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316: Sundance director Liz Sargent of TAKE ME HOME, 2026

35 min · 6 de may de 2026
Portada del episodio 316: Sundance director Liz Sargent of TAKE ME HOME, 2026

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Join Tony Gapastione in conversation with 2026 Sundance selected film: TAKE ME HOME. Written/directed by Liz Sargent. https://takemehomefilm.com/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2ZiTndsS1g1WkNObjlrN2FaMzJCTDBpZHVPUXxBQ3Jtc0tsZl9FaVNDVzFWbHJndkR2R05DT3ZFdHhfemp2S0pUb1VBRHZ1X2k3V0k5Z0dJR25FYW41WndMSkNFVEx4WjBBdnBRMnlScjA3c0ZSNzJJV2hwc09SOFFHRnpNYW9hYzZ3TkNiTXUwUFZNVzZxcEctNA&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftakemehomefilm.com%2F&v=dNaNjQiEZ5E]Liz Sargent is a Korean-American adoptee and award-winning filmmaker whose work delves into adoption, disability, and family dynamics. With a background in choreography, she brings emotional depth to her storytelling, shaped by her experience as the middle child of eleven in an intersectionalfamily.A two-time NY EMMY winner (2020 & 2021), Sargent is also a HALF Initiative Mentee (2022 & 2023), an MSSNG PCES AICP Mentee (2023), and NBCU's Launch Director (2024-2026). Her debut narrative short,Strangers' Reunion, (2019), was a personal adoptee film produced by Ritz- Carlton and Hearst under the mentorship of Mike Figgis, released in six languages worldwide.Her proof of concept, Take Me Home, premiered at Sundance (2023), won the Grand Jury Prize at American Cinematheque's PROOF FF (2024), and was the centerpiece at the White House to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Olmstead Act, where Sargent and her sister, the film’s star, shared theirstories with key officials.The feature pitch won the largest production award in the world at AT&T Untold Stories at Tribeca FF (2025) and will world premiere at Sundance in U.S. Dramatic Competition 2026.

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