Good Ol’ Girl - A Documentary about Texas Cowgirls

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Today, I’m joined by Director and Producer Sarah Brennan Kolb, Cinematographer Kyle Kelly, and Editor Stella Quinn to discuss their new documentary ‘Good Ol Girl’.  

‘Good Ol Girl’ tells the story of 3 different Texan women who work in the farming and the ranching industry. It’s an incredibly inspiring film and it even got me crying a couple of times.  

The team behind the film joined me to explain how they got access to this usually closed-off community, how they filmed the documentary, and which stories touched them the most...  

“These women have lived these lives for generations. There are so many stories that haven’t been told and it kills me to think most of them we’ll never know or understand.” - Sarah Brennan Kolb  

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Introducing the team behind ‘Good Ol Girl’.
09:43 - What ‘Good Ol Girl’ is about and the life stories it shows.
10:38 - The folklore one encounters growing up in Texas.
12:53 - How well Kyle acclimated to moving to Texas for filming.
15:11 - How Stella approached the editing of the film.
19:34 - Why they chose these 3 stories to show after filming 8 different women.
21:13 - How long they spent with each family and how the filming worked.
24:49 - Encountering a rattlesnake and how Kyle dealt with it.
27:44 - How Sarah befriended the protagonist Lemoine.
32:24 - Martha’s story and her background in ranching.
36:57 - How Stella built the narrative for the film.
38:42 - The most powerful moments of the film.
46:14 - What it’s like being the subject of a documentary.
48:03 - The stories they’d like to explore further in the future.
52:41 - The distribution challenges they’ve faced and the upcoming movie tour they’re doing.
57:35 - What it was like being the cameraman for Donald Trump’s interview with Jonathan Swan.  

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