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Two Minneapolis based Civil Rights lawyers are putting their views on America's criminal justice system on film

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Williams, Brandt

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Two Minneapolis based Civil Rights lawyers are putting their views on America's criminal justice system on film. For the past five weeks, John Shulman and Jeanne Marie Almonor have been sharing directing duties for a movie called 'Justice' filmed in the Twin Cities. Justice is a drama about how the directors feel the criminal justice system treats African Americans. Minnesota Public Radio's Brandt Williams visited the set of the movie and has this report
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  2. Legacy Digitization
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  4. Politics

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