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A look back at the documentary genre with Shelia Nevins, the president of HBO Documentary Films, is an illuminating history lesson as well as a textbook example of how to succeed in television: Basically, ignore the textbook and go with your instincts by featuring emotionally compelling stories of ordinary people. The 1998 IDA Career Achievement Award honoree and a George Foster Peabody Award winner, Nevins began her career at HBO in 1979, when the cable channel was known for movies and sports, not as a dominant force in original programming. Nevins talked to Documentary about the genesis of
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