{"id":288,"date":"2017-01-03T09:43:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T09:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castawayproductionsmiami.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/03\/we-are-living-through-a-divisive-time-director-barbara-kopple\/"},"modified":"2017-01-03T09:43:56","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T09:43:56","slug":"we-are-living-through-a-divisive-time-director-barbara-kopple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castawayproductionsmiami.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/03\/we-are-living-through-a-divisive-time-director-barbara-kopple\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe Are Living through a Divisive Time\u201d: Director Barbara Kopple"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obviously we are living through a very divisive time, and transgender issues are among the most controversial of what people call \u201cthe culture wars.\u201d That was something I was aware of while making this movie, and its something we are aware of as we release it. That said, every film I make involves going as deeply as I can inside the lives.<\/p>\n

During its development, production or eventual distribution, what specific challenge of communication did, or will your film, face?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The late, great advocate for documentary, Roger Ebert, once said that films serve as empathy machines. \u201cWe all are born with a certain package,\u201d he said, as captured in the wonderful Steve James documentary. \u201cWe are who we are: Where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We\u2019re kind of stuck inside that person.<\/p>\n

The so-called \u201cred states\u201d<\/h5>\n

There are a lot of people in the middle of the country, the rural areas, the so-called \u201cred states\u201d who may have never met a transgender person in real life. Even in the cities, many of us may fall into the same category. To many, their entire knowledge of the trans experience is through what they have seen in media.<\/p>\n

\"Behind
Behind the Scenes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, I knew that if I was true to the spirit and person of Gigi, viewers would come to empathize and understand in a way they might never otherwise, because as Ebert said, movies do that. Communication is also really at the center of This Is Everything.<\/p>\n

How Gigi communicates to her family, especially her father, that she was born a woman. She became famous on YouTube.<\/p>\n

She communicated so openly and connected with millions in the process, inviting them into her journey to become a woman. She proved to be a great communicator to her own audience, and through her we had a roadmap as to how to communicate her story to our audience. Once you can understand a person\u2019s background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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