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Georgia used to be something like Russia’s California — good wine, mild weather, beautiful countryside, and even a vibrant movie industry. Georgian movies were like a breath of fresh air in the ideological Soviet film industry. Pamela Renner reports on how filmmakers today are trying to navigate the twin perils of Russian war and the Western free market.
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