The filmmaker Teresa Alfeld discusses her new documentary Doug and the Slugs and Me, debuting this weekend at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival, with Joseph Planta.

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Teresa Alfeld joins me again. The acclaimed filmmaker has new documentary, Doug and the Slugs and Me. It’s such a terrific movie that showcases the late Doug Bennett, his music and his collaborators. The movie features interviews with a lot of the important players in Bennett’s life personally and professionally. It’s the closing night film at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival this Sunday evening, though there’s a screening Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, and if you can’t make it downtown, you can stream it beginning Saturday night after 8.00 pm. I’ll ask Teresa about her connection to the Bennett family, as well as what if anything did the Doug and the Slugs music mean to her. I’ll ask her about how she pieced together the life and times of Bennett, what drove him and what he was thinking about as he worked to get his career off the ground, and as he and the Slugs made it as a success. Teresa was able to use diaries that Bennett kept, and they provide such a marvelous insight into his creativity, and his commitment to family. Visit www.slugumentary.com for more information; and visit www.doxafestival.ca for tickets. Teresa Alfeld was first on the program in 2018 when her documentary The Rankin File, on Harry Rankin debuted. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Teresa Alfeld; Ms. Alfeld, good morning.

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