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\u201cComing from McAllen, Texas, my little hometown, I had never seen a movie like that, or movies like any of the ones at Sundance,\u201d Hardwicke says. \u201cI didn\u2019t know what independent films were \u2014 my head almost exploded. I was so excited to think that stories that were so personal and intimate could be put on the screen. That just lodged into my brain,…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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