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The Business

A Killer Life; Telenovelas

Hosted by Claude Brodesser-Akner Oct. 01, 2006 Entertainment
TV soap operas known as telenovelas are wildly popular all over the world, but how will they play in English here in the States? Plus, making indie films with Christine Vachon, the legendary founder of Killer Films.

TV soap operas known as telenovelas are wildly popular all over the world, but how will they play in English here in the States? Plus, making indie films with Christine Vachon, the legendary founder of Killer Films.

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A Killer Life; Telenovelas

TV soap operas known as telenovelas are wildly popular all over the world, but how will they play in English here in the States? Plus, making indie films with Christine...

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Claude Brodesser-Akner

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