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Laura Flanders & Friends
Jacqueline Woodson & Catherine Gund: Love & the “Meanwhile”
Season 2
Episode 207
James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Muhammad Ali, Nina Simone — these are a few of the artists featured in the new film “Meanwhile”, from National Book Award-winner Jacqueline Woodson and Emmy-nominated producer & director Catherine Gund. Their meditations on grief, art, breath and more are beautifully woven together as the film poses the question, how do you keep breathing amidst the chaos?
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