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Speaker 1: Film Festival of Atlanta, Georgia, is a nonprofit organization founded

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Speaker 1: American creative community. Please welcome to Money Making Conversation. Kathleen Bertrand,

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Speaker 1: good morning, Good morning, my friend. How you doing. Wonder

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