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Lucy Walker Talks Storytelling Through Documentaries: ‘It’s Difficult, You’re Asking People to Share Their Secrets’


Recognizing the brilliance of Lucy Walker as a filmmaker and as an advocate for documentaries, Shekhar Kapur arranged an extra masterclass at IFFI.

Recognizing the brilliance of British director Lucy Walker, both as a filmmaker and as an advocate for the documentary format, Shekhar Kapur hurriedly arranged an additional masterclass on Saturday at the International Film Festival of India, where he is festival director. But I felt like the tools [offered] different options, allowing you to create a proper movie that audiences would find really satisfying, even if at the beginning you didn’t know where you’re going. Part of her taking responsibility in “Mountain Queen” involved knowing when to get out of the way and not become either a burden to the climbers or cause an accident.

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