HONEY BOY + SO LONG MY SON | feat. Alma Har'el

On the pod this week, we welcome Alma Har'el, director of Honey Boy, the Shia LaBeouf biopic written by the man himself. Plus we delve in to Chinese heartbreaker So Long My Son

So Long My Son explores the impact of China's one child policy. It spans from the 1980s to the present day, regularly shifting back and forth in time. The story details the changing fortunes of a family and those around them, and how government policy has consistently affected their lives.

Directed by Alma Har’el, in her first foray in to narrative fiction, having previously directed the documentaries Bombay Beach and Love True; Honey Boy is written by Shia LaBeouf, whilst he was in Rehab, and is a retelling of his experience as a child actor, his tumultuous relationship with his father (who LaBeouf plays a proxy of here) and his reconciliation with his experiences.

Discussing the films this week are Jake Cunningham, Sam Howlett, Kelly Powell and Ella Kemp

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Produced by Jake Cunningham

Edited by Mark Towers

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