How to Structure and Edit 30 Years of Raw Documentary Footage

How do you turn 30 years of raw footage and 40 individual interviews into a seamless feature documentary? Filmmaker Pat Taggart (No One Died: The Wing Bowl Story) breaks down his exact post-production editing workflow. He explains why 80% of documentary editing is pure organizational discipline, how trimming hyper-local details creates universal appeal, and how grouping themes into "buckets" allows him to edit a feature film as a series of modular short films.