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Brian Hall, Not Afraid to Fall

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Brian Hall, Not Afraid to Fall

2022

0h 16m

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Brian Hall has been living with Parkinson's since he was 14. He is now in his 60s. How do you fill the well of optimism when it's been drained progressively and constantly for well over 40 years?

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Directed by: Chusy Haney-Jardine
Written by: Chusy Haney-Jardine
Produced by: Kathryn Haney-Jardine

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