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StudentFilmmakers Magazine: What was one of the most important things you learned filming on location? Courtney Hermann: For me, filming on location is intense, demanding, and uncomfortable–for many reasons.  Documentary filmmaking is an extractive process where we enter into the lives of others to take their stories, even as we collaborate with participants to do...

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