In a career of over 30 years, Yaffa Lerea has truly honed her craft as a story shaper through film editing. From her work on early episodes of MTV's "The Real World" to her efforts on Ken Burns' seminal "Baseball" documentaries, Lerea has become a sought-after video storyteller in her own right. But how did she get her start? It was all about being in the right place at the right time -- namely, a post-production house in 1980s New York City. There she encountered every kind of filmmaker, from the most obscure to Martin Scorsese, and began to develop her own approach to film and storytelling. Check out this excerpt from our forthcoming full interview with Yaffa Lerea.

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