Poems on Fire: Nava Mau on Finding the Language of Filmmaking

In this episode FQT associate director Che Gossett talks with filmmaker, actress and cultural worker Nava Mau.  Nava Mau recently received the 2024 Critics Choice Association's "Breakthrough Performance" Award for Television (Limited Series) for her role in the Netflix hit series Baby Reindeer.  Nava Mau was the lead actor and director, and co-producer for the short film Waking Hour (2019), and starred in the HBO Max series Generation. Nava Mau also recently directed and starred in the short film All the Words But One (2024) which is showing at film festivals across the globe and was executive produced by Lily Wachowski.  In this podcast episode Nava Mau talks about her artistic process, her roles both on and behind the screen as a director and producer and her passion for acting and filmmaking, as well as the power of art and politics of trans visibility.