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Freedom Downtime
A feature-length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.
It's Criminal
A DOCUMENTARY FEATURING INCARCERATED WOMEN & DARTMOUTH COLLEGE STUDENTS
A documentary about privilege, economics, justice and injustice via a class taught at Dartmouth College that mixes students and incarcerated women.
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