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One of the streamer’s most visible execs, the outgoing VP Independent Film and Documentary Features backed some of its biggest successes, including ‘Tiger King,’ ‘The Tinder Swindler,’ ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Making a Murderer’ and the Obamas’ ‘American Factory.’ But in an era of corporate cost-cutting, it wasn’t enough to save her job after 16 years and several reorganizations.

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