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Director Matthew Heinemann discusses the challenges of financing the documentary 'American Symphony' on credit cards before getting a finance year to come in and help. He also shares how the film focuses on John Batiste as a musician composing a symphony and as a husband supporting his wife through cancer treatment, and mentions sneaking into the Grammys to film Batiste's big night on an iPhone.

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni examine the latest happenings at Netflix and Jon Stewart’s surprise return to The Daily Show.

Plus, Masters speaks with Matthew Heineman about directing American Symphony. The filmmaker describes the process of documenting musician Jon Batiste and his wife Suleika Jaouad through her battle with leukemia. Heineman also shares how he snuck into the Grammys to film Batiste’s big night, and how he whittled down 1,500 hours of footage into the film that ended up being acquired by Netflix and the Obamas’ production company, Higher Ground.