We Won an Emmy!
Luis Dechtiar Luis Dechtiar

We Won an Emmy!

Super League: The War for Football has been awarded the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Documentary Series. This was by far the most complex project I’ve worked on.

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Dizzying Poetry
Luis Dechtiar Luis Dechtiar

Dizzying Poetry

Petra Costa is not only one of Brazil's best filmmakers. She's one of the world's best filmmakers, period.

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Movie Boom, Movie Bust
Luis Dechtiar Luis Dechtiar

Movie Boom, Movie Bust

Few podcasts are as consistently delightful as 99% Invisible, and in episode 435, The Megaplex! they take a nostalgic look at the rise of massive multi-screen movie theaters in the mid-90's, and the surprising ways this phenomenon influenced not jus the movie-going experience, but also what kinds of movies were being made.

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Blending Identities
Luis Dechtiar Luis Dechtiar

Blending Identities

This week I watched a documentary called Elena (available on Netflix), by a young Brazilian filmmaker, Petra Costa, where she remembers her older sister Elena, and explores the trauma and grief of losing her when Petra was only 7.

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