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Medium Cool

Beyond the age of innocence...into the age of awareness.

Rating 6.6 / 10Release August 27, 1969Runtime 111 min

John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.

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