Teona Strugar Mitevska, Josh Rogin, Scott Adams on SOUNDS OF FILM

Teona Strugar Mitevska , Josh Rogin, & Scott Adams Join Tom Needham on THE SOUNDS OF FILM

Teona Strugar Mitevska was born in 1974 in an artistic family in Skopje, Macedonia. She started as a child actor, trained as a painter and a graphic designer and later studied at MFA program in film at the Tisch School of Arts, New York University. She made her debut as short film director in 2001 with VETA (Special Jury Prize, Berlin International Film Festival 2002). Her film HOW I KILLED A SAINT (Tiger Awards Competition of the 2004 Rotterdam International Film Festival) is Teona’s first feature made under the auspices of SISTERS AND BROTHER MITEVSKI, a company she established together with her brother Vuk and sister Labina. Her feature film, I AM FROM TITOV VELES, received Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Sarajevo Film Festival and was selected for the 2007 Toronto International Film festival (Discovery section), 2008 Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) and Cannes Film Festival (ACID). Her feature film THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS premiered at 2012 Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama Special) and in 2013 Teona directed and edited film TERESA AND I, a feature documentary about Mother Teresa, her life and work through the perspective of a woman of today. Feature film WHEN THE DAY HAD NO NAME premiered in the Panorama Special of the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival, while her latest feature film GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA premiered in the Competition of the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival.

Washington Post Columnist, Josh Rogin, is the author of CHAOS UNDER HEAVEN. He is a columnist for the Global Opinions section of the Washington Post and a political analyst with CNN. He recently appeared on THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE. Previously, he has covered foreign policy and national security for Bloomberg View, Newsweek, the Daily Beast, Foreign Policy magazine, Congressional Quarterly, Federal Computer Week magazine and Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper. He was a 2011 finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists and the 2011 recipient of the Interaction Award for Excellence in International Reporting.

Scott Adams is the creator of the popular comic strip, DILBERT. He is also the host of unique periscope show, REAL COFFEE WITH SCOTT ADAMS. In addition, he is the bestselling author of many books including THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE, HOW TO FAIL AT ALMOST EVERYTHING AND STILL WIN BIG, and WIN BIGLEY.

LOSERTHINK: HOW UNTRAINED BRAINS ARE RUINING AMERICA, Scott Adams' latest book, is about our nation's epidemic of dumb ideas brought on by bad mental habits. In the book, Adams teaches one to identify "loserspeak," and gives one scripts to respond when it's being used against you. Throughout LOSERTHINK, Adams emphasizes clear thinking, and encourages people to think like scientists, economists, entrepreneurs and artists.

Tom Needham's SOUNDS OF FILM is the nation's longest running film and music themed radio show. For the past 30 years, the program has delivered a popular mix of interviews and music to listeners all over Long Island, parts of Connecticut and streaming live worldwide on the internet. Past people interviewed for the show include Peter Fonda, Mike Leigh, Thora Birch, William H. Macy, Peter Yarrow, Melanie, Dionne Warwick, Laurie Anderson, Cheech & Chong, Whit Stillman, and Donny Most.

Worldwide listeners can tune into the SOUNDS OF FILM internet livestream on Thursday at 6 pm EST at wusb.fm.