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Zachary Levy unearths gold in "Strongman"Listen now (52 min) | Vérité filmmaker meets character made for the form; magic ensues
Scott Lacy
The ubiquity of streaming services gave new life to old films ... and overlooked ones
Scott Lacy
Pamela Littky spends 10 years following kids voted "Most Likely to Succeed"Listen now (31 min) | Hollywood photographer Pamela Littky was overtaken by a nagging curiosity ... what happens, she wondered, to the thousands of kids…
Scott Lacy
Phil Wall processes his grief in the making of "The Book Keepers"Listen now (49 min) | Sometimes healing—and a film you didn't foresee—can be found in the edit
Scott Lacy
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The pros aren't simply great storytellers; they are master problem-solvers as well
Scott Lacy
Shaleece Haas tackles one of America's great social issues in "Real Boy"Listen now (48 min) | Ten years ago, Shaleece Haas stumbled upon a musician whose lyrics captured her attention ... and then her imagination. Turns out…
Scott Lacy
Robert Greene returns to his roots to film pro wrestlers in "Fake It So Real"Listen now (65 min) | Robert Greene is an award-winning filmmaker who directed the highly regarded Netflix documentary, "Procession." But at the dawn of…
Scott Lacy
Justin Schein faces an unthinkable dilemma in "Left on Purpose."Listen now (43 min) | Justin Schein is a veteran filmmaker who has worked with scores of documentary subjects, but nothing could prepare him for an…
Scott Lacy
Drew Xanthopolous leans on his humanity to enter the world of "The Sensitives"Listen now (77 min) | Drew Xanthopolous was a young, unestablished filmmaker when he came across a New York Times photo essay that would launch his…
Scott Lacy
Jesse Alk explores Kolkata's mysterious native dogs in "Pariah Dog"Listen now (55 min) | Jesse Alk's father, Howard, was a documentarian who died when Jesse was a child. Decades later, Jesse wound up retracing his…
Scott Lacy
Dani Connor Wild discovers she's a filmmaker while locked down in northern SwedenListen now (35 min) | Dani Connor Wild was volunteering for a wildlife photographer in northern Sweden when the Covid pandemic descended and locked her…
Scott Lacy
Elizabeth Lo captures the romance of urban dog life in "Stray"Listen now (32 min) | In the United States, stray dogs are not allowed to live on the street. They are whisked away to live in concrete cells. The…
Scott Lacy
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