

  twice a month at Markthalle Neun's Streetfood Thursday, and other places

  around town.

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• July 11, 2018Episode 5: Júpiter

  I sat with Mauro aka Vanessa Jupiter the drag queen. Mauro is young, queer,

  and based in Berlin and we talk about Vanessa Jupiter's origins, what drag

  means to them, and more!

  If you want to see Mauro/Vanessa at work, you're more than invited to come

  to MAURO PARTY on July 28th at L.U.X. (Schlesischestr. 41 10997 Berlin).

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