'The Redeem Team' Director Jon Weinbach Teaches Us How to Sell The Stories We Love

Have you ever wondered how you can make your niche documentary appealing to a wider audience? Jon Weinbach, a sports documentary filmmaker, shares his techniques on how to do that very thing. In this episode, we talk about… What influenced Jon to pursue documentary filmmaking His background as a journalist for the Wall Street Journal Jon’s journey with sports docs such as 30 for 30 and The Last Dance The Redeem Team, a film about the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball team Developing a deeper narrative to the basketball film Interview techniques - be authentic and ask new questions Pitching the documentary to the Netflix executives Memorable Quotes “I get to use Sports to tell stories about the human condition” [06:14] “How do we make it move so it’s not like a wikipedia entry” [23:10] “It was just so rewarding to see the grace, the candor, the humor, the genuine affection for talking about this…even about the bad stuff, from everyone.” [25:59] “This Project X - whatever it is - we’ve gotta have something that makes it undeniable, interesting, broadly appealing.” [30:35] Mentioned in the episode: The Redeem Team on Netflix 30 for 30 The Last Dance Find No Film School everywhere: On the Web https://nofilmschool.com/   Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool   Twitter  https://twitter.com/nofilmschool   YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool Get your questions answered on the podcast by emailing editor@nofilmschool.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices