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    Best documentaries of 2017

    A village that makes fireworks, big game trophy hunts, the unrest in Ferguson, and Jon Benet Ramsey. Host of KCRW’s The Document, Matt Holzman has shares his list of best documentaries this year .

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 20, 2017 • 1 min read

    A village that makes fireworks, big game trophy hunts, the unrest in Ferguson, and Jon Benet Ramsey. Host of KCRW’s The Document, Matt Holzman has shares his list of best documentaries this year.

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    Inside 'Molly's Game,' Aaron Sorkin's new film on high stakes poker
    1. 0:00Why 2 California Republicans voted against the tax bill
    2. 8:43The year in controversial art
    3. 18:25Best documentaries of 2017You’re reading this
    4. 30:22Molly Bloom on building and running high stakes poker games
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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    Inside 'Molly's Game,' Aaron Sorkin's new film on high stakes poker
    1. 0:00Why 2 California Republicans voted against the tax bill
    2. 8:43The year in controversial art
    3. 18:25Best documentaries of 2017You’re reading this
    4. 30:22Molly Bloom on building and running high stakes poker games
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