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The Other Side
Why this pick
Like Tent City, U.S.A., it stays close to people living at America’s margins, using an intimate observational style and a patient, humane attention to everyday survival.
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MOVIE2012 1h 26m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The view of an encampment of homeless people on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee in the Southern United States.
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