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Review: Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom at AFI Fest Presented By Audi
I was a young adult when the song “Free Nelson Mandela” became one of our generation’s mantras, so brilliantly penned song by The Specials. It was an interlocking follow up to my experience of Peter Gabriel’s Biko during the downward spiral … Continue reading →
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