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Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines: Me
In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines, we meet working mom, Carmela Lane, and hear why she identifies so strongly with her favorite superheroine...so much so that she has not one, but two Wonder Woman tattoos!
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