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D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 5 I 6 9 Director David Michôd's biographical sports drama, Christy, tells the story of Christy Martin, who used grit, raw determination and an unshakable desire to win to fuel her journey to becoming the most successful female boxer of the '90s. But her toughest battles start to unfold outside of the ring as she confronts family, identity, and a relationship that just might become life-or-death. Michôd discussed the film during Q&As moderated by Directors John Lee Hancock in LA and Nicole Kassell in NY where he spoke revealed how a decision to shoot a difficult scene first resulted in a beautiful moment with the real Christy Martin. "For scheduling reasons, we had to shoot the end of the movie first, the attack all the stuff in that house. At first, I was like, 'God, here we go again.' And then we went, 'You know what, this is a good thing. Let's lean into it. Let's not have it looming over us and then let's spend the rest of the shoot knowing where we're heading.' In a way that I hadn't anticipated, I think that was good for the whole crew. Everyone opened this experience kind of going, 'Ohh wow, what this woman experienced was unimaginable!' So, Christy, we did deliberately keep her away for that first week but week two she turned up and the whole crew burst into what felt like 10 minutes of applause. I think it was like Christy in that moment understood that for everyone here this isn't just a job for them. They're here for to fight the good fight." David Michôd discusses Christy photo by Marcie Revens photo by Shane Karns Photos: Director David Michôd with moderators Nicole Kassell in NY on November 2 and John Lee Hancock in LA on November 8. Membership Screenings Q&As listed in alphabetical order by Director. See more detailed descriptions, additional photos & podcasts online at www.dga.org. DGA Screenings Q&As Ira Sachs discusses Peter Hujar's Day Based on the book by Linda Rosenkrantz, Director Ira Sachs' biographical drama, Peter Hujar's Day, invites audiences into a single day in 1974 when she and groundbreaking queer photographer Peter Hujar engaged in a freewheeling, intimate conversation where he shared vivid stories of his interactions with literary and cultural icons like William Burroughs, Susan Sontag and Allen Ginsberg, while also reflecting on the rhythms of everyday life in 1970s New York. Sachs discussed the making of the film during a Q&A moderated by Director Bette Gordon in New York and noted how a technique he saw in documentaries enabled him to envision the film he wanted to make. "I had this idea that I was going to shoot the movie in real time and realized I had no answer to how to move through time until I saw this film called My Girlfriend's Wedding by Jim McBride — which like a movie like Poor Little Rich Girl, which is Andy Warhol with Edie Sedgwick and Portrait of Jason, Shirley Clark with Jason Holliday — films that were very personally made portrait films. I saw the way they used the cut to move through time. It seems like a really obvious thing that the cut is there for you, but it took me weeks to trust that the cut would work. I actually shot the location with stand ins in very many different times and suddenly I had a list of photographs, and I thought, 'Ohh, that's the film! I just have to trust that cut.'" photo by Marcie Revens Photo: Directors Ira Sachs and Bette Gordon (moderator) discuss the making of Peter Hujar's Day in NY on November 4 . DGA CONTACT INFORMATION FIELD REPS For contact information for Guild departments please visit www.dga.org/The-Guild/Departments OFFICES DGA National Headquarters Los Angeles 310-289-2000 New York 212-258-0800 DGA Website www.dga.org REPORTING HOTLINES Safety: 310-289-5326 Racial Harassment: 310-289-2006 Sexual Harassment: 310-289-2006 Contract Violations: 310-289-5300 Abbie Brewer: 740-707-6284, ABrewer@dga.org Meghan Brophy: 212-258-0816, MBrophy@dga.org Bart Daudelin: 212-258-0809, BartD@dga.org Beth Dubber: 310-289-2077, BDubber@dga.org Jon Drew: 310-279-7693, JDrew@dga.org Michael Mintz: 646-256-6264, MMintz@dga.org Jennifer Peat: 310-289-5305, JPeat@dga.org Emily Pierceall: 213-321-9791, EPierceall@dga.org Alexis Soto: 323-382-1058, ASoto@dga.org Brett Wise: 570-447-4823, BWise@dga.org