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Activist Angela Davis, Director Deepa Mehta and author Salman Rushdie, Pianist Nicholas McCarthy 09/12/2012

Professor and activist Angela Davis, the subject of a new documentary by Shola Lynch called "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners." Director Deepa Mehta and novelist-screenwriter Salman Rushdie on their film collaboration "Midnight's Children." Rising classical and left handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy.

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