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Intersection - True/False Preview Including I Am Not Your Negro and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

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This week on Intersection, we speak with the directors of several films in the 2017 True/False Film Festival. This year’s festival marks the thirteenth consecutive gathering of documentary filmmakers in Columbia. Conversations include Hebert Peck of I Am Not Your Negro and Petra and Peter Lataster, directors of Miss Kiet’s Children.

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Reporter Elena Rivera talked with Petra and Peter Lataster, directors of Miss Kiet’s Children. Filmed completely from a child’s point of view, the documentary follows three Syrian refugee children through their journey in a Dutch school alongside their teacher, Miss Kiet.

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Claire Banderas interviewed Lauren Checkoway, who directed, edited and produced the short film Edith + Eddie. The film follows the oldest interracial newlyweds in America through struggles with the court appointed guardian system.

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Reporter Ana Perez spoke with a producer of the Oscar nominated film I Am Not Your Negro, Hebert Peck. The film focuses on the story of James Baldwin, and explores racism and class.

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In Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, director Steve James focuses on the story of a small, family-owned bank in Chinatown in New York City. Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown was the only bank to face criminal charges after the 2008 financial crisis. The film follows the Sung Family during their five year legal battle.

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Reporter Michaela Tucker interviewed Stacey Woelfel, director of the Jonathan B. Murray Documentary Journalism Center at the Missouri School of Journalism, about this year’s festival.

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Intersection's producers are Claire Banderas, Kelly Palecek, Abby Ivory-Ganja and Collin Krabbe. Our host is Sara Shahriari. 

Sara Shahriari was the assistant news director at KBIA-FM, and she holds a master's degree from the Missouri School of Journalism. Sara hosted and was executive producer of the PRNDI award-winning weekly public affairs talk show Intersection. She also worked with many of KBIA’s talented student reporters and teaches an advanced radio reporting lab. She previously worked as a freelance journalist in Bolivia for six years, where she contributed print, radio and multimedia stories to outlets including Al Jazeera America, Bloomberg News, the Guardian, the Christian Science Monitor, Deutsche Welle and Indian Country Today. Sara’s work has focused on mental health, civic issues, women’s and children’s rights, policies affecting indigenous peoples and their lands and the environment. While earning her MA at the Missouri School of Journalism, Sara produced the weekly Spanish-language radio show Radio Adelante. Her work with the KBIA team has been recognized with awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and PRNDI, among others, and she is a two-time recipient of funding from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
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