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Unconventional Filmmaking: 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'

Filmmaker Benh Zeitlin on how "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is a lesson in unconventional filmmaking.

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By Kim Masters • Nov 12, 2012 • 28m Listen

Filmmaker Benh Zeitlin and his colleagues approach filmmaking like it's a community art project. Their successful indie film, Beasts of the Southern Wild, is a lesson in how their methods could yield the adoration of the mainstream film industry. It won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Palm d’Or at Cannes. Now many see it as a likely Oscar winner.

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    Kim Masters

    partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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