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Fourth Estate

Fourth Estate

Genre: TV series
Initial Release: April 28, 2018
Director: Liz Garbus
Music Composed By: H. Scott Salinas
Producers: Jenny Carchman, Liz Garbus, Justin Wilkes
Cinematography: Thorsten Thielow, Wolfgang Held
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