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‘Boston’ Presents An Informative Love Letter to the Boston Marathon

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Christopher Campbell
Apr 17, 2017
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“It’s not just an athletic competition…”

Once you get past the decidedly uninspired title, Jon Dunham’s Boston: The Documentary is a solid and engaging two-hour history of the world’s oldest annual marathon. Style-wise, it’s absolutely nothing you haven’t seen before — interviews interspersed with b-roll footage and a fair bit of narration to connect eve…

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