Brian Mermelstein on becoming a documentarian and the magic of the Philadelphia Catholic League

About this episode

Brian Mermelstein discusses his journey as a documentarian and the significance of the Philadelphia Catholic League in basketball.

Brian Mermelstein, the creator of the Philadelphia Catholic League documentary "In Good Faith" joined Make A Difference with Phil Martelli to discuss how his PCL documentaries came about, his inspiration and process behind getting into long form storytelling, and why the catholic league is one of the very best basketball leagues in the country. How does Brian Mermelstein Make A Difference? Listen to find out! Produced by Jared Phillips. Music by Nick Capperella. Check out "In Good Faith" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aefnP6Gc7MA Watch the full episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/yVY5hVxUDkQ Check out our website and social media here: https://linktr.ee/makeadifferencepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Phil Martelli

Guest: Brian Mermelstein

Topics covered

• documentary
• basketball
• storytelling
• Philadelphia Catholic League
• sports culture

Keywords

• documentary
• basketball
• Philadelphia Catholic League
• In Good Faith
• long form storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Philadelphia Catholic League

Books & works: In Good Faith

Places: Philadelphia

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