Finding Beauty in the Mundane: How ‘Will & Harper’ Captured Its Protagonist’s POV

Finding Beauty in the Mundane: How ‘Will & Harper’ Captured Its Protagonist’s POV

The story of comedian Will Ferrell’s cross-country journey with his long-time friend and collaborator Harper Steele, after she came out as a transwoman, captured the hearts of millions of Netflix viewers — and, now, the TV Academy, who awarded “Will & Harper” five Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, along with nods for cinematographer Zoë White and director Josh Greenbaum. There’s an assumption that documen…