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‘Fauci’ Shows Why Documentaries Make the Best Biographies

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Christopher Campbell
Oct 06, 2021
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Many biographical documentaries are just puff-pieces celebrating supposed heroes. Others spend too much effort trying to tell the truth. In both cases, there’s a lot of room for dispute. Maybe you don’t agree with the hagiographical slant, or perhaps the filmmakers got the facts wrong or simply misrepresented them. The more documentaries I watch, the le…

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