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'Precious' director Lee Daniels says Cdn filmmaker Norman Jewison is 'a mentor'

Published - Feb 09 2010 23:43 PM

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"He has laid the path for the work that I'm able to do and I can't figure out a better way to celebrate Black History Month." Hosted by the Canadian Film Centre, the panel discussion was to be followed by a screening of Jewison's 1967 crime drama "In ... Read Full Story

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