The Filmmaker’s Podcast #375: ‘ Rustin’ writer & director George C. Wolfe

Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #375: Rustin & Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom writer & director George C. Wolfe on re-creating filmmaking moments in history

Director and writer George C. Wolfe is our guest on the podcast this week as he chats with Dom Lenoir about re-creating black civil rights marches and moments of American history with his latest award winning film Rustin. George, who has won five Tony Awards, also directed the feature Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom discusses:

• Making a complicated homosexual factual film.
• Financing through President Obama.
• Adapting a true story using a mix of documentary techniques.
• Starting out in Theatre, what to show and not show when adapting for the screen.
• The screenwriting process and casting the perfect lead.

Rustin is out now on Netflix.

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