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Backpack Full of Cash

Backpack Full of Cash

The decline of the U.S. public school systems beset with the trend towards privitazation.

2016•1h 36m
Documentary

Documentary warning about the decline of American public schools as they become more and more privatized.

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EN

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Cast

Matt Damon

Matt Damon

Narrator

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