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World Is My Country

World Is My Country

Garry, a former Broadway understudy horrified by WWII bombings, became a one‑man activist armed with only art and a “World Passport.” His bold protests drew global figures like Einstein and Roosevelt and helped build momentum leading to the UN’s 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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World Is My Country

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A song and dance man desperate to stop a war pulls off an act of political theater in the 1940s. (58m 37s)

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