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The Left and Write: Politically Driven Narratives Promo

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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