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How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?

202191 minPGdocumentary

Exploring America's struggle with the treatment of marginalized groups.

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Exploring America's struggle with the treatment of marginalized groups.

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Thomas Keithdirector

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A documentary look at the phenomenon of othering in America: how marginalized groups of people are mistreated in a nation that allegedly cares about justice and equality.

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