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The Mother And The Bear’s director Johny Ma on how shooting in Winnipeg changed his mindset
Johnny Ma never intended to shoot The Mother And The Bear in Winnipeg. When he initially began writing the script he set it in Cincinnati, as that’s where the Korean mother who inspired the film had actually traveled to. “For me, inspiration always comes from real life,” Ma tells Flatlander. “I’d met this woman in […]
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