Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative

What really happens when stories about people’s lives are collected, edited, and consumed?

Shocking, Heartbreaking,Transformative is a five-part non-fiction series about the nuts and bolts of documentary storytelling, the power dynamics between makers and subjects, and rewriting unwritten rules of the documentary and non-fiction content industry.

Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative is created, written, and produced by me for Radiotopia Presents. Sara Nics is the story editor. Sound design, mix/mastering by Michelle Macklem. Music by Eliza Niemi. This reporting was supported in part by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Howard G.Buffett Fund for Women Journalists.