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The only thing harder than making your first film is making your second one. This series collects a wide-ranging selection of follow-ups to notable feature debuts, highlighting work by John Cassavetes, Dennis Hopper, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Michael Mann, Mira Nair, Ousmane Sembène, Orson Welles, and more. From films maudit that took decades to gain respect to hits that confirmed their creators as formidable auteurs, the program looks at the variety of ways in which young filmmakers have dealt with “success” within a fickle industry.