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Article: Amazing Grace, the Movement Movie; This Supreme Court Stuff Is Hard Work; Shaming Those Wimpy D.C. Drivers; Jackie to Joan: Rein In Your Man; The Book on the Mormon Problem; On the Court: Two Down, One to Go; Mom's Spy on the Campaign Trail.(Amazing Grace to be screened at the White House)(Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on taking off)(John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy memorabilia to be auctioned)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- February 26, 2007
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Amazing Grace, the Movement Movie
Don't call the new release Amazing Grace just another political thriller. What was once billed as an educational movie is fast becoming the model for bipartisanship. For weeks the hottest flick in the political and religious underground, Amazing Grace debuts at the White House this week, capping President Bush's focus on Black History Month. "We really think this is a wonderful movie that can inspire a new direction in Washington," says a Bushie.
"Our film shows the good that politics can do," says Erik Lokkesmoe, the film's project manager. Amazing Grace charts the effort of British politician William Wilberforce to end ...