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John Ware Reclaimed is an engaging and insightful film that brings Ware’s legacy to the forefront—where it should have been in the first place.
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Tommy Oliver's incendiary and deeply personal 40 Years a Prisoner chronicles systemic racism, the revolutionary group MOVE, and a family’s search for justice.
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