BEST FILMS OF OUTFEST 2023
“Karla Murthy’s film feels like a miracle..”
“Love, Jamie” Review
“…a beautiful and inspiring snapshot of a friendship born through prose, conversation and art that celebrates strength, transformation, pride and artistic freedom.”
Outfest Award-Winning “Love, Jamie” Paints A Picture of Trans Liberation
“a profound, short documentary by Emmy-nominated director Karla Murthy”
WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD - INTERVIEW WITH KARLA MURTHY
“I would encourage women to be who they are, true to themselves, true to their vision, trust their instincts as women, and to know that there are many paths to make the film that you want to make.”
TALKHOUSE MAGAZINE - “Finding Home” an essay by Karla Murthy
First-time documentarian Karla Murthy ponders what home means to her.
“as I was making this film about fighting to save one’s home, I kept bumping into the question: What does home mean to me?”
marketplace morning report - interview with Karla Murthy “the radical act of staying in youngstown”
“I’m the daughter of immigrants. My father’s from India, he was a homeless street kid, and my mother came from the Philippines to work as a nurse. And I don’t have that same connection to home…”
MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE - How “The Place That Makes Us” Avoided Ruin Porn and Embraced Change
“she wanted to focus on the people who are rebuilding it, not exploit its devastation.”
film school radio - podcast interview
“Director Karla Murthy joins us to talk about how she crafted a hopeful meditation on the meaning of the American dream today.”
THE ENTERPRISE “In Defense of the Documentary”
“ ‘Yeah, certain documentaries are boring,’ Murthy said. ‘Then again, so are certain Marvel movies. These days, documentary makers are doing some incredibly exciting boundary-pushing work, stuff that’ll take your breath away. If you like risk, watch more docs.’”
DOCUMENTARY MAGAZINE “DOC NYC Goes National”
“‘I’ve gotten lots of feedback from people in Ohio,’ ‘And that’s really exciting because none of those people would have been able to come to New York to the festival.’”
FAST BREAK - Fast Company Podcast
Director Karla Murthy and Executive Producer Jad Abumrad are interviewed about making the film together and their long time creative collaboration.
ALL OF IT - WNYC RADIO “DOC NYC: The Place That Makes Us”
The documentary's director, Karla Murthy, joins us to discuss the film, part of the line-up of the documentary film festival, DOC NYC.
THE BUSINESS JOURNAL “Documentary Shows a Youngstown That Wants to Improve”
“Murthy takes a measured and respectful pace, allowing the camera to linger on scenes and people, so viewers can gain understanding and draw their own conclusions.”
WBUR “Four Documentaries to Watch at the Woods Hole Film Festival”
“with haunting footage… the film is a powerful and enlightening look at local activism and how change can happen — one house at a time.”