John Sayles, "Some Time in the Sun"

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John Sayles, "Some Time in the Sun"

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76 minutes

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May 19, 2011

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In his monumental new novel, Sayles-the great indy filmmaker-travels from the Yukon gold fields, to New York's bustling Newspaper Row, to Wilmington's deadly racial coup of 1898, to the bitter triumphs at El Caney and San Juan Hill in Cuba, and to war zones in the Philippines.

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May 19, 2011

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John Sayles, "Some Time in the Sun"

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