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Ivan Wiener, Executive Director of the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience, joins Harry and Donald with his personal odyssey from a promising career in the DC hospitality industry to producer and celebrated festival impresario, with some juicy tales of life with Dennis Hopper, Robert Redford, Jeff Bridges and others along the way.
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