{"podcast":{"title":"The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast","slug":"the-director-s-cut-a-dga-podcast-522801","podcast_index_feed_id":522801,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thedirectorscutadgapodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thedirectorscutdga.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3908805/Large_Logo_PS6tk3k.jpg","author":"Directors Guild of America","episode_count":612,"summary":"Brought to you by the Directors Guild of America, ”The Director’s Cut” will bring you the behind-the-scenes stories of today’s most talked about films. Each episode features a different director interviewed by one of their peers, leading to revealing conversations about the grueling, but rewarding process of bringing their films to life.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-director-s-cut-a-dga-podcast-522801"},"episode":{"title":"Shame and Money with Visar Morina and Valerie Weiss (Ep. 610)","slug":"shame-and-money-with-visar-morina-and-valerie-weiss-ep-610","published_at":"2026-04-24T21:02:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-director-s-cut-a-dga-podcast-522801/shame-and-money-with-visar-morina-and-valerie-weiss-ep-610","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-director-s-cut-a-dga-podcast-522801","url":"https://thedirectorscutadgapodcast.podbean.com/e/shame-and-money-with-visar-morina-and-valerie-weiss-ep-610/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/c88un3jznipd2yj5/Shame_and_Money_with_Visar_Morina_and_Valerie_Weiss_Ep_610_76p9q.mp3","summary":"Director Visar Morina discusses his new film, Shame and Money, with fellow Director Valerie Weiss in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses how he experiments with his scenes and leaves time for discovering moments on his sets, some of his filmic influences that contributed to specific scenes, and his strategic use of staging and tension in the film. Screened as part of the DGA’s Global Cinema Series, the film tells the story of Shaban, a proud family man struggling to provide as financial pressures mount. Embarrassed about accepting the support of his family, he faces tough choices about pride versus survival. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/events/2026/june2026/gcs-shameandmoney_0426","meta_description":"Director Visar Morina discusses his new film, Shame and Money, with fellow Director Valerie Weiss in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conve…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1975,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-director-s-cut-a-dga-podcast-522801/episodes/shame-and-money-with-visar-morina-and-valerie-weiss-ep-610/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-director-s-cut-a-dga-podcast-522801/shame-and-money-with-visar-morina-and-valerie-weiss-ep-610.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}