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The balance came from keeping the film honest about uncertainty while still asking where responsibility sits.
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How did you decide which voices from the research community needed to sit beside the advocacy perspective?
Director response
The balance came from keeping the film honest about uncertainty while still asking where responsibility sits.
When does filming become a form of care rather than extraction?
Director response
That question guided the edit. We wanted the audience to feel the weight of every frame, not treat images as neutral evidence.
Was the motel location found first, or did the character story lead you there?
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