{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fcf61de53-6854-4211-924b-d1185e42a720","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"How Good Documentaries Transcend Borders, and Why We Need Them Now More Than Ever","description":"A good documentary doesn\u2019t just tell a story; it makes you question what you think you know, and helps you to understand lives that are different from your own. \n\nRory Kennedy \u201891 is a celebrated documentary filmmaker; Randall Poster \u201883 is a film music supervisor, who has worked with filmmakers such as Wes Anderson and Martin Scorsese. Last year, they helped launch the John F. Kennedy Jr. Film Initiative, which is housed at Watson [https://www.brown.edu/news/2020-01-21/film]. Like John, they\u2019re both Brown alums; John was Rory\u2019s cousin, and Randy\u2019s classmate. Through screenings, discussions, and workshops, this Initiative connects world-class documentarians with the Brown community, at a time when more and more students are looking to use narrative storytelling in their research and activism. \n\nOn this episode, Watson\u2019s Director Ed Steinfeld talks with Rory and Randall about their careers in film, the motivation behind the Initiative, and the power documentaries have to affect social change.\n\nYou can sign up to for updates about the initiative here: [https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001tAx93SxsVPdIu0VdUKzGrI5l26fcYQCXzMIohbPEVcDI7_R5BmKHvSaASTST4iiMXJq5MU_zoqdr4GNPZ7gqSkHScQHfeVZpUO_sgEQQT-Fr7vpMrH5zUInF2EaK9CVlQseYI1RfQaGsYl-9ytBBjmLkXmv7hMCd]\n\nAnd you can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IwHHEiV1_MzLkM69e-fTr1EWcHCP-P8m/view?usp=sharing]\n\nAnd you can learn more about the full slate of programming here (Fall Event announcements will be added in the coming days):\n[https://watson.brown.edu/events/series/john-f-kennedy-jr-initiative-documentary-film-and-social-progress]","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/0ad6aae9-669c-4fb8-9efa-65fe8171d564/artworks-ayt2ts9wyki5a7en-og7bea-t3000x3000.jpg"}