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COMMON NOTIONS: Handbook Not Required (2016) (trailer)

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Common Notions is a film about the Purple Thistle Centre, a youth-run arts and activism space in Vancouver, BC, and about education, learning, friendship, and youth liberation.

Common Notions is a Joyful Threads Productions: http://joyfulthreadsproductions.com/

A documentary by carla bergman and Corin Browne. It premiered at DOXA Festival in May 2016.

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