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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Replay: ‘Anora’ won top prizes at Cannes and Oscars. How did Sean Baker direct it?

    “Anora” won Best Picture at the Oscars on Sunday, and director Sean Baker took home four awards total. He explains how having a bigger budget and professional actors changed his filmmaking process.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Brian Hardzinski • Mar 3, 2025 • 1 min read

    “Anora” won Best Picture at the Oscars on Sunday, and director Sean Baker took home four awards total. He explains how having a bigger budget and professional actors changed his filmmaking process.

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    Oscar winner Sean Baker on ‘Anora,’ cellist Abel Selaocoe on ‘Hymns of Bantu’
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      writer, director, editor, and co-producer of “Anora”

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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    Oscar winner Sean Baker on ‘Anora,’ cellist Abel Selaocoe on ‘Hymns of Bantu’
    1. 0:00Where does the Oval Office argument leave Zelensky and Ukraine?
    2. 9:49Judge blocks Trump order aimed at care for transgender youth
    3. 18:59Replay: ‘Anora’ won top prizes at Cannes and Oscars. How did Sean Baker direct it?You’re reading this
    4. 36:51South Africa’s Abel Selaocoe makes cello sound like percussion
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