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In it, the heroic principal sacrifices relationships, career and safety to do the right thing for public education. The george mckenna story is a 1986 biographical television film directed by eric laneuville. With virginia mckenna, bill travers, geoffrey keen, peter lukoye. Films intended for educational purposes are an enormous, often neglected part of the twentieth century media landscape.
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