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@kennjacobson and @mikemerrill in conversation with Award-Winning Documentary Filmmakers

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/producer/director Tamara Kotevska and cinematographer/producer Jean Dakar about their enchanting new @natgeodocs film "The Tale of Silyan." See it in select theaters soon & listen to our talk here: https://t.co/k6uw1nzzbl

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/filmmaker Isabel Castro ("Mija") about her exceptional @netflix portrait of Selena Quintanilla available for streaming on the platform. A great Thanksgiving watch! And listen to our convo here: https://t.co/SpTn8AcHXC

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/director @lgreen66 about her sprawling, intimate, troubling & newly Emmy-nominated doc series "Social Studies." Watch the series @hulu & listen to our pod here: https://t.co/NzaQUQhxNL

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/w/Peter Ettedgui & Ian Bonhote, the dirs of "Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story." Another of 2025's Primetime Emmy-nominated docs. Check out @mikemerrill's intvw: https://t.co/qZTAH63rou & watch the doc here: @hbomax .

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) interview w/acclaimed producer Joe Lewis, Executive Producer of the great HBO series "100 Foot Wave," nominated for multiple Emmys for its 3rd season. Watch on @StreamOnMax and listen to our interview here: https://t.co/WXoNC2itnz

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/dir Ted Passon about his terrific documentary "Patrice: The Movie" about the amazing Patrice Jetter. Nominated for Primetime Emmy - Exceptional Merit in Doc Filmmaking. Stream @hulu. Listen to convo: https://t.co/hQcc7208sl

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/dir. Irene Taylor about her terrific doc on @PrimeVideo, "I Am: Celine Dion." Nominated for Primetime Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Doc. Filmking. Listen: https://t.co/4AaYNmEv7r. Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/NwLeBnQ27P

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/filmmakers @questlove & @jazzbeezy about their terrific doc "Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)." Film on @hulu. Hear our convo here: https://t.co/jPVLt7KMUr & watch our convo on YouTube: https://t.co/hw7feMYXoc

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/award-winning director @lizgarbus about her @netflix doc series "Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer," a powerful story of justice denied and justice demanded. Listen to Mike's interview here: https://t.co/c62cNE11cA

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/acclaimed filmmaker @errolmorris about his thought-provoking @netflix documentary "CHAOS: The Manson Murders". Watch the doc on @netflix and listen to my convo here: https://t.co/WuEpDQ4vbr

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo with dir Matt Wolf on his terrific 2-part doc series "Pee-wee as Himself" -- a highlight of 2025 Sundance FF. Series releases today on @HBO & @hbomax. Catch Mike's in-person-at-Park-City convo w/Matt: https://t.co/uRVBgLPRca

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo with filmmakers Julia Willoughby Nason and Michael Gasparro about their @netflix doc "American Murder: Gabby Petito." Watch the film on @netflix and catch Mike's interview here: https://t.co/bSTMI09f1c

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/directors @NyleDiMarco and Davis Guggenheim about their riveting, vital new doc "Deaf President Now! on the '80s student movement at @GallaudetU. just released on @AppleTV. Check out the pod here: https://t.co/5fT91Xglxb

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/director Garret Price about his joyfully entertaining boat ride, the HBO doc "Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary." All aboard for Mike's convo here: https://t.co/eZdN7HkFm4

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) Season 4 "classic" moments - Rob Reiner, "Albert Brooks;" @lucywalkerfilm, "Mountain Queen;" Sam Lipman-Stern & Adam Bhala Lough, "Telemarketers;" Ibrahim Nash'at & Shane Boris, "Hollywoodgate." Here: https://t.co/0t7iaRTVmm

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/dir. @GeetaGandbhir about her searing new doc "The Perfect Neighbor," winner of the 2025 Sundance FF Directing Award in the U.S. Documentary section. Devastating story, brilliantly told. Listen here: https://t.co/aUA8gTzHBa

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/director Violet Du Feng and producer Joanna Natasegara about their fun, incisive documentary "The Dating Game," which premiered at Sundance 2025. Listen here: https://t.co/eHnktfBVJY

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/dirs Amanda McBaine & @djessemoss about their terrific new doc "Middletown," a Sundance '25 premiere. Students in a h.s. video class expose toxic dumping in their town in the '90s. Listen here: https://t.co/mWIiTZGrCv

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo w/@KASNYDERFILMS and Sam Fuentes about their deeply moving Oscar-nominated short "Death by Numbers" based on Sam's beautiful, haunting, inspiring words. Listen to our convo here: https://t.co/BHQJygvHRn

[Ken Jacobson @KenNJacobson]

Just released! Our first Sundance 2025 @topdocspod (w/@mikemerrill) convo! We talk w/dir @mstyslavchernov about his new Ukrainian war doc, the unforgettable "2000 Meters to Andriivka," a follow up to his Oscar-winning "20 Days in Mariupol." Listen here: https://t.co/bKvJFD9OWZ