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Mar 2017
1h 18m

Overcoming the Odds

Matt D'avella
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Chris Newhard is an award-winning filmmaker and director of photography. He's also one of my closest friends. I sat down with him to talk about his work, some of his early struggles and what it was like working on massive projects with acts like Sia.

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