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The Black List, Volume 2 , the acclaimed documentary by Elvis Mitchell and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, features interviews with Laurence Fishburne, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Melvin Van Peebles, Maya Rudolph and RZA.
To learn more about The Black List, visit www.blacklistproject.com and www.onemillionstories.org . You can also listen to Elvis and Timothy talk about their project on this recent edition of KCRW's Politics of Culture.
Long time filmmaking collaborators Miguel Arteta and Mike White visit The Treatment to discuss the social commentary in Beatriz at Dinner.
Director Ernest Dickerson joins Elvis Mitchell to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his first film starring Tupac Shakur, Juice.
Director Sofia Coppola talks modernizing the 1971 Clint Eastwood film The Beguiled.
Filmmaker Anna Biller discusses her homage to 1960s horror in The Love Witch.
Director Patty Jenkins joins the DC Comics world with her take on Wonder Woman.
Actress and director Zoe Lister-Jones discusses the energy on set with an all female crew behind her film “Band Aid”.
Violinist and actress Lucia Micarelli visits The Treatment to discuss her emotive performances as she prepares for PBS' An Evening with Lucia Micarelli.
EXCLUSIVE PODCAST: Filmmaker Miles Joris-Peyrafitte joins Elvis Mitchell to discuss the realism of coming of age in As You Are.
EXCLUSIVE PODCAST: Director Guy Ritchie stops by to discuss retelling lore his way in King Arthur.
American Gods creators Bryan Fuller and Michael Green visit The Treatment to discuss their interest in the fantasy novel and their approach to its on-screen adaptation.