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Benji

Oct 23, 2012
1h 19m
★ 7.8

Overview

Documentary about Ben Wilson, a good-natured and beloved teenage basketball phenom from Chicago's South Side whose life was tragically cut short by violence in November 1984.

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Documentary

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