Washington is a film capital, home to a diverse slate of festivals to match a diverse slate of interests and people. This week, the DC/DOX festival gets under way with dozens of documentary features and shorts on topics ranging from the war in Ukraine, the Supreme Court, Joan Baez, Steph Curry and more. DC/DOX co-founder Sky Sitney joins the podcast to talk about movies, creating a community and even Kim’s Video.

Show Notes:

• The AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Success Story
• AFI Docs Lifts the Curtain
• No one reads congressional committee reports. But will they watch a documentary?
• Everyone used to know her name in politics. Now Martha Mitchell is back
• Ai Weiwei Brings Politics, Humanity to ‘Human Flow’
• Where Race, Poverty, and the Opportunity Gap Meet in Rural America
• DC/DOX Film Festival site