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Director, Mark Grieco lived and filmed in the town of
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called it "one of the best films I've seen in this year's U.S. Documentary
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written, directed and produced by Mark Grieco. It is the debut feature film of Grieco. The film premiered in competition category of U.S. Documentary
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