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Scene 2 Seen Podcast: Director Alex Stapleton Discusses ‘God Save Texas: The Price Of Oil’, And Creating Authenticity In Documentary Storytelling


Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast! I am Valerie Complex, an associate editor and film writer at Deadline.

Today, I’m chatting with director Alex Stapleton, an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker known for her thought-provoking projects that have redefined authentic American storytelling across sports, music, pop culture, and social justice. In film, Stapleton made her directorial debut with the critically acclaimed A&E documentary Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, featuring Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, and Ron Howard. In television, Stapleton has been nominated as showrunner and executive producer for both a GLAAD and Gotham Award for FX’s Pride, a six-part docuseries chronicling the American LGBTQ+ Civil Rights movement dating back to the 1950’s.

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