Our Favorite Things in 2022: A Call In Show

New York-based filmmaker Liz Nord joined Leah to run down a list of documentaries for watching during winter break. Liz also talked to Leah about how she became a documentary filmmaker and obsessed with the art form.

Follow Liz online to find out when her documentary is streaming.

• https://www.liznord.com/
• Instagram @LizFilm

Show Notes

• Music Box Theatre Chicago
• Trembling Before G-d
• Supersize Me
• Street Level TV
• Closed Captions at Sundance Now
• Short of the Week
• Omeleto
• Op Docs
• Albert and David Maysles
• The Truffle Hunters
• The Eagle Huntress
• No Film School interview about The Eagle Huntress
• The Mole Agent
• Bad Axe (shortlisted for Oscars)
• https://www.almaharel.com/film/bombaybeach
• I Am Not Your Negro
• Betsy West and Julie Cohen
• Summer of Soul

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah.

Wash your hands, wear your mask, get your booster and keep enjoying your favorite thing.

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SPEAKERS

Announcer, Leah Jones, Liz Nord

Liz Nord 00:00

Hi, my name is Liz Nord, and my Favorite Things are documentary films.

Announcer 00:05

Welcome to the Finding Favorites Podcast where we explore your favorite things without using an algorithm. Here's your host, Leah Jones.

Leah Jones 00:18

Hello, and welcome to Finding Favorites. I'm your host, Leah Jones. And this is the podcast where we learn about people's favorite things without using an algorithm. I'm so excited this afternoon I am with one of my OG go into Israel friends. I'm here today with Liz Nord. She is an Executive Producer, who started in the news and documentaries. She makes documentaries, podcasts, multimedia online content. Most recently, Liz worked at Sundance, and she's here today with us on finding favorites. Liz, how are you?

Liz Nord 00:58

Hi, Leah Jones. I'm so excited to be here.

Leah Jones 01:01

It's so good to be catching up with you. I was so thrilled when you send me your email. I'm like, How have I not had Liz on yet? You had a podcast before almost anyone I knew. And yeah, you I hadn't I didn't ask you to be on. That's on me.

Liz Nord 01:17

Well, yeah. So that your listeners know I literally I asked, I requested to be on the podcast. I'm a fan of both Leah and of the podcast. And I was like, I have favorite things. So here we are.

Leah Jones 01:32

I'm so happy. So we were doing a little catching up before I hit record. And just reflecting a little bit we met in I think the summer of 2007 at a conference in Israel. Is that right? Is it like did you go in 2007?

Liz Nord 01:48

Did you know I think I was like the year after you. It might have been 2008. So it's been a while.

Leah Jones 01:57

And at the time, your documentary age, were you still working on Jericho’s Echo in 2008? Or was it just

Liz Nord 02:05

No it has been out in world, which I think is why I was invited to this conference with Jewish artists and Jewish innovators people creating Jewish things in the world. And my film Jericho’s Echo was not specifically Jewish, but it was about Israeli punk rockers. And so it fit the bill.

Leah Jones 02:27

Yeah. So we met then we see each other at conferences. We see each other at conferences, weddings, funeral when

Liz Nord 02:38

Your dad has art shows in New York.

Leah Jones 02:40

When my dad has art shows in New York. Yes. We've got to get you guys out to...