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The Left and Write: Politically Driven Narratives
Season 5
Episode 6
Beau Willimon (creator House of Cards) and Eli Attie (writer The West Wing) debate politically driven narratives, power struggles, and dramatizing the truths and fictions that comprise ideologically-charged stories. Accompanied by Topher Field’s short film, The Hustle, offering a glimpse inside a swindler’s artful technique and deception.
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