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Sundance Filmmaker Cristina Costantini Blasts Off With Sally Ride Movie, And Director Violet Du Feng Explores China’s ‘Dating Game’ – Doc Talk Podcast


On Doc Talk, Cristina Costantini discusses her documentary Sally, about late astronaut Sally Ride, and Violet Du Feng talks The Dating Game.

The director reveals how Sally and Tam navigated their relationship at a time when coming out as gay would have sunk any chance for Ride to shatter the glass ceiling of space exploration. The film ripples with humorous and poignant moments, while subtly offering a profound portrait of contemporary Chinese society at a time of great demographic and cultural change. That’s on the new edition of Doc Talk, co-hosted by Oscar winner John Ridley ( 12 Years a Slave, Shirley), and Matt Carey, Deadline’s documentary editor.

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