Greg Whiteley’s forthcoming Netflix docuseries, Cheer, follows Texas’s Navarro Community College cheerleading team on its journey to the National Cheerleading Association’s Championship in Daytona Beach, Florida — and it’s a worthy follow-up to his Netflix hit Last Chance U.
Before his Netflix boom, Whiteley created the eye-opening documentaries Resolved (2007) and Most Likely to Succeed (2015), which both examine facets of the United States education systemLast Chance U (2016-present) and Cheer (2020) pivot outside the classroom, showcasing extreme sports and the empowering aspects of community college athletic programs. However, as he and I discussed in a phone call last week, Whiteley doesn’t necessarily see his repertoire as an exploration of connected themes. Read more…
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from WebHits.io Blog http://blog.webhits.io/greg-whiteley-of-last-chance-u-on-cheer-and-his-empathetic-approach-to-documentary-filmmaking/
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