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John Santos: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011

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Documentary

The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents John Santos, musician and cultural activist, with the Helen Crocker Russell Award for making music that transcends cultural barriers and serves as a tool for social justice. As an educator, scholar, performer, and composer, he celebrates and promotes Latin music and understands that art has the power to inform and nurture.

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Production

Citizen Film

Language

EN

Status

Released

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