Episode 74: Alison Tavel
Season 2 Episode 74 Alison Tavel
I'm joined by filmmaker and musician Alison Tavel to discuss her incredible documentary, RESYNATOR (2024), available for streaming on December 13, 2024. RESYNATOR premiered at SXSW 2024 and currently sports a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The story spans a full decade with involvement of famous rock musicians and a search to understand her inventive father, whom she never got to know. She joined me on the anniversary of his passing, which is a prescient date in the film and in her life. You'll laugh and you'll cry while watching this film -- possibly at the same time as you go along with Alison for this unique and extraordinary ride.
In this episode, we talk about:
how she got involved in filmmaking -- it was a search to find out more about her dad;
the bifurcation of the film between a study in music to...something else;
the process of making the documentary in terms of funding, filming, keeping a shot list, for such a long project from somebody "with no prior education" -- "I should have hired sound"; "oh yeah, we need B roll";
how she saw the two most essential things as a "post production supervisor" and an "editor";
and what's next for this archivist + musician turned filmmaker -- probably not another film!
What an epic story.
Alison's Indie Film Highlight: CIRCUS OF BOOKS (2019) dir. by Rachel Mason; ANY OTHER WAY: THE JACKIE SHANE STORY (2024) dir. by Lucah Rosenberg-Lee and Michael Mabbott
Links:
Watch RESYNATOR (2024) Now On Apple TV
Follow Alison Tavel On Instagram