Interview With "Love, Brooklyn" Director Rachael Abigail Holder

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

"Love, Brooklyn" is an American independent drama film, directed by Rachael Abigail Holder in her directorial debut, from a screenplay by Paul Zimmerman. It stars André Holland, Nicole Beharie, DeWanda Wise, Roy Wood Jr., Cassandra Freeman, and Cadence Reese, and tells the story of three Brooklynites who navigate love, loss, career, and friendship. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. Holder was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about her work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in limited release from Greenwich Entertainment and will expand nationwide on September 5th. 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 for Love Brooklyn, Rachel Abigail Holder.
0:08.0	A million dollar question. How goes it?
0:10.6	The city was perfect when I first got here.
0:15.1	This wonderful universe to explore.
0:20.1	But then my perfect, complete city started to explore. But then my perfect complete city started to shift.
0:25.1	You need to write the piece about Brooklyn evolving so that we both don't lose our jobs.
0:33.4	Evolving city? What in the world is that?
0:36.2	You always figure it out. This time I'm completely gone.
0:40.3	What's you seeing somebody?
0:45.3	Oh shit.
0:46.3	So it's good, you and Nicole?
0:48.3	Yeah.
0:49.3	Do you have any evening plants?
0:51.3	Oh.
0:53.3	Hey, Allie. The sex, I mean. Talk about the sex. Yeah, Ali.
0:55.6	The sex, I mean.
0:56.7	Talk about the sex.
0:57.5	Yeah, it's good.
0:58.2	Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Next Best Picture podcast where I am being joined right
1:01.7	now by the director for Love Brooklyn, Rachel Abigail Holder.
1:05.6	Rachel, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me today about your film.
1:09.1	Thank you for having me.
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