NH: Julia Loktev is a filmmaker based in New York City. Her first film, Moment of Impact, won the director's award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. Her installation work has been featured at both the Tate Modern and PS1 galleries. Day Night Day Night (2006) is her second feature film, and has won numerous awards, including the Youth Prize at Cannes Director's Fortnight. She is currently working on a third feature film. I had the pleasure of interviewing Julia in New York City in October 2008.

I spoke with Julia about the relationship between filmmaking and politics, specifically referring to her film Day Night Day Night. The film is about a suicide-bomber on her way to Times Square to detonate