# New York Times Op-Docs Acquires Award-Winning Short ‘Listen’ Directed By Taliesin Black-Brown

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/new-york-times-op-docs-acquires-award-winning-short-listen-directed-by-taliesin-black-brown/
- Published: 2026-11-06T17:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T17:40:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/listen-new-york-times-op-docs-acquisition-1237215310/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, Music, TV

## Key points

- Op-Docs acquired the award-winning short *Listen*.
- The film follows sound recordist Hank Lentfer and his mother.
- It won documentary awards at Tribeca and Rhode Island.

## Summary

The New York Times Op-Docs has acquired *Listen*, a 15-minute documentary directed by Taliesin Black-Brown. It follows Alaskan sound recordist Hank Lentfer as he cares for his mother, who has dementia, and uses his connection to the natural world to explore loss and belonging.

The film premiered at Tribeca in June, winning Best Documentary Short, and later won Best Experimental Documentary at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. It is due to screen at SFFILM’s Doc Stories, DOC NYC on 12 November and Camerimage in Poland on 13 November, and joins eight other films on Op-Docs’ 2026 awards slate.

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