John Greyson

John Greyson

John Greyson is a Canadian director, writer, video artist, producer, and political activist, whose work frequently deals with gay themes. His outspoken persona, activism, and public image have also attracted international press and controversy.

  • Title: John Greyson
  • Popularity: 5.223
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1960-03-13
  • Place of Birth: Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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John Greyson Movies

  • 1996
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    After the Bath

    After the Bath

    1 1996 HD

    Expose into how the news story of a kiddie porn bust was fabricated / sensationalized / distorted by police officials, journalists and social workers...

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  • 2023
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    The Floating Man

    The Floating Man

    1 2023 HD

    This intimate documentary unpacks Michael V. Smith's journey as a self-described sissy with a body he found humiliating as he developed his art to...

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  • 1985
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    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look

    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look

    1 1985 HD

    Luc Bourdon, Marc Paradis and Simon B. Robert are curators for a selection of Canadian video to be presented within the context of the 13th...

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  • 2015
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    Masculinity/Femininity

    Masculinity/Femininity

    1 2015 HD

    Masculinity/Femininity is an experimental film project interrogating normative notions of gender, sexuality and performance. Shot primarily on Super...

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  • 2020
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    Prurient

    Prurient

    1 2020 HD

    A poem about sex work in the age of COVID to the music of Handel. Let me weep over my cruel fate, and let me sigh for liberty.

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  • 1980
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    He's a Growing Boy, She's Turning Forty

    He's a Growing Boy, She's Turning Forty

    1 1980 HD

    Two main characters, a young gay man, and his female (heterosexual) boss exchange stories about their personal problems, (his difficulties about...

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  • 1987
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    Black and Light

    Black and Light

    1 1987 HD

    The two central characters are breaking up. Moira flees to Paris; Stan goes up north with gay writer friend, Timothy. Moira returns and joins Stan...

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  • 1981
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    Dangling by Their Mouths

    Dangling by Their Mouths

    1 1981 HD

    A 60 minute tape that tells in flash-form the story of a European critic and her relationship to three people; her lesbian lover who died of cancer,...

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  • 1985
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    No Voice Over

    No Voice Over

    1 1985 HD

    No Voice Over is a story of communication and affection, focusing on the close ties between three women artists as they correspond via audio and...

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  • 1985
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    Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

    Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

    1 1985 HD

    So is this what the kids of today are into? Well, as long as it’s safe.

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  • 2006
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    On Message

    On Message

    1 2006 HD

    An analog animation using the same set of drawings to tell four different versions of the same story. The emotional fallout of two witnesses to a...

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  • 2003
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    Proteus

    Proteus

    5.9 2003 HD

    An exquisite period piece that skillfully explores the intersections of sex, race and politics takes place in 18th century South Africa, telling the...

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  • 2003
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    Proteus

    Proteus

    5.9 2003 HD

    An exquisite period piece that skillfully explores the intersections of sex, race and politics takes place in 18th century South Africa, telling the...

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  • 1989
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    The Great AZT Debate

    The Great AZT Debate

    1 1989 HD

    AIDS activists discuss the merits and harms of AZT, one of the first drugs approved to treat HIV.

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  • 2022
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    Mariposa

    Mariposa

    1 2022 HD

    In 2021, aspiring chef Phelokazi Ndlwana was stabbed to death because she fought back against her rapist. She was targeted specifically because she...

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  • 1996
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    Lilies

    Lilies

    8.2 1996 HD

    1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. However, once there, Bilodeau...

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  • 1993
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    Zero Patience

    Zero Patience

    5.4 1993 HD

    The ghost of "patient zero", who allegedly first brought AIDS to North America - materialises and tries to contact old friends. Meanwhile, the...

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  • 1993
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    Zero Patience

    Zero Patience

    5.4 1993 HD

    The ghost of "patient zero", who allegedly first brought AIDS to North America - materialises and tries to contact old friends. Meanwhile, the...

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  • 1988
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    Urinal

    Urinal

    4 1988 HD

    A mystery man brings together a group of dead, gay artists to investigate a police response to the dilema of wash-room sex in Toronto. The artists...

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  • 2023
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    Death Mask

    Death Mask

    1 2023 HD

    This experimental opera reenacts the lesser known history of Chinese medical student Li Shiu Tong, and his lover Magnus Hirschfeld, a much older...

