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Many people remember Marion Barry as the philandering, drug-addles mayor of Washington, DC, who was famously caught in a 1990 FBI sting operation. Yet others know him as a folk hero, a civil rights champion and defender of the poor. Barry's soaring achievements, catastrophic failures and phoenix-like rebirths have made him a symbol of mythis indestructibility. Who is Marion Barry? A hero? A scoundrel? Why is he such a polarizing force? And why do people still vote for him? This exclusive profile provides many of the answers.
Premieres Monday, August 10 at 9PM ET/PT
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Re: The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
Jun 26, 2009 5:52 PM
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I saw the premiere of this film at Silver Docs in DC last week. It was great. I really saw a side of Marion Barry that was quite unexpected. What a character and what a great style of filmmaking, weaving the past with the present.
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Docs Summer Series; The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
Jun 26, 2009 10:41 AM
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Many people remember Marion Barry as the philandering, drug-addles mayor of Washington, DC, who was famously caught in a 1990 FBI sting operation. Yet others know him as a folk hero, a civil rights champion and defender of the poor. Barry's soaring achievements, catastrophic failures and phoenix-like rebirths have made him a symbol of mythis indestructibility. Who is Marion Barry? A hero? A scoundrel? Why is he such a polarizing force? And why do people still vote for him? This exclusive profile provides many of the answers.
Premieres Monday, August 10 at 9PM ET/PT
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