How Questlove and Radical Media Helped Raise Funds for a Documentary

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Questlove is an executive producer on the film. The project took three years to raise funds for, but they were able to hire archival researchers and get interviews transcribed. "If you have a true crime story, that's almost like money in the bank," he says.

After months of stagnation, the AMPTP has asked the Writers Guild back to the negotiating table. Is there a deal to be made? Plus, Disney re-hires some familiar faces as consultants.

Then, director Sam Pollard discusses his new doc The League, which pairs his love of baseball with his ongoing examination of Black history, and discusses working with producer Questlove and the “uphill climb” of documentary filmmaking.