Nance Ackerman - Canadian Storyteller and Filmmaker

A Chat with Heart - with Christina Martin

Christina chats with friend, photographer and filmmaker Nance Ackerman about her wild ride as a storyteller and artist.
Nance Ackerman has been making images and film around the world for over 30 years. Her work has been featured in Time, Newsweek, Canadian Geographic, New York Times, and Canada's national newspaper, the Globe and Mail and she was the assistant photo editor at the Montreal Gazette for several years before going freelance. Her work has been described as ‘artivism’ - creating art to create change.

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1. Nance Ackerman - Canadian Storyteller and Filmmaker (00:00:00)

2. Greetings from Christina (00:00:08)

3. Theme Song - Talk About It (00:00:30)

4. Introduction by Christina (00:00:55)

5. Nance writes to National Geographic Magazine at age 11 (00:07:07)

6. From photography to documentary filmmaking (00:08:49)

7. Cottonland (00:12:08)

8. Building trust (00:17:02)

9. Trauma for Nance (00:20:18)

10. Nance gets kidnapped by the Lebanese forces (00:22:08)

11. Four Feet Up and child poverty (00:27:59)

12. Being on call as a filmmaker (00:35:20)

13. Magic moments (00:39:50)

14. A thing in a cave in Guatemala (00:44:29)

15. Photography workshops abroad (00:55:42)

16. Heartbeat Hotline [phone] (01:09:01)

17. Podcast Credits (01:09:35)

18. Support the Podcast on Patreon (01:09:57)