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  • 2023
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    Death Mask

    Death Mask

    1 2023 HD

    This experimental opera reenacts the lesser known history of Chinese medical student Li Shiu Tong, and his lover Magnus Hirschfeld, a much older...

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  • 2009
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    Fig Trees

    Fig Trees

    5 2009 HD

    FIG TREES is a documentary opera about AIDS activists Tim McCaskell of Toronto and Zackie Achmat of Capetown as they fight for access to treatment...

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  • 2009
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    Fig Trees

    Fig Trees

    5 2009 HD

    FIG TREES is a documentary opera about AIDS activists Tim McCaskell of Toronto and Zackie Achmat of Capetown as they fight for access to treatment...

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  • 1986
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    Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers

    Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers

    1 1986 HD

    Documentary about the ten days the director spent in Moscow, during the 1986 Moscow Youth Festival, as kind of a gay delegate.

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  • 1997
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    Uncut

    Uncut

    3.7 1997 HD

    Circumcision and artistic freedom concern three homosexuals, denied communication during a surreal jail stay.

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  • 1987
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    The ADS Epidemic

    The ADS Epidemic

    1 1987 HD

    A short remake of Luchino Visconti's Death in Venice where instead of a cholera epidemic it's the "Acquired Dread of Sex" (ADS) epidemic.

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  • 1989
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    The World is Sick (sic)

    The World is Sick (sic)

    1 1989 HD

    An experimental documentary on the activist interventions at the Fifth International Conference on AIDS in Montreal, in June 1989. While making fun...

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  • 2022
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    Photo Booth

    Photo Booth

    1 2022 HD

    Outraged by the latest bombing of Gaza, Palestinian queer activists Hamza and Walid recruit queer novelist Jean Genet to help them sabotage the...

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  • 2022
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    Photo Booth

    Photo Booth

    1 2022 HD

    Outraged by the latest bombing of Gaza, Palestinian queer activists Hamza and Walid recruit queer novelist Jean Genet to help them sabotage the...

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  • 1991
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    The Making of Monsters

    The Making of Monsters

    1 1991 HD

    Experimental musical based on a factual incident, the beating to death of a homosexual man in Toronto, 1985, by five teenagers.

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  • 1991
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    The Making of Monsters

    The Making of Monsters

    1 1991 HD

    Experimental musical based on a factual incident, the beating to death of a homosexual man in Toronto, 1985, by five teenagers.

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  • 2000
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    The Law of Enclosures

    The Law of Enclosures

    5 2000 HD

    Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of...

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  • 2000
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    The Law of Enclosures

    The Law of Enclosures

    5 2000 HD

    Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of...

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  • 2000
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    The Law of Enclosures

    The Law of Enclosures

    5 2000 HD

    Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of...

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  • 2017
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    Pink:Diss

    Pink:Diss

    1 2017 HD

    The colour pink has been ascribed many meanings, from a reflection of the feminine to a symbol of reclaimed humanity by LGBTQ2S communities. In his...

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  • 2017
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    Pink:Diss

    Pink:Diss

    1 2017 HD

    The colour pink has been ascribed many meanings, from a reflection of the feminine to a symbol of reclaimed humanity by LGBTQ2S communities. In his...

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  • 1986
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    A Moffie Called Simon

    A Moffie Called Simon

    1 1986 HD

    A collage of found footage from different media presenting the case of Simon Nkodi, a black gay activist and student leader in South Africa, who had...

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  • 1986
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    A Moffie Called Simon

    A Moffie Called Simon

    1 1986 HD

    A collage of found footage from different media presenting the case of Simon Nkodi, a black gay activist and student leader in South Africa, who had...

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  • 1986
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    A Moffie Called Simon

    A Moffie Called Simon

    1 1986 HD

    A collage of found footage from different media presenting the case of Simon Nkodi, a black gay activist and student leader in South Africa, who had...

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  • 1996
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    After the Bath

    After the Bath

    1 1996 HD

    Expose into how the news story of a kiddie porn bust was fabricated / sensationalized / distorted by police officials, journalists and social workers...

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  • 2008
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    Rex vs. Singh

    Rex vs. Singh

    1 2008 HD

    In 1915, two Sikh mill-workers, Dalip Singh and Naina Singh, were entrapped by undercover cops and accused of sodomy. Their story becomes a...

