Welcome to Leith – An Interview with Directors Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker

Welcome to Leith, a partially Kickstarter-funded independent documentary about a small town in North Dakota, is one of the more surprising and impressive documentary films screening this year at Sydney Film Festival. Ahead of its Australian premiere we spoke to the directors of the film, Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker.

So firstly, what I want to ask you aboutthe process of finding this story. I know you’ve said in previous interviews that you first foundit from a New York Ti...