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Making Media Now, presented by Filmmakers Collaborative and hosted by Michael Azevedo, is a podcast dedicated to presenting informative and enlightening conversations with creators of all stripes--filmmakers, writers, directors, editors, technical experts--about their process, their vision, their joys and challenges. Listen in to meet visionaries crafting media in a range of genres and for the full spectrum of distribution platforms.
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Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Telling the Tale of "The Cancer Detectives" on American Experience
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Joining host Michael Azevedo on this episode are Amanda Pollak and Gene Tempest, the team behind another new American Experience documentary. This one premieres on PBS on March 26 and is called "The Cancer Detectives."
"The Cancer Detectives" tells the story of how one of the most impactful, lifesaving tests for women was created and popularized by a Greek immigrant and his wife, a famous Japanese-American illustrator who was detained in a WW2 internment camp, and a groundbreaking Black female surgeon.
This dramatic story of the fight against cervical cancer revolves around three main characters who worked relentlessly and overcame numerous setbacks in order to save the lives of thousands of women. The work of these three Life Savers slashed death rates of this previously unfightable cancer by more than 60 percent.
Co-Director Amanda Pollak has been making highly acclaimed documentaries for public television for more than two decades. As a partner at Insignia Films, she began her tenure by producing the series Reporting America At War, and then moved on to create several American Experience films including The Sun Queen, Citizen Hearst, Las Vegas, Custer’s Last Stand, and The Great War among others.
She recently produced Into the Grand Canyon, an environmental adventure story that premiered on National Geographic and is now streaming worldwide on Disney+.
Co-Director Gene Tempest is an award-winning American filmmaker and historian. Her writing has appeared in The Boston Globe and The New York Times, and her screenwriting has been recognized by the Writers Guild of America. She has taught at SUNY Cortland and Boston University, and from 2016-2017 served as the first ever Historian in Residence for American Experience at GBH-Boston where she helped fund and develop new history programming for public television.
Making Media Now is sponsored by Filmmakers Collaborative, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting media makers from across the creative spectrum. From providing fiscal sponsorship to presenting an array of informative and educational programs, Filmmakers Collaborative supports creatives at every step in their journey.
About the host: www.writevoicecreative.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-azevedo/
Sound Engineer: A.J. Kierstead
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