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‘Speak’ Directors on Making Doc About Teenage Orators: ‘I Thought This Would Be the Most Entertaining Way to Help Make Education and Empathy Great Again’
The directors of 'Speak' talk about making a documentary on teenage orators' competitions.
Variety’s film critic Murtada Elfadl wrote that “Speak” “is so rousing and audience-friendly, it plays like the nonfiction equivalent of ‘Bend It Like Beckham,” or “A League of Their Own.” Mossman: Unlike more competition documentaries, we wanted to spend a lot of time with our participants off-stage, at home, so we could bring their “heart stories” in their speeches to life. The series told the stories of the survivors of La Luz del Mundo, all of which I cared very deeply for, as they processed their abuse and navigated the trial of the institution and its leader.
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