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The Lottery of Birth (2013) (trailer)

Do you shape the world or does it shape you? Drawing on leading thinkers from around the world, and with a torrent of mind-expanding ideas and information, THE LOTTERY OF BIRTH will make you think again about what it means to be free.

Starring: Kathleen Taylor, Nicholas Woodeson, George Monbiot, Howard Zinn, Jeff Schmidt, Michael Albert, Bill Fletcher Jr., Daniel Dennett, Nick Davies, Steven Pinker, Vandana Shiva, Stanley Aronowitz, Tony Benn

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