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HELVETICA
Premieres January 6

Helvetica. You can't escape it. Meet people passionate about fonts and discover the secrets behind the type we use every day.

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Encore Presentation, January 20

In China, eight-year-olds campaign for third grade class monitor. Hot debates. Alliances. Backstabbing. Move over Little League, real sport is here—it’s called politics.

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TULIA, TEXAS is the story of a small town's search for justice and the price Americans pay for the nation's war on drugs.
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From China to Russia to the USA, explore stunning images of women in the military in this month’s Your Lens Flickr Group.
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