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The Final Insult

199755 minPGdocumentary

Fiction and reality blend in a confrontation with homelessness in this 1997 video work.

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Charles Burnett

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Fiction and reality blend in a confrontation with homelessness in this 1997 video work.

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This video work intermingles fiction with actuality in a poignant confrontation with homelessness.

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