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Gaga Chkheidze: Cinema activist from Tbilisi

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November 25, 2023

As a child, Georgian film manager Gaga Chkheidze went to the movies every day. For years, he has been campaigning for freedom and diversity in Georgian cinema—often against considerable resistance.

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