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Thursday, March 05, 2015

Jeremy Whelehan Documents the Power of Live Theater

Below the Line: Often, the best documentaries capture a moment in time that only a select group of people actually experienced in real life while the rest of the audience observes the reality on film alone. Among many examples, the film Woodstock has been enjoyed by countless millions across 45 years while only a few hundred thousand were present in 1969 for the seminal live event. In NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage, documentary filmmaker Jeremy Whelehan followed a massive global touring production of Richard III starring Kevin Spacey, resulting in a feature-length cinematic phenomenon.

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