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Capturing The Whole Picture

WUNC | By Hady Mawajdeh,

Frank Stasio

Published February 18, 2015 at 12:09 PM EST

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Filmmaker James Longley is known for his portrayals people in politically volatile countries in the Middle East.

His films seek to deepen an understanding of the historical and cultural dimensions of the region’s conflicts. For his low-budget, self-financed films, Longley has lived among ordinary families, gaining access to people in places rarely chronicled on film by Westerners.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Longley about his experiences documenting the region, his Academy Award nomination and his artist residency at Duke University.

Longley's photography exhibit, Kabul, Afghanistan, is on display at the Power Plant Gallery in Durham through February 20th. His Oscar-nominated documentary, Iraq in Fragments, tonight at 7 p.m. at the Full Frame theater in Durham.

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Hady Mawajdeh

Hady Mawajdeh is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. He listened to Fresh Air growing up and fell in love with public radio. He earned his B.A. in Mass Communication at Texas State University and specialized in electronic media. He worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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