. >> this week our guest is documentary filmmaker greg barker. >> greg barker, we need to tell the audience that you actually used to produce this program. what year? >> 1984, my first job out of college, until 1989. they were great years. >> you were an early producer of "book notes." >> i was the first producer of "book notes." >> we have been struggling to remember that. time has gone by. we did not invite you to talk about that as much as what you have done since then. explain what your job is now. >> it is largely a product of what i went through here. i am a filmmaker. i make mostly documentary films, mostly about international events and characters that i find that have interesting stories to tell, and provide a window to the outside world for a general audience. i look for stories that are compelling and relevant and speak to me personally. i am making feature documentaries, 1 1/2 hours in length, for hbo and for pbs and bbc over the years. aboutve not talked anything so we're going to catch up. i have to warn the audience. we're going to have a grim hour here. some of this that the

. >> when we see produced and directed by greg barker, how much does that mean? >> for pbs and for television, producer generally mean something different than it does for the moment for hbo. for that, it means you are in charge of that. it is run through a production company that i would be in charge of for the budget. produce means the organizational, business side of that. directed means this is where the camera goes in and who is putting it all together. written means who is writing the script. in the feature documentary world, produced has more of a film connotation. that was bringing the packaging and money together and dealing with the executives financing it. directors are the creative force behind the project. >> where do you live? >> right now i am living in california but i spent most of my adult life after c-span based in london. >> what to come back to california? >> my wife and i were sitting around. we had just had our second child. we were thinking about where to edit my most recent film at the time. there was an editor in l.a. that i wanted to wo

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flu >> this week our guest is documentary filmmaker greg barker. >> greg barker, we need to tell the audience that you actually used to produce this program. what year? >> 1984, my first job out of college, until 1989. >> you were an early producer of book notes. >> i was the first producer of book notes. >> we have been struggling to remember that. explain what your job is now. >> it is largely a product of what i went through here. i am a filmmaker. i make mostly documentary films, mostly about international events and characters that i find that have interesting stories to tell, and provide a window to the outside world for a general audience. world for a general audience.