Radio Curious visits with Stephen Most, author, playwright, and documentary film maker, who shares his life's experiences and stories in the new book âStories Make the World: Reflections of Storytelling and the Art of the Documentary.â
Barry Vogel, Attorney and Counselor is the Host and Producer of Radio Curious. Christina Aanestad is the Assistant Producer.
Meaning, which comes from stories, is the topic of our two part series on how stories make the world. Our guest is Stephen Most, author of "Stories Make the World: Reflections on Storytelling and the Art of the Documentary." In this book, Most shares his experience as a playwright, writer, and creator of documentary films over the past 50 plus years.
Steve Most and I first crossed paths in 1976. We soon determined we had both lived in Peru for several years ten years earlier, and have been friends since. In his 2007 visit with Radio Curious http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/22/most-stephen-river-of-renewal-myth-history-in-the-klamath-basin/, Most and I discussed his book "River of Renewal: Myth and History in the Klamath Basin."
"Stories Make the World" is a crucial account of the principles and paradoxes that attend the quest to represent reality truthfully. Most shows how documentary filmmakers and other nonfiction storytellers come to understand their subjects and cast light on the world through their art. Â
Steve Most visited the Radio Curious studios on August 4, 2017, to record this series on storytelling and the art of the documentary. The central theme of "Stories Make the World" is meaning comes from stories. We begin with Steve Mostâs description of his initial experiences starting with his arrival to Peruâs north coast in 1964. He contrasts information, including raw facts, and meaningful knowledge with a story.
Stephen Most's website is stephenmost.com. To stream or download films in the "Stories Make the World" visit: www.videoproject.com/stories.
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