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On Sunday June 24th at 9:00 pm, Studio A broadcasted an interview with director Benh Zeitlin to discuss his a smashing debut, Beasts of the Southern Wild. Also interviewed are leading actor Dwight Henry and co-writer Lucy Alibar. Taking place in the alternate universe of the American South, Beasts of the Southern Wild follows a little girl as she faces what seems to be the end of the world. This film was a hit at Sundance, played at BAMcinemaFest on June 21 and is opening commercially June 27, 2012.

Part I of a phone interview with Austrian director Markus Schleinzer to discuss his directorial debute, Michael. Schleinzer has worked as a casting director for over 60 films, including Michael Haneke's The Piano Teacher and The White Ribbon. Michael follows the eponymous character, an Austrian office worker, in the last few months of his life. It will be playing at Film Forum from February 15 to February 28. Hosted by Xueli Wang.

A phone discussion with Montreal based filmmaker Mathieu Roy about his upcoming documentary Surviving Progress. An epic documentary based on Ronald Wright's best-selling book and co-directed by Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks, Surviving Progress challenges the modern notion of progress as technological, economic, and population expansion.

An interview with director Mai Iskander about her documentary Words of Witness, a poignant portrayal of a young, idealistic female journalist in Egypt during and after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Hosted by Xueli Wang.