Conversations: Luke Lorentzen and Mati Engel
SYNOPSIS
Documentary filmmaker Luke Lorentzen and hospital chaplain Mati Engel discuss their award-winning film, "A Still Small Voice," which explores the rewards and challenges of providing spiritual care in the hospital setting.
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GuestS
Luke Lorentzen is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and lecturer in Stanford University's department of Art and Art History. His most recent film, A STILL SMALL VOICE, follows a chaplain completing a year-long hospital residency. The film won the U.S. Documentary Best Director Award at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, was listed as one of the best ten films of the year by the New York Times, and was shortlisted for the Best Documentary Oscar.
Luke’s previous film MIDNIGHT FAMILY (2019) was also shortlisted for the best documentary Oscar after winning over 35 awards from film festivals and organizations around the world including a Special Jury Award for Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival, Best Editing from the International Documentary Association, and the Golden Frog for Best Documentary from Camerimage.
Luke’s other work as a director and cinematgrapher includes the Netflix original series, LAST CHANCE U (2019), which won an Emmy for Outstanding Serialized Sports Documentary. With Kellen Quinn, Luke is a co-founder of the independent production company Hedgehog Films.
Mati Engel is a spiritual care provider, psychedelic chaplain and practicing performance artist. Her clinical background is in hospital chaplaincy, palliative care and Ketamine-assisted therapy. Mati guides her clients through immersive creative experiences as a means of spiritual inquiry and spiritual emergence. Mati also offers psychedelic integration that is informed by her creative praxis and trauma-informed spiritual care. She obtained her M.Div from the University of Chicago and trained in Integral Movement and Performance Practice (IMPP) at Arthaus Berlin in Germany. She completed a two-year foundational intensive in trauma integration, group coherence building, and contemplative practices with Thomas Hübl and has a certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies from Naropa University, where she has taught and facilitated contemplative practice and spiritual assessments.
CREDITS
Hosted by Emily Silverman
Produced by Emily Silverman and Sam Osborn
Edited and mixed by Sam Osborn
Original theme music by Yosef Munro with additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
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The Nocturnists: Conversations
Luke Lorentzen and Mati Engel
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