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As the genre’s popularity continues to grow, there’s a quiet revolution going on regarding the duty of care. With the high-profile fallout from Netflix smash ‘Baby Reindeer’ posing fresh questions about ethics in television, Deadline’s Max Goldbart speaks with execs and those at the coalface of true-crime production in the UK to slowly build a picture of the considerations around making these shows in the social media age. Here’s what they said.
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Norah will make history in May as the first ever Saudi feature to play in Cannes' Official Selection. The…
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