Audrey’s Children with Ami Canaan Mann and Brad Silberling (Ep. 538)

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Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Director Ami Canaan Mann discusses her new film, Audrey’s Children, with fellow Director Brad Silberling in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, she discusses using specific lenses and mis-en-scene to capture the interior thought process of the main character, working with child Actors in order to capture serious performances, and incorporating soft hints of the romance genre in the relationship between two of her leads to foreshadow their real-life relationship. The film tells the story of Dr. Audrey Evans, who in 1969 was the first woman to assume the Chief of Oncology title at the world-renowned Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Battling sexism, the subterfuge of her peers and medical conventions of the time, she develops revolutionary treatments and co-founds the first Ronald McDonald House, impacting millions of lives worldwide. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/events/2025/june2025/audreyschildren_qna_0425

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0:00.0	I thought, okay, there's, with this subject matter, it could easily go in one direction.
0:06.1	And, but there's another way. I think if it's, if we focus on these various things and not impose a
0:11.9	genre on the story, but really lift up the interiority of this very specific woman and have
0:18.1	everything that is contextually, filmically around her be from her interiority.
0:24.7	So all the patterns and the look of the ectochrome and her odd way of thinking and her odd way of moving,
0:30.0	that it would sort of defy the expectations of the genre.
0:52.2	Yeah. of the genre. Hello, and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:58.0	In this episode, the true story of a revolutionary physician unfolds, and director Amy Cain and Mann's
1:03.9	biographical drama, Audrey's Children.
1:07.3	The film tells the story of Dr. Audrey Evans, who in 1969 was the first woman to assume the chief of oncology title at the world-renowned Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
1:16.6	Battling sexism, the doubts of her peers, and medical conventions of the time, she develops revolutionary treatments and co-founds the first Ronald McDonald House, impacting millions
1:28.0	of lives worldwide.
1:31.1	In addition to Audrey's children, Mann's other directorial credits include the feature films,
1:35.5	Jackie and Ryan, and Morning, and episodes of the series In From the Cold, A Million Little
1:41.2	Things, House of Cards, Sneaky Pete, The Blacklist, and Friday Night Lights.
1:47.0	Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles, Mann spoke with
1:53.0	director Brad Silberling about filming Audrey's children. Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
2:07.1	How about that?
2:15.7	I am the president and CEO proudly of the Amy Mann fan club.
2:20.3	Such an extraordinary filmmaker. Thank you.
2:21.3	Absolutely.
2:22.3	I've had the pleasure.
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