Film

  • Episode 83: “True Crime and Connections” – A Conversation with Stephanie Harlowe
    July 8, 20251.3 min

    VIE Editor-In-Chief Lisa Burwell sits down with documentarian and true crime YouTube creator Stephanie Harlowe. At the Redfish Film Festival, Stephanie featured Strange and Unusual: The Montauk Project, based on rumors surrounding US Navy air base, Camp Hero.

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  • Episode 82: “The Spirit of Halloweentown” – A Conversation with Brett Whitcomb
    July 8, 20251 min

    Documentary filmmaker Brett Whitcomb's catalog oscillates between archive-rich nostalgic portraits of pop culture, compelling stories of female empowerment, and observational snapshots of under-explored cultures. Brett's film "The Spirit of Halloweentown" showed at the Redfish Film Festival in 2025.

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  • Episode 81: “Apology to Earth” – A Conversation with Dayna Reggero
    July 3, 20251 min

    In this episode of VIE Speaks: Conversations with Heart & Soul, our host, VIE editor, Jordan Staggs, sits down with Dayna Reggero. Dayna is a listener and award-winning documentarian whose first film effort was a tour of California’s sustainable farms with Discovery Communications and Chevy Volt.

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  • Episode 80: “Sharing Space: NASA+ Aims to Educate and Entertain”
    May 30, 20251 min

    Lisa Marie Burwell, sits down with Rebecca Sirmons, General Manager & Head of NASA+, and Megan Cruz, Public Affairs Specialist at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, at Redfish Film Festival. As part of Redfish Film Fest’s programming over the past two years, NASA+ has shared exciting docuseries and projects with festival guests.

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  • Episode 79: “Wild Horses at the Door”
    May 22, 20251.5 min

    In this special Redfish Film Festival episode of VIE Speaks, host and VIE editor-in-chief Lisa Marie Burwell sits down with documentary filmmaker Carrie Lederer to discuss her recent film, Wild Horses at the Door. As part of the Redfish Film Fest 2025 lineup, this movie brought the heartfelt and harrowing story of John Wayne Smith to the screen.

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  • Episode 78: “Seeing Red in Panama City, Florida: The Vision for Redfish Film Festival”
    May 14, 20251 min

    VIE Speaks was thrilled to host a special podcast pop-up studio at the Redfish Film Festival in Downtown Panama City, Florida, on April 26, 2025. In this special episode, VIE Speaks host/ VIE founder and editor-in-chief Lisa Marie Burwell sits down with Redfish Film Fest founder/director Kevin Elliott to discuss all things Redfish!

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  • Great Minds Converge in Charleston
    November 15, 20185.6 min

    The Charleston Library Society and Charleston Farmhouse teams did an incredible job coordinating this high-brow, enlightening festival, and the VIE team was delighted to attend and be a part of such a phenomenal long weekend in “The World’s Favorite City.”

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  • Lower East Side Film Festival 2016
    June 24, 20164.4 min

    The 2016 Lower East Side Film Festival continued the event's annual tradition of bringing thought-provoking, alternative cinema to one of New York City's fastest-growing neighborhoods.

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