With Lana Wilson’s highly recommended documentary The Departure opening today at New York’s The Metograph, we’re rerunning this interview with Wilson conducted prior to the film’s premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Check The Metrograph’s page for screening times and a list of special guest moderators, ranging from fellow filmmakers to Zen teachers, who will host Q&A’s with Wilson this weekend. One of the major discoveries of the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, Lana Wilson’s The Departure is a beautiful, wise and deeply empathetic immersion into one fascinating character’s unique approach to suicide prevention. Ittetsu Nemoto is a former punk rocker […]

While making After Tiller, Lana Wilson and Martha Shane struggled to get support from granting agencies cautious about supporting a film about such a hot-button topic as third-trimester abortion. In response to the pair’s bid for support, one major film grant organization said, “We’re waiting to see where this movie comes down.” Or, in other words, “We can’t support the film unless we support the way you depict this contentious issue.” The genius of After Tiller is that it doesn’t “come down” anywhere. It doesn’t make a case or take sides. At a time when documentaries about major political and […]