This episode features a panel of Documentary Directors whose films screened at the 2022 Hot Docs Festival. Phyllis Ellis, Director of Category Woman, Brishkay Ahmed, Director of Fatima in Kabul, Barri Cohen, Director of Unloved: Huronia's Forgotten Children and Andrew Moir, Director of Don't Come Searching are all guided in discussion by fellow filmmaker and Hot Docs Programmer, Aisha Jamal, as they delve into their stylistic and musical inspirations, the color palette of their films, the mechanics of dehumanization and how to research and interview subjects about traumatic events. 

This discussion was recorded live at a DGC Visionaries event in Toronto.

The DGC Podcast is produced by the Directors Guild of Canada National Directors Division and hosted by filmmakers Katia Café-Fébrissy and Aubrey Arnason.