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A disgruntled Democrat follows through on a drunken campaign promise to move to Canada if George "Dubya" Bush gets re-elected.
To a Very Old Woman
A short film commissioned by CBC based on a poem by Canadian poet Irving Layton.
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Irene Beatie Old Woman
Jon Granik Narrator
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