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Best Kept Secret: Erik's Birth Mother
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Erik's birth mother comes to visit his class at JFK High School.
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Video description: Filmmaker Shola Lynch talks about her 2005 POV film, Chisholm '72, and her wish that the film will be a springboard for discussion about democracy, particularly amongst children whose ideas about democracy are still being formed.
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