Night Flight - "Take Off" to Politics (1988)
1988 : 50 minutes
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Night Flight's special feature on Politics, featuring videos by Talking Heads, Tracy Chapman, Sting, Billy Bragg, Midnight Oil, Living Color, and many more!
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