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Journalist and Filmmaker Saleem Reshamwala Shares Who and What He’s Following Now

The Durham, North Carolina–based creative prefers slow media that takes a deep-dive into a single subject.

By Kathryn O’Shea-Evans

November 7, 2020

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Durham, North Carolina–based journalist and filmmaker Saleem Reshamwala has been particularly productive of late: In addition to shooting his first fictional film, a contribution to the Becoming America anthology, he’s host of the TED podcast Pindrop and a mentor to emerging Asian and Asian-American filmmakers through a new fellowship program called The Sauce.

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