Episode Details

Purple Hearts director Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum reflects on her journey from underexposed dailies in film school to directing a Netflix feature that has come under heavy fire for it's political stance.

In this episode, we talk about…

• The necessity of being a student of film in every way possible
• Creating a sense of scarcity and leveraging lunchtime screenings 
• Befriending TA gatekeepers and finding a new writing partner
• How saying what you want can lead to work like Purple Hearts 
• Managing the delicate balance of trusting your audience vs. being heavy-handed 
• Threading the needle of fantasy while telling the story you want to tell 
• The challenge of ensuring all characters’ perspectives are valid and balanced      

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