Episode 226 | Saffron Cassaday, Directing a Film About Poop

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After suffering from Ulcerative Colitis for nearly a decade, filmmaker Saffron Cassaday tried a new treatment known as Fecal Microbiota Transplant: taking stool from a healthy donor and implanting it into the gut of a sick patient. She chronicles this journey in DESIGNER $HIT, https://geni.us/DesignerShit.

We were fortunate to have her on the podcast to share about her start in the entertainment industry as a commercial editor and later directing the successful documentary, "Cyber-Seniors" https://cyberseniorsdocumentary.com/. We get into her most recent project, a revealing medical journey that features turning poop into medicine.

DocuView Dèjà Vu:

Saffron:

“Babies” 2010, 79 mins, Watch on Amazon/Prime, IMDB LINK: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020938/

Christian:

“Cat Daddies” 2022, 89 mins, Watch on Plex, Tubi, Prime, IMDB LINK: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10968602/

“Unsung Hero” 2024, 113 mins, Narrative based on a true story, Currently in Theatres, IMDB LINK: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23638614/

Timecodes:

00:00 Introduction

07:16 Choosing to Being Her Own Subject

20:16 Bridging the Generational Gap Through Technology in "Cyber-Seniors"

23:00 My Mom is the Producer!

25:08 Why You Need to Love the Subject Matter You Are Directing

28:10 "Designer Shit"

31:15 Fecal Transplant Treatment Perspectives in the Medical Community

38:34 DocuView Dèjà Vu

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