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You can also learn more about the Localore: Finding America projects here, and watch the meta-documentary here.
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- Contributors and acknowledgements for ‘Break Form: Making stories with and for the people’
- Quantifying the reach and impact of ‘Localore’ (2014) and ‘Localore: Finding America’ (2017) productions
- Best practices for doing community-driven storytelling
- 10 key steps to making community-driven stories
- At a glance: The Finding America projects, producers & lead collaborators
- A reflection on the power of creative storytelling to unite communities
- Break Form: Making stories with and for the people
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