This week, 'Working' podcast host Isaac Butler talks to documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, whose latest film, Attica, covers the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York. In the interview, Stanley explains how he decides which stories to tell and how he earns the trust of his subjects. He also discusses the finer points of structure, editing, and his use of sound effects and music.

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