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201957 minGdocumentary

4.5/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

Retro Report on PBS

201957 minGdocumentary

4.5/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani connect contemporary issues to historical events through four distinct stories, featuring humorist Andy Borowitz's commentary.

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Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani connect contemporary issues to historical events through four distinct stories, featuring humorist Andy Borowitz's commentary.

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Making sense of the present by revealing the past. Journalists Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani connect the present to the past through four distinct and varied stories, and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz adds his signature wit.

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