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One of Us

Review: ‘One of Us’

by Pat Mullen
September 11, 2017October 31, 2021
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One of Us (USA, 95 min.) Dir. Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere)   TIFF Docs programmer Thom Powers calls One of Us a “documentary thriller” in his

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