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Worldview 8.5.11

Worldview 8.5.11

Robert Redford, John Legend and Kerry Washington listen to a congressional hearing on the National Endowment for the Arts.

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The National Endowment for the Arts operates under constant threat of funding cuts. Some Republicans in Congress want to scrap it entirely. But Hollywood brings American culture to the farthest reaches of the globe. Today, we return to our occasional series Here, There with a look at arts funding in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands. Milos Stehlik, Worldview film contributor and director of Chicago’s Facets Multimedia, fills in for Jerome McDonnell.

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