Hey everyone, welcome back to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafov.

And I'm L'Orian McKenna, and today we're thrilled to be chatting with Monique Matthews and

Linda Goldstein about documentary filmmaking.

Before we jump into our conversation with Linda and Monique, we wanted to remind you all

about some very exciting news about the Austin Film Festival this year.

In addition to being there in person

and doing our live story panel,

in addition to some other panels,

we're going to be throwing a party,

a TSL party in partnership with Final Draft.

And we are really excited to have our partners in Final Draft.

I mean, not other than it, you know, it is the industry standard.

You all need to know it.

But they're just such a great great company to work with

and the party is going to be on Saturday at October 28th right after our story workshop at

Stephen F's bar and Terrace.

So come and meet us and maybe even get some swag.

Ooh, some swag, some TSL swag, some final draft swag.

I would like some final draft swag. Come, you guys. Okay, let's get into it.

Monique N Matthews, a previous TSL guest, if you'll remember, is a writer and teacher and was featured as one of Daily Varities 10 writers to watch.

Her Christmas film A Holiday in Harlem was nominated for an N-W-A-C-P Image Award,

and she most recently directed Birting Justice a documentary about the

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