Filming the ones that we love and making documentaries about them can be a challenging, but ultimately very rewarding experience. It can be full of emotional pitfalls. It can bring families closer together . And no one knows this better than Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning director, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2480339/ (Irene Taylor Brodsky).  We'll speak with Irene on the eve of the release of her latest HBO Documentaries film, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBV43REbk-g (Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements). Topics Discussed the profound nature of using documentary as a form of cultural currency how documentary filmmakers are often viewed as altruistic people, but we may be telling these stories for our own self-interest making doc films with your family as main subjects the importance of making the audience the hero of your story   Additional Resources Watch a trailer for Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBV43REbk-g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBV43REbk-g)   Sponsors & Thank Yous  ° http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) – Special Thank You to recording artist, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dlay/ (Dlay) who supplied music for this week’s episode of TDL. You too can download his music or other artists’ music by going to http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) today!   Subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-documentary-life/id1112679868 (Apple) | https://open.spotify.com/show/0wYlYHJzyk3Y7fHzDDwvmp (Spotify) | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life (Stitcher) |  Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/documentary-life-filmmaking-documentary-films-documentary/id1112679868?mt=2 (link) and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!