“I think you just learn a lot of stuff in general about all the stuff he [Edward Snowden] released. I think there's probably a lot that we don't know. That's what is really interesting.” ThinkingKnowsStuffInterestingReally InterestingSnowden Author:Scott Eastwood
“I wasn't terribly familiar. I had read some of the headlines but didn't quite understand difference between WikiLeaks...[Edward] Snowden. And then watching the documentary, working on the film, you got to see his personal journey through this and sort of understand more about what he went through.” FilmDifferencesJourneyFamiliarDocumentariesHeadlinesWikileaksSnowdenPersonal Journey Author:Scott Eastwood
“Working with David Ayer...the guy is a great filmmaker.” GuyFilmmakerGreat Film Author:Scott Eastwood
“I've been an acquaintance of the president Ryan Glover for some years and for a couple years we've been talking about possibilities, puzzle pieces fitting together. I was doing an event that they were sponsoring, and after a group of us went to dinner and we started talking a little bit more and one thing led to another.We all thought it might be a good idea to try to develop a show and as we started talking about the show that we might bring to air, it turned into doing a newsmagazine.” TryingYearsLittlesIdeasShowsMightTogetherBitsPresidentTalkingPiecesOne ThingGroupsAirEventsPossibilityCoupleLittle BitDinnerGood IdeasPuzzlesAcquaintanceFittingPuzzle PieceFitting Together Author:Ed Gordon
“I feel like, I mean, there's no new wheel, you know. A newsmagazine is what it is.” KnowsFeelsMeanWheels Author:Ed Gordon
“I think the best comparable is Bryant Gumbel's "Real Sports," in the sense that it's quarterly as well. So that's what we're doing, a quarterly special, an hour, three to four stories each hour.” ThinkingWellsRealStoriesThreeSportsHoursFourSpecial Author:Ed Gordon
“I sat with five of the "Mothers of the Movement." Of course I'm hyping the show, but I keep telling everybody this part is not hype. After a while particularly in the case of Sybrina Fulton, they've become celebrities and people forget that they've become celebrities because of the death, the murder of their child. So I wanted people to see the burning desire for these women to live their child's legacy, to not let their child have died in vain, so they're fighting to stop the violence.” PeopleChildrenShowsWantedMotherDesireFightingCoursesForgetCasesFiveViolenceMovementMurderDiedBurningLegacyVainSatHypeBurning Desire Author:Ed Gordon
“I wanted people to kind of take a peek to see that the pain, even though you may see them out at the Democratic National Convention or at Essence [Festival] or any of these other places, that the pain is still very real for these women [from the "Mothers of the Movement"].” PeopleKindMayStillsRealWantedPainMotherMovementEssenceDemocraticConventionsFestivals Author:Ed Gordon
“You will meet their children through their eyes. One of the most poignant moments is when I asked each to describe the moment they found out their child had been killed. So this is a very personal side to each one of these mothers ["Mothers of the Movement"].” ChildrenMomentsEyeMotherFoundSidesMovementPoignant Author:Ed Gordon
“I also want to do stories that I think are not brought to television that often that our community talks about.” ThinkingWantStoriesCommunityTelevisionOur Community Author:Ed Gordon