Interview With "Audrey's Children" Director Ami Canaan Mann

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

"Audrey's Children" had its world premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Festival, where it received positive reviews for its depiction of healthcare pioneer and Ronald McDonald House Charities co-founder Dr. Audrey Evans (played by Natalie Dormer), who served as Chief of Pediatric Oncology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Director Ami Canaan Mann was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about her work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is my interview with the director of Audrey's children, Amy Kenan Mann.
0:08.4	The leading force in oncology, Dr. Audrey Evans.
0:14.1	Hello, nothing more uplifting than pediatric cancer on a Thursday evening.
0:18.9	Hmm?
0:20.4	Then you came in love. Hmm? Then you came along.
0:23.7	You got me all the time.
0:25.4	I have bold ideas.
0:27.4	Our standard therapy regimens are simply not aggressive enough to handle such a sinister disease.
0:34.3	In fact, I'm actually waiting on results for a revolutionary staging system.
0:38.7	It could be a huge breakthrough in cancer research.
0:41.2	Add it to the queue.
0:42.1	You'll be able to apply for funding in about a year.
0:44.2	My children don't have a year.
0:46.3	I'm so sorry.
0:48.2	I don't want you to be sorry.
0:50.7	I want you to save my daughter.
0:51.9	Hello, everyone.
0:52.5	Welcome to the Next Best Picture podcast, where I am being joined right now by the director
0:56.3	for the film Audrey's Children, Amy Cannon Man.
1:00.3	Amy, thank you so much for taking the time here.
1:02.3	I really, really appreciate it.
1:03.7	Thanks so much for having me.
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