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The DOK Industry Podcast offers a space for dialogue and debate. From its start, the podcast was a platform for conversation around the creation, curation and criticism of creative documentary and animated films, story ownership, decolonising archives, interrogations of positions of power, pathways into the industry for underrepresented and marginalised professionals and the construction of an inclusive industry.
The DOK Industry Podcast reflects the opinions and viewpoints of its participants. We do not engage in censorship. Consequently, the statements made here do not necessarily reflect the position of DOK Leipzig.
The DOK Industry Podcast episodes are produced in collaboration with our dear friends, the Programmers of Colour Collective (POC2) and The What’s Up With Docs Podcast. We have conceived together a string of discussions that challenge the status quo. We strive to embrace the nuances and contradictions of a complex reality. In personal and truthful conversations between sparring partners, the creators, moderators and guests amplify diverse, overlooked and alternative perspectives for listeners to engage and empathise with.
We joyfully present five seasons! Enjoy.
Curated and moderated by the members of Programmers of Colour Collective (POC2) and What's Up With Docs, and supported by Docs-in-Orbit and film.macht.kritisch - The Podcast about the *Other* Cinema by Canan Turan.
What kind of map do creators and institutions need to navigate, select, and support meaningful XR experiences for the next generation? Our guests discuss what exists, what is missing, and how ethical design and curation can foster imagination, agency, and digital literacy – while strengthening critical thinking in an era where real and fake constantly blur.
Iranian filmmaker Saleh Kashefi, Brazilian curator Heitor Augusto, and Talking Shorts commissioning editor Sanne Jehoul discuss what tensions and challenges they encounter in making, programming and viewing political short form work in the context of a Euro/Western-centric and elite festival circuit.
Host Toni Achebe Bell talks with Ranell Shubert, Executive Director of the Disability Media Alliance (DMA), about reimagining nonfiction film through a disability justice lens. From research to reality, they unpack how disabled media makers are building power and shifting resources.
How do we navigate intercultural exchange for short films in the current political climate? Cultural workers Nihan Sivridag, Puiyee Leong, and Qila Gill sit down to discuss how care, collaboration, and radical practice shape short films in times of crisis and change.