In today's episode, I interview Luke Morgan, the director of the short film "The Boat." The film is based on a heartbreaking true story of a father who must make a difficult choice when his daughter begins exhibiting troubling medical symptoms and is it qualified for the 97th Academy Awards.
Listen to hear about the work that Luke and his brother were doing that led them to the story, why they decided to make a film that highlighted the disease of leprosy, and the realities of quicksand as a danger in film production.
Books mentioned in this episode include:
Raised Among Vultures by Molly Toomey
Palm Wine Tapper and The Boy at Jericho by Nithy Kasa
Eat Or We Both Starve by Victoria Kennefick
Bloodrot by Annemarie Ní Churreáin
Pit Lullabies by Jessica Traynor
Films mentioned in this episode include:
"The Boat” directed by Luke Morgan
Life is Beautiful directed by Roberto Benigni
Cinema Paradiso directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
There Will be Blood directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Up directed by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter
Coco directed by Lee Unkrich
In Bruges directed by Martin McDonagh
I Daniel Blake directed by Ken Loach
The Seventh Seal directed by Ingmar Bergman
Aruna's Magic (Disney+ series)
Follow Luke and his brother on Instagram @morgan_bros and the film @calf_thefilm.
You can check out "The Boat" at the Offline Film Festival going on right now, and the Kerry International Film Festival from October 17-20. You can check out the trailer on morganbrother.ie.
You can also learn more about The Mission to End Leprosy at their website.
Listen to the full episode on YouTube.
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