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David E. Kelley Finds ‘Hope In The Water’ In His First Documentary Project, Pairing Him With Shailene Woodley, Martha Stewart & More
David E. Kelley finds 'Hope In The Water' in his first doc project, an oceans-sustainability series with Shailene Woodley, Martha Stewart and more.
But when the creator of shows like The Practice, Big Little Lies and Ally McBeal made his foray into documentary filmmaking – with the ocean sustainability-themed Hope in the Water — the Trojan Horse method of educating was no longer applicable. Hope in the Water, a three-part series from PBS, takes a far less salacious approach to the problems we face in terms of depleting our planet’s resources; instead, it connects viewers with fishers, aqua farmers and scientists attempting to sustainably harvest the oceans for a growing global population. Deadline spoke to Kelley about taking a solutions-based approach to a series about a global crisis, involving celebrity environmental enthusiasts Martha Stewart, chef-humanitarian José Andrés, writer-comedian Baratunde Thurston and Big Little Lies collaborator Shailene Woodley and how to best engage an audience by entertaining rather than alarming.
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