Where the Crawdads Sing with Olivia Newman and Catherine Hardwicke (Ep. 367)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Director Olivia Newman discusses her new film, Where the Crawdads Sing, with fellow director Catherine Hardwicke in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, Newman reveals how she pitched the film to producers, discusses the difficulty of doing chemistry reads via Zoom, and talks about the necessity of being flexible as a director. Based on the best-selling novel, the film follows Kya, an abandoned girl raised in the marshland, who finds herself falsely accused of murder by a small town in North Carolina. When the town attempts to prosecute her, Kya must clear her name as the truth of what happened lies within the murky waters of the marsh. Please note: spoilers are included. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/September2022/WhereTheCrawdadsSing_QnA_0722.aspx

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0:00.0	I think it's part of directing, right?
0:02.2	You just have to be able to pivot and be prepared.
0:05.3	I try to come as prepared as I can to set
0:07.7	and then be completely ready to throw it out
0:10.0	if something else comes along
0:11.8	or the better idea comes up.
0:33.1	... Hello and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:39.4	In this episode, an abandoned girl finds herself falsely accused of murder in director Olivia Newman's Where the Codads Sing.
0:42.1	Based on the best-selling novel, the film follows Kaya, a young girl who raised herself in
0:47.6	the marshlands of North Carolina as she opens herself up to a new community.
0:52.5	When the town attempts to prosecute her,
0:55.2	Kaya must clear her name,
0:56.7	as the truth of what happened lies within the murky waters of the marsh.
1:01.2	In addition to where the Crawdad sang,
1:04.0	Ms. Newman's directorial filmography includes episodes of the series,
1:07.7	FBI, Chicago PD, and Sausalito.
1:12.1	Following our screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Ms. Newman spoke with director Catherine Hardwick about filming where the Crawdad sing.
1:21.3	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:32.0	So, hey, everybody.
1:36.2	Thank you guys for coming out tonight and seeing this awesome film.
1:42.4	And we wanted to just welcome everyone and welcome and congratulate Olivia for awesome accomplishments so maybe we can just kind of talk
1:52.4	about the process like how the usual question but did you already know the book or how did you
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