Variety’s FYC Fest Documentary Day, keynote speakers who have directed documentaries that have pushed the conversations forward, including Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul,” Emily and Sarah Kunstler’s “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America” and Samatha Stark’s “Framing Britney Spears,” spoke about their process of digging deep into their documentary subject, the renewed recognition of the media content and what conversations they hope to inspire. “I met Amin when I was 15,” Jonas Poher Rasmussen said, referring to the Afghan refugee at the center t of his animated documentary “Flee.” “I was always curious about how and why he ended up in a little Danish village coming from Afghanistan.
Read more on variety.com