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Hyphenated with Joanna Hausmann and Jenny Lorenzo

The Legend of Walter Mercado with “Mucho Mucho Amor” director Kareem Tabsch

Hyphenated with Joanna Hausmann and Jenny Lorenzo

Pitaya Entertainment

Us Latinos, Education, Comedy, Hyphenated, Pitaya, Jenny Lorenzo, Latinx, Joanna Hausmann, Society & Culture

5632 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Jenny welcomes documentary filmmaker Kareem Tabsch, co-director of the Netflix documentary “Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado” as they discuss how he ended up making a film about the famously flamboyant TV astrologer, plus he shares some behind-the-scenes stories about working with Walter, and gives us a peak at the future Latino-centric docuseries coming from him.

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0:00.0

Hi, everyone. I'm Jenny, and this is hyphenated, a podcast about living in the hyphen.

0:14.9

And I am here today with an award-winning documentary filmmaker and co-director and co-founder at O'Cinema.

0:23.5

And most of you will know him because he is one of the creators behind Mucho Mucho Amor,

0:31.0

the legend of Wad de Megalo, which was one of the top documentaries on Netflix for a very long time.

0:41.8

It was talked about so much, especially within our community.

0:44.9

Please welcome Kareem Tabsh.

0:47.0

Yay, thank you so much for having me.

0:50.9

Thank you, and thank you for wearing a Miami Heat hat.

0:55.0

Anything to cover up this bald spot.

0:55.8

Hi, only.

0:56.7

Anything.

0:58.1

Let go heat.

0:58.7

That's right. No, let's not go heat.

1:00.5

It's very hot there.

1:01.6

I love to tell you I know much about Miami Heat, but I know that it is Miami and that

1:06.0

there's pink on it.

1:06.9

And that's basically the decision process that I bought this hat from.

1:10.1

It's very relatable because I don't know anything about sports.

1:13.4

Fame.

1:13.9

Now, before we, you know, delve into Much Much, Much, More and talking about our favorite, what de Megalo?

1:21.1

I want to ask you first about what led you to becoming a documentary filmmaker?

1:26.1

Like, how did you get your start and talk to us also about your production company?

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