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Nancy Gerstman on Developing Bill Cunningham, New York

by Dan Schoenbrun on October 19, 2011 in Production

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“We felt like people were really connecting to Bill as a person.  That there was something that even almost went towards the spiritual about Bill.”

Nancy Gerstman (Co-founder, Zeitgeist Films) discusses the development of Bill Cunningham, New York from a special-interest documentary to a more universal project.

From the 2011 Filmmaker Conference.  Watch full panels at here.

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