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Throughout his three-decade career, Academy-award winning director Jonathan Demme has worked both in feature films — Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia — and documentaries — including films about Neil Young and the Talking Heads.
Demme's latest project is a documentary film about former President Jimmy Carter. Demme followed Carter around the country as he promoted his controversial book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.
Demme talks about his life in filmmaking and takes listener questions.
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