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Film exhibition advocates are the stars in affectionate documentary 'Saving Brinton'

"Saving Brinton" is an endearing, affectionate documentary, an examination not so much of film exhibition pioneer Frank Brinton and how his life's work was saved but of the genial and humane eccentric who did the saving.

That would be Mike Zahs, whose family has lived in rural Washington, Iowa, for generations. White-bearded and self-aware ("I know what

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