Jared White, Director of “100 Years from Home” [Podcast]
Paul and Kevin talk with filmmaker Jared White who directed the documentary
“100 Years From Home”
On the 100th anniversary of genocide, an American woman ventures to Armenia and Turkey in search of her great-grandparents’ long-lost house. This is a film about family, identity, and survival through a deeply personal lens.
The film premieres on PBS SoCal Tuesday, Sept 1 at 8:30 pm
Highlights from this episode:
- The challenges of making the documentary and discovering how to tell this story through the viewpoint of his wife, Lilit Pilikian
- The differences between narrative and documentary filmmaking
- Navigating film festival submissions
- The importance of this film, especially when it comes to telling the truth