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Sep 2023
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842. Storytelling for Docuseries and Rea...

PILAR ALESSANDRA
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Producers Trishtan Williams and KC Chan Haimes describe the storytelling process behind their new docuseries Why Not Us: Howard Golf and discuss their approach to finding narrative and character authenticity in all of their work.

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