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Cousin Bobby: Filmmaker Interview with Jonathan Demme

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) catches up with his long-lost cousin, Robert Castle, a fiery Harlem-based white Episcopal priest in Cousin Bobby. Demme tells the story of how he first heard about the community activism his cousin was involved in.

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