8legs: Copenhagen international documentary film festival (cph:dox) industry conference

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Sinéad O’Shea on Her Recent Doc With Jessie Buckley, Exploring the 0.01% in ‘All About the Money’ and the Weight of Responsibility

O’Shea presented All About the Money at CPH:DOX, building on its Sundance world premiere and ongoing festival circuit.
The film follows James Cox Chambers, aka Fergie Chambers, as a lens to explore money and power in modern society.
O’Shea discussed past works, noting how projects like A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot shaped her approach to sensitive subjects.
She emphasized that documentaries must pursue truth and resist 'gotchas' or satire in presentation.
Funding remains a challenge; she described pitching as sometimes driven by the necessity to secure money.
O’Shea revealed that her next project could involve working with actors, diverging from pure observational docs.
She spoke about the responsibility of documenting people’s lives in film.
All About the Money also touches on Chambers’ Palestine activism and critiques of Zionism from some Sundance commentary.
The interview covered her broader career, including prior documentaries and Edna O’Brien collaborations.
O’Shea reflected on the personal and professional balance in documentary work and its demand on subjects.

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