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New Documentary 'Backpack Full Of Cash' Screens In Albany

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published September 5, 2017 at 10:35 AM EDT
Film Director - Sarah Mondale

A screening of the new documentary, Backpack Full Of Cash, about the effects of privatization of America’s public schools, will be followed by Q&A with award-winning director/producer Sarah Mondale and producer/editor Vera Aronow on Friday, September 8 at 7:00 PM in Page Hall on the University at Albany downtown campus.

Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor, Matt Damon, the documentary film Backpack Full Of Cash explores the real cost of privatizing America’s public schools.
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