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Me and Kirby are very collaborative and it changes from film to film. The first project we worked on together, Derrida, we co-directed. The last film Outrage, I was the producer and he was the director. This film was much more of a collaboration – he is the director and I am the producer – … Read more
[Working with survivors] it’s just a whole different level of concern and that is something that was categorically different working on this film than any other project we had done. Amy Ziering
The difficulty is the levels of secrecy we had to maintain around the project at all different times. We had to keep it a secret while making it so we could move under the radar so we could get the stories. Before it came out we had to keep it on lock down to protect … Read more
Whenever I spoke with anybody who said they did not have a problem in the military it was because their commander treated them well. Every single time it was about the commander as to whether they had a good or bad experience. Amy Ziering
It doesn’t happen often, it’s what you dream and hope for. We are happy, but we want to make sure these changes have teeth. What we want to get across most is that this is a real opportunity for the military. They can step up and be a leader on misogyny and gender issues. Amy … Read more
When I talk with women who have had wonderful experiences in the military it’s because their commanders treated them with respect and dignity and gave them equality with their peers that was unparalleled in their lives. Amy Ziering
One of the top challenges is the fact that you are dealing with survivors. Every time you deal with a documentary film subject it is fraught with obvious minefields but when you are dealing with a population that is severely traumatized and trying to recover from that trauma there is an extra level of vigilance … Read more
Things can change if the military can do a paradigm shift and gets out of the shame and coverup cycle and be a leader in our culture. In the 50s, 60s and 70s there were huge race problems in the military even more severe than the culture at large. The military saw it was detrimental … Read more
Make sure it is not too diverse or spread out so people don’t know where to go or what to do. So keep a sharp focus. It can be ambitious but should have a small agenda. Amy Ziering
Figure out the one solution – not three – that you want to see happen. There were quite a few things we could have gone after but we decided to focus on the commanders and that was a strategic decision because that, for us, would be the most vulnerable point and the most effective one … Read more