Prime Video "Chutzpah" Podcast
For the second season of Amazon Prime Video's hit series HUNTERS, they partnered with Storymill Media to create a companion podcast that went far beyond the traditional show integration. Together with Storymill, Jordan Peele, and the HUNTERS creative team, we created a podcast that told the amazing true stories of unsung real Jewish heroes of the Holocaust. The result was CHUTZPAH, a Webby Award-wining 6-episode audio docuseries.
PROJECT SCOPE:
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Research
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Interviews
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Creative Development
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Scriptwriting
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Oversight of Podcast Production
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Marketing and Communication
PRODUCTION PARTNERS: STORYMILL MEDIA / PRIME VIDEO / MONKEYPAW PRODUCTIONS
CLIENT CHALLENGE:
Bring to life the stories of real-life Jewish heroes of the Holocaust - with the immersive power of a scripted series
OUR SOLUTION:
Use cinematic storytelling to fuel an immersive 6-episode podcast mixing scripted narration
by HUNTERS showrunner David Weil, documentary interviews, and visceral sound design.
Working closely with researcher Neda Farshbaf, the research process entailed dozens of interviews from both primary and secondary sources
Josh Chesler and Dorothy Kozak Snoke functioned as co-showrunners, each writing three 40 minute podcast episodes. The development process went through both Amazon and Monkeypaw teams.
All narration was then read and recorded by HUNTERS showrunner David Weil.
CREDITS
Client: Prime Video / Monkeypaw Productions
Production Company: Storymill Media
Executive Producer: Jordan Peele
Executive Producers: Natalie Williams and David Weil
Producers: Steven Hein, Sophia Williams, and Keisha Senter
Associate Producer: Rebecca Drucker
Writers/Showrunners: Josh Chesler & Dorothy Kozak Snoke
Researcher/Producer: Neda Farshbaf
Editor/Co-Producer: Trea Buddle