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Critic Mads Kjær Larsen
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...en redeligt fortalt film om mytens musikalske meritter og kulturelle indflydelse...

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Cast & Crew

Alex Gibney
Director
Alex Gibney
Writer
Mick Jagger
As Self
Chuck D
As Self
Al Sharpton
As Self
James Brown
As Self (archive footage)
Questlove
As Self

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