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PGA Awards Doc Nominees On How To Make A Great Nonfiction Film: Listen To The “Documentary Gods”

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The vast majority of successful fiction films begin with a good script. Often in documentary the opposite is true—the creative breakthrough comes in throwing out the “script” and adjusting as reality unfolds.That theme emerged as producers of the seven theatrical documentaries nominated for Producers Guild of America Awards convened Saturday to discuss their experiences.

Ramona S. Diaz, producer-director of A Thousand Cuts, said her original idea was for a “Robert Altman-esque” ensemble story about life in the Philippines under the authoritarian rule of President Rodrigo Duterte.

But then the journalist Maria Ressa, who butted heads with Duterte as Diaz filmed, emerged as the central focus.“As a documentary filmmaker I’m really aware of the

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