vHopeful Conversations Podcast

vHopeful Conversations is a video interview series where director Vanessa Hope sits down with bold, visionary filmmakers and authors whose work confronts conflict, power, and injustice while still making space for nuance, empathy, and hope. Each episode offers an intimate, craft‑focused conversation that goes beyond loglines, headlines, and blurbs, inviting listeners into the creative process and the ethical, political, and emotional questions behind urgent films and books. Expect thoughtful, unhurried dialogues that challenge easy narratives, foreground art’s potential to shift public imagination, and leave you with a deeper understanding of both the stories and the world they’re responding to. vanessahope.substack.com