2.40 Filmmaker Interview with Luke Morgan

In today's episode, I interview Luke Morgan, the director of the short film "The Boat." The film is based on a heartbreaking true story of a father who must make a difficult choice when his daughter begins exhibiting troubling medical symptoms and is it qualified for the 97th Academy Awards.

Listen to hear about the work that Luke and his brother were doing that led them to the story, why they decided to make a film that highlighted the disease of leprosy, and the realities of quicksand as a danger in film production.

Books mentioned in this episode include:

• Raised Among Vultures by Molly Toomey
• Palm Wine Tapper and The Boy at Jericho by Nithy Kasa
• Eat Or We Both Starve by Victoria Kennefick
• Bloodrot by Annemarie Ní Churreáin
• Pit Lullabies by Jessica Traynor

Films mentioned in this episode include:

• "The Boat” directed by Luke Morgan
• Life is Beautiful directed by Roberto Benigni
• Cinema Paradiso directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
• There Will be Blood directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
• Up directed by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter
• Coco directed by Lee Unkrich
• In Bruges directed by Martin McDonagh
• I Daniel Blake directed by Ken Loach
• The Seventh Seal directed by Ingmar Bergman
• Aruna's Magic (Disney+ series)

Follow Luke and his brother on Instagram @morgan_bros and the film @calf_thefilm.

You can check out "The Boat" at the Offline Film Festival going on right now, and the Kerry International Film Festival from October 17-20. You can check out the trailer on morganbrother.ie.

You can also learn more about The Mission to End Leprosy at their website.