Interview With "Come See Me In The Good Light" Filmmaker Ryan White

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

"Come See Me In The Good Light" is a documentary film directed by Ryan White, following poet/activist Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley as they navigate an examination of love and mortality after Gibson is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. This tearjerking film on love and loss had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it received positive reviews and the Festival Favorite Award. White was kind enough to spend a few minutes speaking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is set to be released on November 14th on Apple TV by Apple. 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 Dan Baer's interview with the director
0:05.3	for Come See Me in the Good Light, Ryan White.
0:08.7	I usually get so upset when Megga, that's my poems.
0:11.6	She's a terrible editor.
0:13.5	Well, you know, I feel like if you could do this all on your own, I wouldn't be here.
0:21.6	Andrea really thinks of poetry is what can I create to give to people.
0:26.6	I think that's why it's been more long-lasting.
0:29.6	I grew up in a tiny town in the woods of Northern Maine.
0:36.6	I didn't know that somebody could grow up and make their living from art.
0:41.3	I wasn't by any means a natural.
0:45.3	Was not one of those wow hounds born jaw-troped.
0:48.3	I was tough in the husk untouched by rain.
0:55.0	At first I thought it was a stomach bug.
0:57.0	But when it started feeling like a stomach anaconda,
1:00.0	my doctor convinced me to get a cat scan.
1:05.0	This is the beginning of a nightmare, I thought.
1:09.0	But stay with me all.
1:16.4	Because my story is one about happiness, being easier to find.
1:20.2	Once we realize we do not have forever to find us.
1:26.3	Welcome everyone to the next best picture podcast where we are talking with Ryan White,
1:29.1	the director of See Me in the Good Light. Ryan, thank you so much for joining us today.
1:31.5	Oh, my pleasure.
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