Episode 111: Meghan Irons and Marni Zelnick, Boston University

Boston University’s professors Marni Zelnick and Meghan Irons join the Crux to talk about the importance of social responsibility in film-making and journalism. Marni emphasizes the importance of “pulling back the curtain” on real world topics within creative filmmaking as she does in her film Druid Peak. Meghan focuses on how her experience working on writing a narrative on the violence in Dorchester taught her invaluable lessons on the challenges and triumphs of this type of journalism. The unifying factor in creating media that reflects the importance of social issues is centering each narrative on real human stories.