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Rewind: The Making Of The Emmy-Winning Film “Songbirds”

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A Gibson guitar.
Songbirds Foundation

Just two years ago, a radio show recorded in front of a live audience at Songbirds would have been impossible.

At that time, as the pandemic forced the earlier version of the museum to close, Dagan Beckett - a Chattanooga native - captured that story.

He is the director of “Songbirds,” a feature documentary that won an Emmy - now available through video on demand streaming worldwide.

A few months ago, I spoke with Dagan and Irv Berner, one of the film’s producers.

More about the film “Songbirds” - now available for streaming worldwide - at songbirdsfilm.com.

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