On this episode of the No Movie College Podcast, GG Hawkins and friends, director Geeta Gandbhir and editor Viridiana Lieberman, dive into the making of the breakout documentary The Good Neighbor, which makes use of police physique‑cam, Ring‑cam, and sprint‑cam footage to inform a harrowing story of a neighborhood dispute and a deadly capturing in Florida underneath the “stand your floor” legislation.
The dialog focuses on how Lieberman navigated huge technical and emotional challenges, how Gandbhir formed the imaginative and prescient and collaboration, and what it takes to make nonfiction storytelling that feels recent, pressing, and cinematic.
On this episode, we focus on:
- How Viridiana Lieberman approached modifying The Good Neighbor, selecting what to indicate when and from which vantage to protect each readability and emotional resonance.
- The origin of the challenge: how Geeta Gandbhir got here to this story, the group she wished to honor, and why she opted to construct the movie nearly solely out of institutional footage somewhat than recourse to skilled interviews or narration.
- The technical and moral challenges of juggling footage from very completely different sources (physique cam, sprint cam, Ring digital camera, 911 calls) within the edit room — and the way Viridiana organised the workflow.
- The significance of tone, pacing, and viewers belief in documentary modifying: trusting the viewers, staying rooted with group, giving them room to look at somewhat than prescribing which means.
- Collaboration between director and editor: the shorthand Lieberman and Gandbhir had constructed, the belief that was required, and the way they formed the construction collectively.
- Self‑care and emotional resilience when engaged on tales that take care of trauma, racial violence, and group grief — how Viridiana and the workforce held area for the neighborhood and for themselves.
- Recommendation for aspiring editors and filmmakers: begin making stuff, vocalise what you need, collaborate with individuals you belief, don’t watch for permission.
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This episode of The No Movie College Podcast was produced by Ryan Koo.