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  • 1985
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    Kipling Meets the Cowboys

    Kipling Meets the Cowboys

    1 1985 HD

    Kipling is touring North America, hoping to recruit boy scouts, and he is trailed undercover by a CIA-TV reporter. Meanwhile, a travel agent,...

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  • 1984
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    You Taste American

    You Taste American

    1 1984 HD

    Michel Focault and Tennessee Williams meet the police in Orillia, Ontario, in this mixed media performance film about the 1983 Canadian washroom...

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  • 2012
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    Green Laser

    Green Laser

    1 2012 HD

    In June 2011, John Greyson joined a freedom flotilla trying to sail to Gaza to break Israel's blockade. Green Laser weaves together interviews and...

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  • 1980
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    The First Draft

    The First Draft

    1 1980 HD

    Canada resurrects the compulsory draft, but refuses to allow gays to enlist. Taking the form of a fictional community-access documentary, The First...

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  • 2014
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    Gazonto

    Gazonto

    1 2014 HD

    Gazonto, the fun new online video game -- bringing the Gaza war home to Hogtown! You can recreate the 2014 Israeli assault, bomb by bomb -- but hey,...

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  • 2011
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    The Ballad of Roy and Silo

    The Ballad of Roy and Silo

    1 2011 HD

    Two gay penguins receive an all-expenses paid, same-sex wedding in Toronto. There's a catch, however - the couple must serve as spokesmodels for a...

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  • 2008
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    14.3 Seconds

    14.3 Seconds

    1 2008 HD

    When the Iraq Film Archives were destroyed by US bombs during the 2003 war, a journalist rescued eight scraps of celluloid from the wreckage,...

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  • 1990
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    No Way Charlie Brown

    No Way Charlie Brown

    1 1990 HD

    This documentary portrait of environmental activist Lou Figurelli was produced by a workshop group at Staten Island Community TV, with John Greyson...

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  • 1989
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    The Pink Pimpernel

    The Pink Pimpernel

    1 1989 HD

    An intertextual essay retelling the reactionary French Revolution thriller The Scarlet Pimpernel and featuring Percy as an apolitical dandy and his...

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  • 2013
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    Prison Arabic in 50 Days

    Prison Arabic in 50 Days

    1 2013 HD

    On Aug 16, 2013, Canadian filmmaker John Greyson and Palestinian-Canadian doctor Tarek Loubani were detained without charges in Cairo's Tora Prison....

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  • 1988
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    Urinal

    Urinal

    4 1988 HD

    A mystery man brings together a group of dead, gay artists to investigate a police response to the dilema of wash-room sex in Toronto. The artists...

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  • 1988
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    Urinal

    Urinal

    4 1988 HD

    A mystery man brings together a group of dead, gay artists to investigate a police response to the dilema of wash-room sex in Toronto. The artists...

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  • 1988
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    Urinal

    Urinal

    4 1988 HD

    A mystery man brings together a group of dead, gay artists to investigate a police response to the dilema of wash-room sex in Toronto. The artists...

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  • 1988
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    Urinal

    Urinal

    4 1988 HD

    A mystery man brings together a group of dead, gay artists to investigate a police response to the dilema of wash-room sex in Toronto. The artists...

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  • 1997
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    Uncut

    Uncut

    3.7 1997 HD

    Circumcision and artistic freedom concern three homosexuals, denied communication during a surreal jail stay.

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  • 1997
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    Uncut

    Uncut

    3.7 1997 HD

    Circumcision and artistic freedom concern three homosexuals, denied communication during a surreal jail stay.

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  • 2010
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    Captifs d'amour

    Captifs d'amour

    1 2010 HD

    Irony abounds in this split screen depiction of unjustified imprisonment. Greyson traces Jean Genet’s “Un Chant d’Amour”,...

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  • 2020
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    Prurient

    Prurient

    1 2020 HD

    A poem about sex work in the age of COVID to the music of Handel. Let me weep over my cruel fate, and let me sigh for liberty.

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  • 2021
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    International Dawn Chorus Day

    International Dawn Chorus Day

    1 2021 HD

    Birds from six continents on a zoom call gossip about the deaths of Egyptian filmmaker Shady Habash and Egyptian queer activist Sarah Hegazi.

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  • 1970
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    8.2 1970 HD

    Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this original series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay...

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