#51 | In Conversation with BAFTA-winning Producer Rebecca O'Brien ("I, Daniel Blake")

Update: 2022-01-18

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Rebecca O'Brien is one of Europe's leading producers within independent filmmaking. Some of her credits include the Cannes Palm d'Or winners The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016), as well as Land and Freedom (1995) and You Were Never Really Here (2019). In this interview, Rebecca tells host Evita about her career journey, her long term collaboration with writer Paul Laverty and Ken Loach, and how making political movies have changed her views on the world.

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Host: Malin Evita (@MalinEvita & malinevita.com)

Production Supervisor: Ruth Aitken (@RaitkenFilm)

Researcher: Lauren San Miguel (@Laur.VSM)

Production Assistants: Shania Bethune (@ShaniaBethune) & Abbie Wise

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#51 | In Conversation with BAFTA-winning Producer Rebecca O'Brien ("I, Daniel Blake")

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#51 | In Conversation with BAFTA-winning Producer Rebecca O'Brien ("I, Daniel Blake")

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#51 | In Conversation with BAFTA-winning Producer Rebecca O'Brien ("I, Daniel Blake")