Documentaries used to be films with a bunch of talking heads. But nowadays, more docs capture reality as it accidentally unfolds in front of the camera.
Who are some of the directors who led the shift to more reality based films?
Jessica’s guest is one such pioneer, Albert Maysles, whom the New York Times calls “the dean of documentary filmmaking.” Albert has made over three dozen films of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Truman Capote, and his film Grey Gardens was turned into a Broadway show.
Albert tells Jessica how he pioneered a new documentary genre, from scratch.
Bikram Choudhury is the founder of Bikram Yoga, a series of 26 yoga postures practiced in a room that’s roughly 100 degrees. Bikram started practicing yoga in India when he was four years old, and there are now over 2000 Bikram Yoga centers across the globe, including in South Africa, China, England and the United States. Bikram refers to his class as a torture chamber but insists that 90 minutes of suffering is better than 90 years of suffering.
