Doc Talk Podcast Live From Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival With Makers Of Four Oscar-Contending Films

Filmmakers behind four documentaries in contention for Oscars joined a live roundtable at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival in Arkansas. The discussion explored how the films were made and what Oscar attention means for their creators as the awards race begins to take shape.

The films were *American Doctor*, *To Hold a Mountain*, *Closure* and *Once Upon a Time in Harlem*. Their makers spoke about challenges during production, personal experiences that shaped their work and the demands of awards campaigning; *Once Upon a Time in Harlem* was the only documentary this year to screen at Sundance, Cannes, Telluride, TIFF and the New York Film Festival. The conversation also touched on filmmakers in Gaza who cannot leave amid ongoing Israeli military attacks.