Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineWith his critically acclaimed Netflix series Cheer, Greg Whiteley aimed to spotlight the high-pressure world of competitive cheerleading, while showcasing the grit and incredible abilities of athletes in this space.Following the cheerleaders of Navarro College as they prepare for one of the biggest moments of their lives, the six-part series emerged conceptually, while Whiteley was filming Season 2 of college football docuseries Last Chance U.“We were looking for ways to film Season 2 in a way that wasn’t just a repeat of Season 1.
We were in a pretty small town, a place called Scooba, Mississippi, so we just started looking around and thought, ‘Well, there’s this huge marching band we don’t know much.
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