Documentary Filmmaking: Redux
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"Documentary Filmmaking: Redux" is the eighth episode of the third season of the American television series Community. It was originally broadcast on November 17, 2011 on NBC.
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Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 8 | ||
Directed by | Joe Russo | ||
Written by | Megan Ganz | ||
Production code | 308 | ||
Original air date | November 17, 2011 (2011-11-17) | ||
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In the episode, Dean Pelton directs a new commercial for Greendale College, with members of the study group as actors and crew members. The entire episode is an in-universe documentary made by Abed, who is seeking to emulate the success of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse. Production of the commercial gets out of control as the Dean becomes insane and Abed is forced to abandon his objectivity to save the commercial.
The episode was written by Megan Ganz and directed by Joe Russo. It was released in the same week NBC announced that the series would be placed on hiatus in the mid-season, which prompted fans to mount an Internet campaign to prevent the show's cancellation.[1] The episode received positive reviews from critics.