I really felt that we needed as an audience to feel the anguish, the turmoil, the courage

of Trish.

And we had to be with her and we had to just feel her more.

And in order to feel her more, I wanted to add those nightmare scenes.

Because I just feel it was enough for people to say she's having nightmares.

I wanted us to feel viscerally by the Directors Guild of America.

In this episode, a landmark Supreme Court case transforms the nation and director Michelle

Danner's crime drama, Miranda's victim.

The film tells the story of Patricia Weir, who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped

by Ernesto Miranda. Her commitment to putting her attacker behind bars destroys her life,

as she triggers a law that transforms America's

legal system. In addition to Miranda's victim, Danor's other directorial credits include the feature

films The Runner, Bad Impulse, The Bandit Hound, Hello Herman, and How to Go Out on a Date

in Queens. Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in New York,

Danner spoke with director Sarah Pirazek about filming Miranda's victim.

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

Hi, everyone. Thank you. Hi, hi, hi. I brought some cheat notes here. What a jewel box of a period film, such attention to detail. It was so, so beautiful, Michelle. I really loved it.

Thank you so much. Oh, you're welcome. I had the joy of watching it twice recently,

so I'm really happy to see it again. It's such an important subject and elevated by incredible

performances. The thing that I learned about Michelle

is that she grew up in the film industry.

And her father, she was kind of like Caroline Kennedy

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