Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
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Freida Lee Mock (2007)
Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock talk about the making of Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner. She says"People who've been around Tony in a public setting are often surprised at how he really touches them. Someone once described him as the most charming dissident around!"
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