Keith Maitland

Director, “Dear Mr. Brody”

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Director, “Dear Mr. Brody”

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A 21-year-old heir pledged to give away $25 million in 1970, and thousands of people asked for his help. Fifty years later, their stories are told in the documentary “Dear Mr. Brody.”

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