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Momas documentary fortnight to open with united in anger. United is a british television film directed by james strong and written by chris chibnall. Dorfman, and starring adam sandler, jack nicholson, marisa tomei, luis guzman, woody harrelson, and john turturro. United in anger is the first featurelength documentary about how act up. Directed by jim hubbard, this riveting retrospective revisits the seminal moments which gave rise to the aids activism movement via a combination of archival footage and presentday reflections.
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