VHopeful Conversations is a video interview series where director Vanessa Hope sits down with bold, visionary filmmakers whose work confronts conflict, power, and injustice while still making space for nuance, empathy, and hope. Each episode offers an intimate, craft-focused conversation that goes beyond loglines and headlines, inviting listeners into the creative process and the ethical, political, and emotional questions behind urgent films. Expect thoughtful, unhurried dialogues that challenge easy narratives, foreground cinema’s potential to shift public imagination, and leave you with a deeper understanding of both the movies and the world they’re responding to. It is also available on Ted Hope's Hope for Film Substack, and Vanessa's Dream of a Better World Substack.

]]>https://vanessahope.substack.com/Riverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:33:08 GMTWed, 21 Jan 2026 23:40:39 GMT60Vanessa Hope<p>VHopeful Conversations is a video interview series where director Vanessa Hope sits down with bold, visionary filmmakers whose work confronts conflict, power, and injustice while still making space for nuance, empathy, and hope. Each episode offers an intimate, craft-focused conversation that goes beyond loglines and headlines, inviting listeners into the creative process and the ethical, political, and emotional questions behind urgent films. Expect thoughtful, unhurried dialogues that challenge easy narratives, foreground cinema’s potential to shift public imagination, and leave you with a deeper understanding of both the movies and the world they’re responding to. It is also available on Ted Hope's Hope for Film Substack, and Vanessa's Dream of a Better World Substack.</p>episodicVanessa Hopevanessa@doublehope.comno